Alpe d'Huez - 1 hour 19 seconds - Full Climb - Cycling Motivation

This is the full climb of Alpe d'Huez - the 21 Bends. If you've ever wondered what its like to cycle up the famous Alpe d'Huez, or if you want to cycle Alpe du Zwift against me, then this is your video. The segment of the climb begins at 2 seconds into the video and the climb is completed in 1 hour and 19 seconds. This was also day 17 of my challenge to cycle Alpe d'Huez every day for 30 days!

Click here for a full video of the climb in:

1 hour 54 seconds
1 hour 1 min 14 seconds
1 hour 2 mins 41 seconds
1 hour 7 minutes

On Strava the 21 bends climb segment is called: Alpe d'Huez 'Vieil Alpe'

You can see my ride on Strava here:

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#AlpedHuez #21bends

[erik....]

It's so awesome that they finally built the Zwift track in real life.

[arethPoole]

Alpe d'Huez was my last climb of the Trans Alpe Tour, did it in 1hr 3min. (Full tour was 26 Alpes in 11days) I did at 57 years of age..the hardest tour I've ever done!!

[theademerckxfiles]

Goodness me what an effort!! The heavy breathing starts at 50 seconds and doesn't relent at all - WOW

[Lastchance]

So according to my calcs, you were averaging 6.8 mph. Nice Work!

[chrisruss]

This is a great time and requires very good fitness, much greater than me. I found the start, up to bend six, to be the worst, particularly with a limited warm up. When I looked up to the very top from Bourg car park, I couldn’t believe I had cycled that high. It was a great feeling.

[joshrees]

I love it when they include it in a stage of the tour de France I t’s so fantastic to look at those mountains it’s spectacular

[mungflesh]

Sounded like a true effort!! Epic climbing. Well done.

[SonePretorius-iw]

Thank you for this video. I do spinning in my house, while watching you. So I suffered. You did great!

[craighermle]

Congrats. It sounds like the other rider was having a damned cell conversation. Pretty incredible feat!

[cliveellis]

Thank you so much mate... twas great to have someone to suffer that whole hour with and you do know how to suffer. Well done

[pointbreak]

Man you were really suffering. Way to hang in there! 💪

[brainy]

Geat to watch when on the boring turbo .Thanks

[antoniotiangco]

Awesome ride. I will work out more for this. Thanks 🙏

[graham]

Chapeau to both of you and everyone who has ever successfully done it.

I've a few questions if that's ok? Firstly, I'm thinking of climbing it in early April when I've next got some time off and the weather should be milder.

I have wanted to do it anyway for a while but my mind has been made up through wanting to get sponsored for it to raise some money for the family of a school friend who sadly passed away from cancer just before Christmas. He was in his early 50's like me.

At around 14 and a half stones and about 5 feet 8 inches tall, I am wondering how my physiology is suited for this challenge. I'm a regular commuter to work doing around 40 miles in total Monday to Friday topped off by another 20 usually on Sundays.

I am not too proud to take a fair few breaks on the various bends - plus take some photos on my phone - but I am, of course, wondering how I'll get on and if I can do it naturally.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

[brianbooth]

I love this video, it is my go-to video while riding the rollers on the long cold minus 18C winter days of Toronto, and I can relive my own ascent of Alpe d'Huez at the same time.
What I like most is that there is no music, just the exhausting effort of the climb (I know the feeling), and that you place the camera on the stem so that the bars are visible, it makes it really feel like I am there with you. And one hour on the rollers is just perfect for me, although my ascent took 1 hour 15 minutes (at age 60).
Did your buddy do the entire climb in the same gear? His cadence seemed to always be slower than yours, was his bottom gear not as low as yours? And he seemed less knackered too!
Also, if you are ever in the neighbourhood, I'd like to see you do the Galibier, Ventoux, and Stelvio, with the same setup, just to give me some variety on the rollers, I can't find videos of those climbs that are as good as yours.

[harveyspecter]

Thanks guys - in training for fifth climb of Alp D in August but now in fifties!😳

[franciscoazofeifa]

Huyyyy que bueno, me valgo de tu video y hago rodillos con el pasó de tu compañero, y él tuyo, así que he escalado el alpe d hues con ustedes 👍👍🤩🇨🇷

[michaelmottlau]

I understand you're shocked, you did an awesome job. Marco Pantani set the record 1:37.35 in 1997 during the Tour de France. His time is not comparable to normal riders who rides with out taking doping. Like any other top 3 riders in the mid 1995 he used a lot of EPO, Insuline, Human growth hormone, Anabolic steroids, testorterone blod doping etc. to obtain this kind of "super human" speed. The "Cycling Dane" youtube channel made a video, where the used a electric bicycle to go up to Alpe D'Huez in the same speed as Marco Pantani, and her you see some "crazy speed". Finally I acknowledge you great ride to the top. Very well done and congratulation. 1 hour is an excellent achievement.😀

[yussanid]

waw the road is very quiet of vehicles, a fun route for cycling

[TheGazavman]

The arrival is avenue du Rif Nel higher 75 m higher