To make the season planning easier for you and me, I have leafed through calendars and inspected maps. I should have found most public holidays in Geneva, and plan the following rides and trips. That doesn’t mean that I won’t ride on other dates, but that might be a bit more spontaneous.
Multi Day Trips Fixed Base
On these trips we stay in one location for several nights (hotel or holiday apartment) and do several rides from there. Contact me if interested or add yourself to the respective WhatsApp planning group below.
18-21 April (Easter)
Mont Ventoux/Malaucène
17 April
Late afternoon/evening
Drive to Malaucène
18 April
Big loop around the Ventoux over the Col de l’Homme Mort
149km//2200m+
19 April
Double Mont Ventoux
107km//3000m+
20 April
Ride to the ochre village of Roussillon
151km//2600m+
21 April
Morning ride to Vaison-la-Romaine for breakfast.
50km//750m+
Afternoon drive back to Geneva
1-3 August (Swiss National Day)
Valais Dead Ends/Sion
With a fixed base in Sion, we explore dead end climbs and rarely ridden roads in the Valais.
Multi Day Trips Point-to-Point
These trips are bikepacking light. We ride different roads each day and have different accommodations, but stay in hotels or hostels, so we don’t need to carry camping gear or towels. Contact me if interested or add yourself to the respective WhatsApp planning group below.
1-4 May (Internationaler Arbeiterkampftag)
Chartreuse & Vercors
1 May
Train to Chambéry
Chambéry – Chartreuse – Grenoble
95km//2800m+
2 May
Grenoble – Northern Vercors – Pont-en-Royans
125km//3200m+
3 May
Pont-en-Royans – Southwestern Vercors – Châtillon-en-Diois
121km//2500m+
4 May
Châtillon-en-Diois – Eastern Vercors – Grenoble
105km//2100m+
29 May – 1 June (Ascension)
Geneva – Barcelona
I will organise the transport of our bikes back to Switzerland. Hotels are already pre-booked for up to 8 people. There are plenty of early flights on Monday morning back from Barcelona to Switzerland.
29 May
Geneva – Valence
208km//1800m+
30 May
Valence – Sète
222km//1200m+
31 May
Sète – Llançà
205km//1400m+
1 June
Llançà – Barcelona
186km//1400m+
7-9 June (Pentecost)
Albertville
7 June
Albertville – Bourg-Saint-Maurice
79km//2700m+
8 June
Bourg-Saint-Maurice – Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
123km//2600m+
9 June
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne – Albertville
112km//3000m+
20-21 June (Summer Solstice)
Geneva – Paris
Non-stop ride.
Departure Friday Evening, riding through the night, arrival in Paris Saturday Afternoon.
One night in Paris.
We should be able to organise luggage transport & a van for the way back.
505km//3000m+
11-14 September (Geneva Fasting Day)
Auvergne Volcanoes
11 September
Clermont-Ferrand – Col de Légal
167km//3500m+
12 September
Col de Légal – Chaudes-Aigues
158km//3200m+
13 September
Chaudes-Aigues – Neuvéglise
174km//3000m+
14 September
Neuvéglise – Clermont-Ferrand
158km//2500m+
10 Stages in the Pyrenees
Cycling a week or a bit longer, with a support vehicle, has grown for me out of a group of friends, originally mostly from northern Germany. As the trip is considerably longer than the others, and will likely be my only proper holiday this year, it is kind of invitation only – send me a message if you are interested, and we can talk through the details.
For 2025, I put a route in the eastern half of the Pyrenees together. Most stages can be shortened, two examples for that are in the collection.
The start for 10 Stages is in Girona. Reachable by plane with Ryanair and Jet2 (Paderborn, Memmingen, Nürnberg, most UK airports), or via Barcelona from most other airports. There is an option to join for 8 Stages in Puigcerdà, the town is reachable from Toulouse by train. The finish in Pau is well-connected to the Toulouse airport. I would offer to drive a support vehicle there and back from Geneva, during the trip we would either take turns or bring a +1 as driver along.
July 3: Travel to Girona via Barcelona or Girona Airport, Prologue
July 4: Stage 1
July 5: Stage 2, option to join in Puigcerda (flight to Toulouse, train to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg)
July 6-13: Stages 3-10
July 14: travel back from Toulouse
Inferno Series Events
The Inferno Series Events are the only rides on this page which I won’t ride myself (but I lead the organisation). All events are fully supported, with hotel accommodation, all meals, luggage transport etc. Have a look at www.infernoseries.com for more details & registrations!
June 26–29 2025
Inferno Swiss
Interlaken – Disentis – Umbrail
Two Stages
September 03–07 2025
Inferno France
Annecy – Maurienne – Barcelonnette – Menton
Three Stages
September 30 – October 05 2025
Inferno Dolomites & Slovenia
Bruneck – Canazei – Auronzo di Cadore – Arta Terme – Bovec
Four Stages
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