“La Turbie + Col d’Eze” Details (Zwift Climb Portal)
Key Details
- Category: 2nd
- Length: 15.2 km (9.4 miles)
- Elevation Gain: 616 m (2,021‘)
- Average Gradient: 3.1%
- Country: France
- Watopia Climb Segment
- Watopia Descent Segment
- France Climb Segment
- France Descent Segment
- 5 W/kg: 32 minutes
- 4 W/kg: 38 minutes
- 3 W/kg: 46 minutes
- 2 W/kg: 65 minutes
Strava Segments
Time Estimates
This climb is actually two climbs, and it’s taken from the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France. This year’s final stage is a TT, which hasn’t been done in the Tour for 35 years! (The last time it happened, Greg LeMond incredible TT effort took the Yellow Jersey from Laurent Fignon by just eight seconds, the narrowest margin in history.)
(The Tour’s historic finish in Nice was necessitated by logistical challenges on the Champs-Elysées due to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games beginning just a few days after the TdF concludes.)
Zwift’s segment begins in Monaco then climbs up the D53’s switchbacks to the hilltop village of La Turbie before descending to Eze and climbing again to the finish atop Col d’Eze. The climb up to La Turbie is 8.2km long at 5.6%, while the climb up to Col d’Eze is 1.8km at 6.8%.
What’s the ideal frame and wheel setup for this one? There is a substantial downhill section, so would a tt frame, or aero wheels paired to the Aethos provide a benefit? Or should I still stick to the Aethos and alpinist wheels?
Check Zwifter bikes and be prepared to set your weight, height and FTP.
https://zwifterbikes.web.app/route/la-turbie-col-deze
Really enjoyable to ride this yesterday and now settle in to watch Cav and Bini victory lap it 6 minutes faster than me 😂. (How much faster will Pog be???)
Will there be also Strava Segments for the 2 climbs separately or is that not planned?
Thanks!
No plans at this time.
About 145m of climbing on the way “down”.
Max grade 8%
Not quite the “free ride” back down!
Riding this climb, it is obvious that Zwift needs to resolve their “elevation profile” shown in the upper right corner when descending the climb portals. It is completely nonintuitive that the descent is shown as red and yellow and the uphill parts are shown as blue.
Why can’t Zwift just use the same color map as on the ascent?
Notice how much better it looks on the Sauce for Zwift elevation profile at the bottom of my screen:
“Why can’t Zwift just use the same color map as on the ascent?”
I honestly never cared at all. It was a fun climb. I did it on February 24, 2026.
Also, you already know there will be an uphill going descending. After doing the ascend part of the ride