Tour de France Asia-style: seven of the best road bike climbs to take your breath away
- A collection of the finest road bike climbs in Asia
This year’s race is the 106th edition. It started in Brussels last Saturday and will take 176 riders on a grand tour of France. En route, the peloton will tackle the mighty mountain ranges of the Alps and Pyrenees before finishing on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 28.
It is these two mountain ranges that define the race; with climbs such as the Col du Galibier, Alpe d’Huez, the Tourmalet and the lonesome Mont Ventoux (in Provence) being among the best known and most fearsome.
However, you really do not need to travel halfway around the world to find gruelling road climbs. In Asia, we are blessed with some of the greatest mountain ranges on Earth. This also means we have plenty of roads to match, or even score knockout blows, when drawn against the legendary Tour climbs.
Here are seven, in no particular order, of the most punishing Asian road climbs to add to your biking bucket list.
Yela Mountain, China
