ROAD BOOK TI REV 2016 401 KMS Start in Luxeuil les Bains at the St Colomban Abbey (the starting time depends on the route and category) Step one In the direction of Le Thillot via D6, no not take the road to Froideconche centre. You must cross straight through Froideconche. Raddon (7 kms) then Amage, Ste Marie en Chanois and Faucogney At the entrance to Faucogney, take a right, cross the bridge and go into Faucogney. (14 kms) Take a right at the stop sign towards Melisey (you'll come back to this area and the end) Then take a left towards La Mer (at the fountain) on the D66 There's 3 kms ascent in the forest and a small descent into La Mer Continue in the direction of Servance by a hilly road and passing through little Finland and many lakes. A rapid descent into Servance. BE CAREFUL IN THE DESCENT!!!!! At the stop sign, take a right. At the exit of Servance, (alt 400m) 29kms take a left towards Miellin (photo below) Take the D133. Profile change. A hilly road up to Miellin, 35 kms
At Miellin take a right, cross the bridge and to towards Belfahy You are in Le Petit Galibier which the Tour de France passed through in July 2014. The road ascends brutally for a couple hundred meters and then there's a short plateau before another difficult Ascension to the Col des Chevrères. It's a road surrounded by woods, often with very big ascensions (9% on average over 4 kms and 11% over 2 kms!) 500 meters before the top, the hill becomes less steep and opens to the Col des Chevrères. Alt 916m. 38 kms A rapid descent to Belfahy, the highest village in the Haute Saône and the blueberry pie capital! At the stop sign take a left.
2.5 km of winding descent. At the bottom, at the stop sign take a left towards Plancher les Mines. Cross Plancher les Mines, pass in front of the sawmill (don't worry, the bear is cut from a tree!) and you'll arrive at the fork : Ballon de Servance/ Planche des Belles Filles. Take a right to climb the dreaded Planche des Belles Filles. At the bottom, the slope is formidable with many hills for 1300m. Then there's a small descent and the slope, even though the incline is steep, is more regular. The last 500m are easier to arrive at the esplanade where there's the supply stand. However, before arriving there, you have to climb the tour de France ramp with a 24% incline. You just climbed the Planche des Belles Filles a high point of the 3 ballons and the Tour de France! You still have to go back down. Be careful in the descent which can sometimes be very rapid! Supply stand, step 1/// 55kms ( average height climbed 1475m) Step 2 Contrary to the REV, you won't be passing through the Ballon de Servance. You'll pass through Plancher les Mines then Plancher Bas via the D16. 67kms At the roundabout at exit of Plancher Bas, take a left towards Giomagny, a hilly road. At the entrance to Giromagny, 76km take a left to stay out of the center of town, which has many fountains. You will be on the D465 headed towards the Ballon D Alsace. At 2km from the some it, you will be at a plateau of the Ballon. Ballon d Alsace 1178m 92 kms Supply stand, step 2/// 92 kms ( average height climbed 825m total 2325m) Step 3 You will descend the Ballon d Alsace to St Maurice sur Moselle. It's 9kms of descent on a road in excellent condition. Watch out for some pin turns.
At the stop sign, at the end of the descent, take a left onto the N66 until Le Thillot. Le Thillot, alt 402m, 107km. In the center of town, at the light, take the right, D486 towards Le Ménil Cornimont. La Bresse : photo below. Exit Thillot. A nice road. Le Ménil 111km Continue on the same road in great condition until the Col du Ménil alt 612m 115km There's a descent of 2km until Travexin. At the bottom of the descent take a right on to D43 towards Oderen A small ascent until Ventron before getting to the Col d Ordren. A regular ascent over 5km until the Col d Oderen, alt 884m 126km The descent can be rapid with pin turns for 7 km, but a nice road. You've arrived at Kruth alt 450m 133km At the stop sign, take a left to the D13b Follow this road until the Lac de Wildenstein 135km At the Lac de Wildenstein, keep going straight At Wildenstein you will stay on the same road to climb the Col de Bramont alt 946m 146km. A regular ascent for 8km. Be careful! A short descent after le Col and, several hundred meters later, take the Route des Americains on your right. There's an irregular ascent for 4 km to get to the Route des Crêtes on your left at the end of the ascent.
