Time Megéve Cyclosportif

June 14th Megéve, France
1 hr from Geneva and very close to Chamonix.
Hot, light winds, 32 degrees
Rode the long Course 145kms with 3980m of climbing
1900 people on the start line for the short, medium and long courses.
Finished in 6.03.25, 58th of 310 that did the long route.
This one was hot !! I grovelled up the final climb in the stifling heat, probably burned it up too on the first climbs but its soooo much fun passing hundreds and hundreds of people. I always take it easy on the descents as the non-climbers try to fly by and gain time only to be passed again in the first 100m of the next climb. I am so surprised there aren't more crashes. The roads are fully open to traffic, there are always idiots who can't ride in a straight line or descend. This one started with an 8km decent, so both sides of the road was completely packed with cyclists negotiating round abouts, traffic islands, potholes etc. How the boys in the Tour could race a stage like this and get up the next day and do it again and then again is just unreal (don't think drugs)

http://www.csportsmegeve.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=86
Climbs:

Col de Aravis

Climbed both sides

From Flumet: 15kms of climbing with 760m gain, max 11.8%

From Thones: 13km of climbing with 867m gain, max 8.6%

Col de le Croix Fry

From Thones: 13kms of climbing with 825m gain, max 9.3%

Col de Saises
Up the one side, down and back up the other.
From Flumet: 15kms of climbing with 810m gain, max 11.1%
2nd side: 15km of climbing with 950m gain, max 9.6%