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One hundred passes in the Drôme

Presentation

A 1,230km route covering 99% in the Drôme department and including 107 cols (only two of which are unsurfaced), 6 optional cols and around 25,000m of ascent.

The route was mapped out by Michel Marcelot of the Confrérie des Cent Cols.

Course

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Additions, corrections and comments from participants

Theme

The Club des Cent Cols, founded in 1972, is affiliated to the French Cycling Federation under No. 6384, offers you this permanent walk based on a simple theme: "One hundred passes".

One hundred passes, either to enable you to join the Confrérie des Cent Cols, or to enable you to progress up the Confrérie's "roll of honour", or in any case to help you discover or rediscover the Drôme department, so rich in natural and historic sites.

Controls

Seven controls are compulsory; they will be carried out at points along the route chosen by the rider, with one control being carried out in each section (the section numbers can be found on the route map).

1. Montélimar - Vesc
2. Vesc - Rémuzat
3. Rémuzat - Séderon
4. Séderon - Rémuzat
5. Rémuzat - Châtillon-en-Diois
6. Châtillon-en-Diois - Die
7. Die - Léoncel
8. Léoncel - Montélimar

NB: The walk can be done in 5 loops:

• Montélimar, Grignan, Dieulefit, Montélimar
• Dieulefit, Nyons, Rémuzat, Dieulefit
• Rémuzat, Buis-les-Baronnies, Séderon, Rémuzat
• Dieulefit, Saillans, Châtillon-en-D., Clelles, Luc-en-D., Rémuzat, Dieulefit
• Crest, Die, La Chapelle-en-Vercors, St-Jean-en-Royans, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Crest

Main passes

• Col de Rousset
• Col de la Machine
• Col de Pennes
• Col de Grimone
• Col de Menée
• Soubeyrand pass
• Col de Perty
• Macuègne pass
• Col de la Chaudière
• Col de Tourniol
• Bacchus Pass
• Col des Limouches etc...

BCN and BPF sites on the route

• Grignan
• Montbrun-les-Bains (1km away)
• Brantes (Vaucluse)
• La Motte Chalançon
• Col de Rousset
• Col de la Machine

Rules of the game for permanent walks

All participants in this permanent trail agree to respect the rules of the game governing it.

For further information

Contact the person in charge of permanent walks

Jean-Marc CLEMENT
10 rue de Normandie
31120 Portet sur Garonne
FRANCE

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 76 30 12
E-mail: [email]randos@centcols.org [/email]

Please note: Please send your roadmaps for homologation as well as your postcards and travelogues only to the current person in charge, whatever you find as old information (so do not write to Roger Colombo, Bernard Pommel, Jean-Marc Lefèvre or Roland Grimaud †).