Are you reluctant to load your bike into the car (or train) when you head off to La Plagne for your summer vacation? The question is, which bike are you going to take with you? To find out, answer the 5 questions below in 10 seconds. You'll soon find out... (and you can always opt to hire a proud steed on arrival if you prefer to travel light).
You're pretty hip...
A. Auto pedals
B. Double suspension
C. 20-inch wheels
Your kif is...
A. Grinding for hours
B. Engaging downhill
C. Tricking
When your mates talk about you, they say...
A. "He / she has one hell of a ride"
B. "He's a raving lunatic / she's a raving lunatic"
C. "He/she oozes style".
A sports moment that has "scared the shit out of you" lately...
A. The Pinot turn organized by the FFL during the Tour de France 2023
B. Loris Vergier becomes DH world champion in 2024
C. The Daudet-André-Mahieu triple at the Paris Olympics
When you take your bike out on Sunday, you say...
A. "I'm going to ride!"
B. "I'm going to ride!"
C. "I'm going to play!"
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✨Do you have as many A answers as possible? Take your (road) bike!
A priori, your thing is the road. You love endurance, legendary mountain passes, the Tour de France. Swallowing kilometers and D+. Eat pasta. So grab your road bike! The Haute Tarentaise is a must for amateur and professional cyclists alike, with some twenty signposted itineraries for all levels (including three legendary passes: the Col de l'Iseran, the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard and the Cormet de Roselend).
🚴 Three cycling itineraries to try out: the Balcons de Tarentaise (for a gentle warm-up: 29 km for 140 m of D+), the montée de La Plagne (a great classic that gets the thighs warm: 21.1 km for 1,225 m of D+) and the montée de Laval (a more confidential, and therefore less frequented, itinerary on the Versant du Soleil: 16.8 km for 1,130 m of D+).
📅 An event not to be missed: the arrival of the 19th stage of the Tour de France 2025on Friday, July 25, in La Plagne!
✨Do you have as many B answers as possible? Grab your (downhill) bike!
You're a racer at heart! Adrenalin? It's your happy hormone. So grab your full-suspension mountain bike and your full-face helmet: you're going to have a blast (figuratively speaking, we're counting on you!) on the 12 downhill trails for all levels at the Bike Park Coloradoas well as on the enduro trails. You can even hone your technique under the expert eye of a qualified mountain bike instructor (and rent your DH / enduro / VTTAE mountain bike on site if you don't feel like lugging your beloved mount all the way to La Plagne).
🚴 Three DH trails to try out: the Blue Tomato trail (the longest blue trail in the area, at 3.5 km with 300 m of D-), the red Thunderbolt trail (numerous tables, for air time fans) and the black X'Trem Canyon trail (THE most difficult trail in the Bike Park!).
📅 An event not to be missed from July 11 to 13, 2025: SUPER8, a mountain bike, VTTAE (and road bike) race that will appeal to cross-country enthusiasts with its long-distance events (from 23 to 75 km, 1,020 to 3,475 m D+). Info and registration > go here!
✨Do you have as many C answers as possible? Get on your BMX bike!
No doubt about it: you're a freestyler. Standing on your pedals, the saddle of your "toy" is more decorative than anything else. You love woops, banked turns and barspins (and work relentlessly on your tailwhip). So take your BMX with you! There's plenty of fun to be had on the two pumptracks (see below) and the skatepark at Macot chef-lieu (in the valley).
🚴 Two pumptracks to try out: the Plagne Bellecôte pumptrack and the Aime-la-Plagne pumptrack, both with blue (beginner) and red (difficult) loops.
