How Fast Were The Tour de France Femmes On Alpe d’Huez?

Alpe d'Huez is one of the most well-known climbs among cyclists, and we recently witnessed an astonishing finish at the Tour de Femmes. But how fast are these professionals, really? To find out, we’ll conduct a test where volunteers from the GCN Megabase will take on the Alpe d’Zwift challenge and aim for their best possible time. Will they measure up to the professionals?

0:00 GCN vs TDF Femmes
0:35 Tour de Femmes
1:37 Our Experiment
2:02 Chloe
2:28 Belinda
2:57 Pre-Race Feelings
4:10 Let's Go Into It
5:56 We Have Conor
7:10 Comparison with the Real Climb
8:27 300 Metres to Go
9:17 Last Effort
10:19 Finish and Post-Race Feelings

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[gcn]

How do you think you'd fare on Alpe d'Huez? Could you keep up with the pros? 🚴‍♀

[andrewmcalister]

Kudos to both Belinda and Chloe not just for a max effort up the Alpe, but also for stepping out from behind the camera to in front of it.

[rickmorse]

Now we know how Alex stays fast... trying to keep up with Chloe!

[chrishayes]

I have enjoyed content from all the previous GCN ladies. I would love to see more from Chloe, especially if that is with husband Alex. Days out, joint training etc

[throx]

Sub 60 minutes is spectacular. That's some real talent, and can shave a bunch of time with full on professional training. I'm hanging out for Zwift Acadamy now!

[mommamooney]

Chloe is a massive inspiration to me. I’ve tried the hard things thanks to her

[jdswoger]

Outstanding job ladies, very impressive times. I loved Belinda giving Chloe encouragement as Chloe reached the top.

[iansingleton]

Both girls absolutely smashed that. I hope Conor paid for the coffee and cake at the cafe afterwards. Top effort.

[Dhungerf]

Wow, those girls are awesome. That was a huge effort

[StanWatson]

Unbelievable the efforts from these two. It was inspiring just to watch how hard they attacked that climb, and how they genuinely supported each other while doing it. I hope we see more of this kind of content. Oh, and Alex, watch your "six." Chloe is coming fast.

[lux-wattage]

I remember Chloe's very first video. It's amazing to see how far she's come! So impressive! Manon left some big shoes to fill, but I really think Chloe is the perfect fit to step in ;)

[Ravenblade]

Brilliant effort from both Chloe and Belinda! Also I'd dread the thought of doing any big effort on Zwift without a fan absolutely on full blast, so even if Conor did sneak a fan on for them I'd imagine it was more of a sufferfest than it could have been if they hadn't been filming.

The pros times are on another level entirely though. Especially when they are doing it at the end of week long stage race nevermind just at the end of that stage 8 of this years TDFF, and with Demi carrying a massive bruise on her hip/lower back from her crash earlier in the race!

[mattszrejter]

I really loved seeing this prospective of comparing the everyday person to the elites in 1st and last place. Great job ladies!

[peteedwards]

Great effort. GCN needs to fill that womens slot on the team. Only Sub one hour up the Alp need apply 😊

[timcollins]

Awesome performance by both ladies - not to mention the women on the Tour itself. At 100kg and 68 years old, my best is around 2 hours (probably nearer 2.5 on the real thing) so they have my total admiration!

[HazelDillon]

These ladies are awesome! Amazing effort and encouraging each other the whole way ❤ looking forward to seeing more of them

[fotmheki]

Over 4 w/kg for an hour it's pretty damn good! Good job girls!

[gilesy]

Amazing video ladies. What a ride! Thank you.

[petergarner]

I think GCN has just found another (and needed!) woman presenter! Well done to both Chloé and Belinda. So inspiring.

[mahonah]

Amazing effort. Better than I could ever have done. Awesome.