1 Day 1 Col: roads closed over cols in France this summer

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www.chamonet.com/events/calendar/1-day-1-col.html
"Starting in June, Operation ‘1 Day, 1 Col’ sees 12 of Savoie Mont Blanc’s most famous cols shut to traffic and solely dedicated to cyclists for half a day. "

22 June: Col des Aravis
29 June: Col Salève
3 July: Col du Galibier
6 July: Col des Glières
6 July: Col de l'Iseran
27 July: Col de Joux Plane
17 August: Col de la Ramaz
21 August: Col de la Madeleine
22 August: Col de la Croix de Fer
24 August: Champlaurent/Grand Cucheron (TBC)
29 August: Col du Glandon
14 September: Col du Semnoz (TBC)

[bobski]

Planning to do Col de la Madeleine on its closed day: Thursday 21st August.

Any other takers from DP?

[bobski]

And here are the dates for 2015. Enjoy ...

Sunday 21 June: Col des Aravis (73)
Saturday 27 June: Col des Glières (74)
Thursday 2 July: Col du Galibier (73)
Sunday 5 July: Col de l’Iseran nord et sud (73)
Monday 13 July: Col de la Croix-de-Fer (73)
Saturday 18 July: Col de Bassachaux (74)
Saturday 25 July: Montée du Salève (74)
Sunday 2 Aug: Col de Joux Plane nord et sud (74)
Sunday 16 Aug: Col de la Ramaz (74)
Thursday 20 Aug: Col de la Madeleine nord et sud (73)
Thursday 27 Aug: Col du Glandon (73)
September: Montée du Semnoz (74)

For more info including links climb profiles, exact locations, etc head for:

www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/Magazine/1-jour-1-col/

[Serge Bouschet]

Oh no, they moved the date for joux plane, I was going to be there for the 27th July...

I expect traffic to be fairly quiet in the summer anyway.