Keep going straight on the Route des Crêtes for about 5 km. You will be above the Breitsouzen dark where the supply stand was last year. Then turn right to climb to the Hohneck summit, one of the most beautiful panoramas of the Vosges Mountains! The Hohneck alt 1363m Supply stand number 3/// 157kms (average height climbed : 1455m total 3780) Be careful!!! Night will fall for certain people in this next step (very short). Don't forget to turn on your lights and wear night clothes. Step 4 Go back down the Hohneck to get to the intersection of the Route des Crêtes. BE CAREFUL The REV will turn left, but the TiREV will take a right on the D430 to follow the Route des Crêtes (hilly) towards the Col de la Schlucht alt 1258m 163km At the stop sign, take a right and then a left towards the Col du Calvaire. The road is very hilly the fairy valley...maybe you will see one! The Route des Crêtes is a magical spot, you will most likely see animals...more scared of you th an you are of them, but please be careful. There are no big cats, just rabbits, foxes and deer who are unfamiliar with bikes, at night for some of you. Col du Calvaire alt 1134m 175km Supply stand number 4 average climb: 170m total 3950m Step 5 After the supply stand, and it s campfire, you have to leave for a harder leg of the race. Descend the hill straight and towards the Lac Blanc via the D48.2 and then take a right to go back up via the D48 and the Col du Wettstein alt 882m 188kms At the summit, take a left to rejoin the Collet du Linge via the D116 The REV goes through a zone of war monuments and cemeteries for soldiers. Please be respectful. After a few kms of an easy ascent, you will reach the Collet du Linge alt 975m 191kms Take a left via DVbis1 towards Munster BE CAREFUL!!! The descent is quite rapid towards Horodberg. It s an excellent road, but with hairpin turns. Don t get carried away by your speed...and take the time to admire the Munster valley, all lit up! Keep going on this road. Horod, then another km and at the stop sign; take a left towards Munster via the D417 alt 320 202kms
Go into the town of Munster and BE CAREFUL take a right towards Luttenbach via D10. There will be a right angle turn...do not go into the center of town, do not follow Colmar. For the moment, you will be off the big race circuit. Stay on the D10 and pass by Mulbach alt 480m 206km Leave Sondernach (210kms) and keep going on the D27 and you will be back on the big race circuit. Start of the Col du Platzerwasel This ascent can sometimes be difficult. It s a rather unknown ascent...but one that you will never forget! Col du Platzerwasel alt 1193m 216kms Col du Breifirst alt 1282m 219kms You will arrive at the fork (223kms) with the D431 which you took in the opposite way from Markstein. At the fork, take a left towards the Markstein Grand Ballon via the Route des Crêtes. A good road. Hilly. The Markstein (225kms) BE CAREFUL!!! Stay straight on this road, DO NOT GO LEFT OR RIGHT. Stay on the D431 to the Grand Ballon, the highest point of the REV. Le Grand Ballon alt 1343m, 229kms Highest point of the Ti REV! A rapid descent to the Col Amic. A large road, nicely re-paved. Still: pay attention! There are two cobblestone sections with hairpin turns. Col Amic alt 825m Col Amic alt 825m Supply stand number 5/// 236kms (average height: 1360 total, 5380) Step 6 Take the D431 straight on towards Vieil Armand Uffoltz Be careful in the descent from Vieil Armand! Do not go to Uffoltz!!! In the descent, take a left after 10 kms or so. Go towards Wattwiller via the D5III. Wattwiller 249kms Rapid and narrow descent, be careful! Cross through Wattwiller, straight on via the Rue du Gal de Gaulle then the Rue de Bernwiller. At the exit of the town, take a left onto the D5 towards Soultz Hartmannwiller. Follow the D5 to the intersection which tells you that Wuenheim is to the left (90 degree angle turn). Wuenheim (alt 295m) 256kms At the exit of Wuenheim, take a left onto the Route Forestière de la Sapinière, now in excellent condition, which will take you to the Col Amic.
