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Cambasque / Cauterets Le Lys from Cauterets is a climb in the region Hautes-Pyrénées. It is 3.3 mi long and bridges 1335 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 7.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 365. The top of the ascent is located at 4442 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 10 photos.
Road name: Route de Cambasque
4.0 by patrickbaertThis is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.Beautiful short climb to Le Cambasque, which has been the explosive finish of the Tour/Vuelta several times, with Indurain and Virenque as winners, cycled from tourist Cauterets. Directly after cycling out of the town towards Pont d'Espagne you leave the main road at your right. A series of 9 hairpin bends will let you wind up the mountainside through the forest, sometimes with a steep 10％. Then you come to an open plateau and the fairly straight road follows the mountain river to end ... read more
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Climb in the 'short and sweet' category. In the first tough kilometres, apart from the effort, there is not much to experience. The last part of the climb takes you through a nice piece of nature. Fine warm-up for the climb to Pont d'Espagne.
Klim in de categorie 'kort en krachtig'. In de eerste zware kilometers valt er, buiten de inspanning, niet zoveel te beleven. Het laatste deel van de klim voert je door een mooi stukje natuur. Fijne opwarmer voor de klim naar Pont d'Espagne.
What has been said before, good combo after the Pont d'Espagne. But if you only ride this climb because of the tour history, you won't be very happy.
Wat eerder al gezegd is, goede combi ná de Pont d'Espagne. Maar als je alleen deze klim rijdt vanwege de tour-historie, zul je niet heel blij worden.
Nice climb with little traffic and a road in excellent condition. The first 3.5km are wooded after which beautiful landscapes appear. The first mile and a half is the hardest in my opinion after which the hairpins help to recover, as does the small descent before the last mile. Can be extended by another 10km or so of more rolling terrain (listed on Climbfinder) if you are not sensitive to heavy traffic.
Chouette montée avec peu de trafic et une route en excellent état. Les premiers 3.5km sont boisés après quoi de beaux paysages se dessinent. Le premier kilomètre et demi est le plus dur selon moi après quoi les épingles aident à récupérer, tout comme la petite descente avant le dernier kilomètre. Peut être prolongée par une dizaine de kilomètres plus roulants (référencé sur Climbfinder) si vous n'êtes pas sensible a du trafic plus dense.
Beautiful short climb to Le Cambasque, which has been the explosive finish of the Tour/Vuelta several times, with Indurain and Virenque as winners, cycled from tourist Cauterets.
Directly after cycling out of the town towards Pont d'Espagne you leave the main road at your right.
A series of 9 hairpin bends will let you wind up the mountainside through the forest, sometimes with a steep 10％.
Then you come to an open plateau and the fairly straight road follows the mountain river to end up on the parking lot of the lifts of the Cirque de Lys ski resort, which are abandoned in the summer and are also the starting point of high-mountain walks.
Prachtige korte stevige klim naar Le Cambasque, die al enkele keren fungeerde als explosieve finish van de Tour/Vuelta met oa. Indurain en Virenque als winnaars, gefietst vanuit toeristische Cauterets.
Direct na het uit fietsen van het stadje richting Pont d'Espagne verlaat je rechts de grote weg.
Een reeks van 9 haarspeldbochten laten je de bergflank, af en toe met een stevige 10％, op kronkelen door het woud.
Nadien kom je op een open plateau en volgt de vrij rechte weg de bergrivier om licht stijgend te eindigen op de parkings van de zomers verlaten liften van het skigebied Cirque de Lys tevens vertrekpunt van hooggebergte wandelingen.
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