{"id":19459,"date":"2024-10-09T11:33:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/?p=19459"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:57:01","slug":"cycling-around-bourg-saint-maurice-cormet-de-roselend-rosier-petit-saint-bernard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/verhalen\/fietsen-rondom-bourg-saint-maurice-cormet-de-roselend-rosier-petit-saint-bernard","title":{"rendered":"Cycling around Bourg Saint Maurice - Cormet de Roselend - Rosier - Petit Saint Bernard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robbert spent two weeks on the road around Bourg Saint Maurice (BSM). In a series of three parts, we take you through the most beautiful places around Bourg Saint Maurice<\/a>, one of the most beautiful basecamps in the Alps, from where you can cycle lots of great climbs. Today, in part 2, you will read more about the Cormet de Roselend, one of the legendary climbs from the Tour de France<\/a>. Will you join us on the trip again? And enjoy cycling with us around Bourg Saint Maurice and to the Cormet de Roselend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cormet de Roselend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Time for the real thing! Beforehand, I am fairly apprehensive about this climb. Two days before, I had already driven up the Cormet by car to go hiking in the mountains around the lake. The first stretch is really steep, with a large number of vicious hairpins. But well, as we say in Twente: Often too scared<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atop the Roseland - beautiful and I give myself a pat on the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I cycle away in the morning, the weather is still bright, although some clouds appear behind me. At the second roundabout in Bourg Saint Maurice, I turn right onto the Cormet de Roselend, where the road climbs immediately. Again, the first stretch is through the forest. In front of me I see some ladies and a gentleman cycling and have a benchmark to go to. At the section with hairpin bends, I cycle behind the lady at the back. In my best French, we greet each other and chat briefly about the weather and the ascent of this col. However, I don't have much breath to talk at length. I pass the lady and enter the more open part of the Cormet. At that moment it clouds up behind me and suddenly a clap of thunder rolls between the mountains. The cows in the meadow below me all jump up and seek shelter. It also begins to drizzle slightly. Shit, what am I going to do? Do I turn around and head back to the campsite or cycle on? In front of me, however, it is still brilliant blue, behind me it is dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cormet de Roselend<\/a>, Bourg Saint Maurice, France<\/p>- Distance: 19.2 km, Elevation difference: 1135 m, Average gradient: 5.9 %<\/blockquote>