Col Amic, alt 825m 268 kms Supply Stand number 6/// 268 kms (Average height 268m, total 6075m) Step 7 After a good stop at the supply stand, it s time to get going again! Take the D13BVI and descend towards Willer / Thur alt 360m 277kms At the blinking lights, in Willer / Thur, take a left to Bitschwiller les Thann 279kms In Bitschwiller, take a right at the lights towards Col du Hundsruck. You are on the Route Joffre D14BIV, which will bring you to the Col du Hundsruck. The ascent isn t very long, but is irregular with some difficult parts. Col du Hundsruck, alt 748m 285kms Descend to Bourbach le Haut with a small cobblestone section. Mind the fountains. Be careful! in Bourbach le Haut 290kms take a right and leave Bourbach le Bas on your left. A small incline and then descent to Masevaux alt 405m 294kms At the entrance to Masevaux, take a right at the bottom of the descent and follow Ballon d Alsace via the D466 Go through the villages of Sickert Wegsheid Oberbruck Dolleren 301kms Sewen, with many fountains 303kms At the exit of Sewen Lac de Sewen you will attack your second Ballon d Alsace. This is the wildest, and also the most sloping ascent, especially after having seen the magnificent Lac d Alfeld 307kms Do not go to the very top (see the chart) there s a supply stand at the fork of the D465. Supply stand number 7///314 KMS ( average height climbed 1170m total 7245m) Take the fork (alt 1080m) on the left with the D465, direction Giromagny. Step 8 At the fork, take the left onto the D465 towards Giromagny. A nice descent into Giromagny. A nice repavement, but you already know from having climbed it yesterday! Giromagny alt 470m 327kms At the entrance to Giromagny, take the first right to stay out of the center of town. Fountains. At the stop sign, take a right onto the D12 towards Auxelles Bas 334kms, Plancher Bas. A hilly road Plancher Bas 336kms At the entrance of Plancher Bas at the roundabout, take a left onto the D97 towards Fresse Melisey to climb the Col de la Chevestraye...which you came down yesterday!
Col de la Chevestraye alt 602m 342kms Take a right into the D486 towards the Col des Croix. It s a slight uphill until Servance 361kms Be careful! At the exit of Servance take a left. 362kms A brutal elevation of the road for a couple hundred meters before getting to the last supply stand! Servance supply stand number 8/// 363kms average height: 465m total: 7710m Step 9 A small flat area, and even a slight downhill! Before a long ascent sometimes very steep in the direction of Beulotte St Laurent 370kms (photo) After Beulotte St Laurent, you will continue on the D263. At the fork with the D236, 375kms, take a left and then leave Corravillers on your right. Keep going on the D236 towards Esmoulières 377kms After Esmoulières, still on the D236, BE CAREFUL OF THE RAPID DESCENT. At Faucogney 382kms, at the stop sign, go straight on and then take the first left.
Take a left after the stop sign and then an immediate right towards Melisey. Follow the signs gendarmerie Leave Faucogney, D73 by passing in front of the police station (gendarmerie) 383kms and after 2kms take a right towards La Voivre 386kms to get to La Bruyère 391kms via a bucolic road along the Breuchin river, then Breuchotte. At the stop sign, 392kms, take a right (photo) and then the first left before the bridge (photo)
Go to Froideconche. After 5kms, at the stop sign, take a right. 397kms, go through Froideconche again and after the two roundabouts you will be in Luxeuil 401kms and you will be on the same road taken the day before to get to the Abbey! Luxeuil Les Bains Arrival Point alt 306 401kms (average height : 530m total: 8240m) This race course was made with OPENRUNNER. If the mileage is very close to reality, its a little bit more difficult to give a precise indication of the altitudes climbed, but it will still give you a fairly precise indication of the race course! VERY IMPORTANT YOU CAN SEE PROFILES OF DIFFERENT STEPS ON FRENCH SITE AFTER EACH STEP