Col de Braus by Bike – 24 Hairpins on a Tour de France Climb (4K)

Col de Braus from L'Escarène: 9.8 km at 6.4 %, 629 m up to 999 m. A Tour de France classic above Nice – it winds up through 24 hairpins, with seven of them packed into less than a kilometre around km 6.5. The hardest kilometre comes early (8.5 % from km 2 to 3), then one easier kilometre before the hairpins take you to the top.

Distance

9.8 km

Average gradient

6.4%

Summit

999 m

Chapters

1. 0:00Col de Braus
2. 0:05The climb
3. 0:17L'Escarène
4. 0:39The first hairpins
5. 0:45The steepest kilometre
6. 0:50An easier kilometre
7. 1:16Seven hairpins
8. 1:35Looking back down
9. 1:54The top