Calais to the Pyrenees and back

Main roads

From the map

Longest gap between fuel

50 miles

Fuel stations near the line

386

Curvature

127 ° a mile

Campsites within 2 km

500

• The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 1,397 to mile 1,447. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
• The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 964 to mile 984, at 488 degrees of turning a mile.
• Passes: Col d'Aubisque (1,709 m, mile 865), Col du Soulor (1,474 m, mile 871), Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m, mile 905), Col d'Aspin (1,489 m, mile 924), Col de Peyresourde (1,569 m, mile 943), Col de Menté (1,349 m, mile 970), Col de la Clin (1,245 m, mile 971), Col de Portet d'Aspet (1,069 m, mile 979), Col de Montmirat (1,046 m, mile 1,237), Can de la Roche (1,237 m, mile 1,258), Col d'Entremont (1,210 m, mile 1,319), Col de Serre (1,364 m, mile 1,326), Col d'Eylac (1,460 m, mile 1,328), Pas de Peyrol (1,588 m, mile 1,329), Col de Néronne (1,242 m, mile 1,336).
• Countries: France.
• 55 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
• More routes from this port.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

• The Tourmalet and the Aubisque are normally open from about June to October. Check before you go.
• The line keeps off motorways and toll roads by design. Swap in the autoroute for any stretch you want to cover quickly.
• Cyclists in large numbers on the Pyrenean cols in summer.

On the way

1. Calais
2. Abbeville
3. Neufchatel-en-Bray
4. Lyons-la-Foret
5. Les Andelys
6. Verneuil-sur-Avre
7. Belleme
8. Saumur
9. Chinon
10. Le Blanc
11. Brantome
12. Les Eyzies
13. Sarlat-la-Caneda
14. Rocamadour
15. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
16. Lectoure
17. Oloron-Sainte-Marie
18. Col d'Aubisque
19. Argeles-Gazost
20. Luz-Saint-Sauveur
21. Col du Tourmalet
22. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan
23. Col d'Aspin
24. Arreau
25. Col de Peyresourde
26. Bagneres-de-Luchon
27. Saint-Girons
28. Foix
29. Mirepoix
30. Castres
31. Lacaune
32. Millau
33. Le Rozier
34. Sainte-Enimie
35. Florac
36. Mende
37. Saint-Flour
38. Pas de Peyrol
39. Salers
40. Bort-les-Orgues
41. Le Mont-Dore
42. Montlucon
43. Bourges
44. Sancerre
45. Gien
46. Montargis
47. Fontainebleau
48. Meaux
49. Compiegne
50. Amiens
51. Hesdin
52. Calais

Split it into days

Pick the miles you like to ride in a day. Each day ends at the named place on the route nearest that distance, and you get a GPX file for each day.

This is your pace, not our estimate of how long the riding takes. Day lengths vary because each day ends at a named place.