The \u201cRandonn\u00e9es Permanentes\u201d are long-distance cycling routes, each including at least 100 cols. Climbing all the cols in a German Land, a Swiss canton, an Italian or Spanish province, a French d\u00e9partement – this is the challenge in obtaining one of our numerous brevets. These cycle challenges have been specially chosen by members of the Club, and will introduce you to some very special climbs. In this section, you will find routes that members have suggested and that the club has validated in order to create a collection that is currently being built up. No region or country is excluded on principle, and there are already some in Germany (Black Forest), Spain (Catalonia, Andalusia) and France, particularly in Corsica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are based on experience in the field, and include a tourist description and technical explanations of the roads, tracks or paths. They are generally suitable for cycling by the vast majority of cyclists and mountain bikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The location of the passes can be seen on the map extract and on the additional documents obtained via the visugen link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few photos of the surrounding countryside and the mountain passes enhance the description of these routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are currently twenty-four Randonn\u00e9es Permanentes established by the Club, and they cover very different regions in five countries of Europe.
You can do as much or as little of each Randonn\u00e9e in one go as you want, as you choose.
The Randonn\u00e9es are open to all, whether or not you are a member of the Club.
See here<\/a>, for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe brevets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
And completing all the local brevets in a country will get you a national super brevet<\/strong>.
For the moment the brevets are reserved for club members, but it is intended to open them to non-members. There is nothing to stop you, as a non-member or “aspirant”, from continuing to climb the cols in these brevets in anticipation of participating at a later date.
Further information<\/a>
List of the brevets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe challenges<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Open to members and non-members of the Club.
See here<\/a>, for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMEMBER courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n