“Croissant” Route Details (France)
This quick, flat loop is the “shortest” of France’s new routes (those released in April 2025) and covers all the new roads. (Yes, Macaron is shorter – but it’s event-only. And while Ven-10 is actually shorter in length, you’re climbing Ventoux the whole time, so it feels much longer!)
Route Basics
Length: 9.3 km (5.8 miles)
Elevation: 49m (161′)
+3.2km (2.0 miles) lead-in with 23m (75′) elevation
Map: France
ZIMetrics
Rating: 6.0/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 18 minutes
3 W/kg: 20 minutes
2 W/kg: 24 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins with a lead-in to the Dos d’Âne Sprint arch, which is also the finish line.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 185 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
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Traveling in a clockwise loop, this circuit begins with a 3.1km lead-in from the new Normandy start pens to the Dos d’Âne Sprint Reverse arch (which also serves as the loop’s finish line).
After the lead-in you’ll hit two sprints in quick succession: first Sprint du Cratère, then the slightly downhill Sprinteur Sprint Reverse. Take a right turn onto the “older” France road and you’ll pass the Normandy start pens and retrace your lead-in steps, once again riding beneath the Dos d’Âne Sprint Reverse arch before twisting and climbing your way up to the finish line.
A tasty little route. Love the cobbles.
MVDP has got his name on the road on this course 👍 ride on MVDP
I have done this course three times,including a race, and still not showing on Strava. Instead, I get something that says ‘partial match.’
I’ve ridden this several times with no credit on Strava? I wonder if the loop is making the segment fail.