“Petit Boucle” Route Details (France)
Looking for a tour of France? Released with Zwift’s France map for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Petit Boucle route is the longest on the map (along with Tire-Bouchon). Its name references Le Tour’s “Grand Boucle” nickname, which means “big loop.”Â
It covers all roads in both directions, except for the road up Mont Ventoux.
Looking for a tour of France? Released with Zwift’s France map for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Petit Boucle route is the longest on the map (along with Tire-Bouchon). Its name references Le Tour’s “Grand Boucle” nickname, which means “big loop.”Â
It covers all roads in both directions, except for the road up Mont Ventoux.
Route Basics
Length: 60.8 km (37.8 miles)
Elevation: 483m (1,585‘)
+0.9km (0.6 miles) lead-in
Map: France
ZIMetricsBETA
Rating: 31.4/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 120 minutes
3 W/kg: 98 minutes
4 W/kg: 89 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins and ends at the Marina Sprint banner.
Achievement Badge: 1220 XP
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
This loop is flat and fast. Your fastest times will come from an aero setup!
Route Description
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This route begins with almost an entire loop of the R.G.V. route, but it turns left near the end, heading toward the start pens instead of the finish line. This takes you uphill to climb the backside of the Petit KOM (a key climb in a race) before a left-hand turn onto the Petit KOM’s descent.
After a right at the next fork, we’re back on the road we started with, in the opposite direction. That means we’ll hit the Aqueduc KOM and Pavé Sprint before passing Mont Saint-Michel and the lighthouse and heading into the marina for a Marina Sprint.
Then it’s along the twisty river road with hot air balloons floating in the sky, where we’ll hit the Ballon sprint.
Next we turn right onto the Petit KOM – the longest climb of this route. Finish the climb, descend past the starting pens, and finish with one more Marina Reverse Sprint.