CYCL – MONTÉE DU COL DE MENTÉ DEPUIS SAINT-BÉAT-LEZ

Steps

Step 1

As soon as you leave Saint-Béat-Lez, after crossing the Garonne, the road climbs immediately through woodland. Up to Boutx, the gradient varies between 8 per cent and 9 per cent.

Step 2

After passing through the village of Boutx, the gradient becomes significantly steeper for 3 km.

Step 3

The road then continues with a series of lovely, smooth hairpin bends. It is in this area that you’ll find the memorial to Luis Ocaña, the great Spanish cyclist of the 1970s.

Step 4

The final kilometre has the steepest gradient, with no respite right up to the summit.