Col de Turini from Sospel by Bike – 24 km Tour de France Climb (4K)

Col de Turini from Sospel: 24.1 km at 5.2 %, 1242 m up to 1609 m. The long side of the famous Riviera climb – up the valley and through the Gorges du Piaon, under the bridge of the Notre-Dame de la Ménour chapel, through Moulinet, past a tunnel in the rock and up into the pines. Two almost flat kilometres around Moulinet, then the last 12 km at 5–8 %.

Distance

24.1 km

Average gradient

5.2%

Summit

1,609 m

Chapters

1. 0:00Col de Turini
2. 0:05The climb
3. 0:17Sospel
4. 0:27Up the valley
5. 0:32The first hairpins
6. 0:52Look back down the valley
7. 0:57Gorges du Piaon
8. 1:08Notre-Dame de la Ménour
9. 1:14Two flat kilometres
10. 1:18Moulinet
11. 1:28Steeper through the forest
12. 1:33The tunnel
13. 1:53Into the pines
14. 2:03The mountains open up
15. 2:08The top