Home Vélo: The Ascent of Mont Ventoux

Fancy conquering one of the Tour de France’s most feared climbs from the comfort of your own turbo trainer? This is a cyclist’s-eye view of riding the Alpine mountain Ventoux. And it couldn’t be simpler: you pedal along, a number in the corner of the screen tells you when to adjust the gear or resistance to simulate the difficulty of the terrain… and that’s it.

Ventoux couldn’t be described as a beautiful mountain – it’s a barren, lunar-esque landscape – but it’s steeped in Tour history with legendary riders like Charly Gaul, Eddy Merckx and Marco Pantani all having won here. Be prepared for a hard slog, though – Ventoux is massive and the complete run-time is 1:45hrs.

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Matt Baird Editor of Cycling Plus magazine

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Matt is a regular contributor to 220 Triathlon, having joined the magazine in 2008. He’s raced everything from super-sprint to Ironman, duathlons and off-road triathlons, and can regularly be seen on the roads and trails around Bristol. Matt is the author of Triathlon! from Aurum Press and is now the editor of Cycling Plus magazine.