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Fun Facts - Comparing Tour de France with Victoria's High Country

Challenge

Col du Tourmalet is the Tour de France’s most visited Hors Categorie climb at 1268m in elevation

Mt Hotham is the High Country’s most iconic Hors Categorie climb at 1304m in elevation

Mountain Peaks

The 2019 Tour de France has five mountain top finishes

Victoria's High Country has five Category 1 and Hors Categorie mountain climbs accessible from one location

Spectators

12 million spectators will line the roads and cram the riders throughout the Tour

There are no crowds in the High Country, in fact our roads and trails are pretty much traffic free

Food & Wine

France has Champagne that you can enjoy with triple cream Brie and a baguette

The High Country has Prosecco that you can enjoy with ashed goats cheese and sourdough

Ranking

France is voted Europe’s number 1 cycling country

The High Country is Australia’s premier cycling destination

Rest Days

On ‘Rest Days’ at Le Tour, the cyclists ride their bikes

On rest days in the High Country you can hit up a brewery, sample some wine, swim with the kids, go for a bushwalk...or maybe even a ski

Distance

The 2019 Tour de France will cover 3460km

There are endless kilometres of quiet country roads for you to explore in the High Country

Water

Over 42,000 water bottle will be used throughout the Tour de France

Just fill your water bottle at a roadside stream or spring when you are in the High Country

Pain Relief

Until the 1960s, riders used to drink alcohol to numb the pain (a practice that is now banned)

Nowadays we head to a favourite High Country Brewery post ride, to recount tall stories of our monumental efforts and immeasurable pain

Travel Times

Paris is over 22hours from Melbourne

Victoria’s High Country is less than 3 hours from Melboune

Geography

France is approximately 645,000 km2, about the same size as two Victoria’s

The High Country covers 24,000 km2, roughly the same size as the French Alps

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0.03 Mt Buller, Summit
0.13 Hotham, Summit
0.16 Falls Creek, High Voltage
0.19 Falls Creek, Frying Pan Spur
0.22 Mt Buller, Misty Twist
0.26 Mt Buller, Clancy’s Run
0.32 Dinner Plain, Village
0.35 Mt Buller, Misty Twist
0.37 Dinner Plain, Ferg’s Trail
0.39 Mt Buller, Big Berm
0.40 Falls Creek, Flowtown
0.42 Dinner Plain, Precipice Plain Lookout
0.49 Falls Creek, Lakeview
0.51 Falls Creek, Flowtown
0.54 Dinner Plain, Blizzard Brewery
0.56 Falls Creek, Pretty Valley Pondage
0.59 Falls Creek, Mount McKay Summit
1.07 Bright, Hero Trail, Mystic MTB Park
1.14 Bright, Tombstone, Mystic MTB Park
1.20 Mt Buller, Abom Downhill
1.22 Yackandandah, Carcass Canyon, Yack Tracks
1.25 Bright, Hero Trail, Mystic MTB Park
1.28 Beechworth, Snakes and Ladders
1.33 Beechworth, Short Course Downhill
1.35 Yackandandah, Trail Head, Yack Tracks
1.38 Mount Beauty, Bananarama, Big Hill MTB Park
1.39 Ride High Country limited edition water bottle
1.40 Mount Beauty, Lukes Track, Big Hill MTB Park
1.41 Bright, Tombstone, Mystic MTB Park
1.43 Bright, Shred Kelly’s Last Stand
1.52 Bright, The Playground
1.55 Beechworth, Pump Track
1.57 Mount Beauty, Bananarama, Big Hill MTB Park
2.00 Bright, The Playground, Mystic MTB Park
2.03 Mount Beauty, Whipps Chair, Big Hill MTB Park
2.05 Mirimbah, Delatite River Trail (from Mt Buller)
2.08 Mirimbah, Delatite River Trail (from Mt Buller)
2.12 Rutherglen, The Big Wine Bottle
2.15 Chiltern, Conness Street
2.17 Chiltern, Goods Shed at Chiltern Station
2.18 Huon, Sandy Creek Bridge, High Country Rail Trail
2.24 Rutherglen, Murray River Reserve Wahgunyah
2.29 Bright, Centenary Park, Ovens River
2.32 Porepunkah, Rail Trail Cafe, Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
2.35 Ride High Country limited edition waterbottle
2.36 Benalla, Australia Post Laneway
2.37 Goorambat, Goorambat Art Silos (Benalla)
2.44 Winton Wetlands, Dam Wall Road (Benalla)
2.47 Winton Wetlands, Boggy Bridge Fish Trees (Benalla)
2.49 Beechworth, Masons Road
2.54 Beechworth, Bridge Road Brewers
2.59 Bright, Riverside Adventure Playground on Ovens River
3.02 Whitlands, Powers Lookout (King Valley)
3.09 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Reservoir (Upper Murray)
3.19 Myrrhee, Mt Bellevue (King Valley)
3.24 Mt Beauty, Bogong Horseback Adventures
3.30 Cheshunt, Chrismont Winery (King Valley)
3.32 Oxley, Sam Miranda Winery (King Valley)
3.38 Freeburgh, Dungey Track (Bright)
3.42 Glenrowan, Big Ned Kelly
3.45 Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park, Old Coach Road (Beechworth)
3.51 Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park, Mt Pilot summit (Beechworth)
4.00 Mount Buffalo National Park, Cresta Valley (Bright)
4.02 Mount Buffalo National Park, The Horn (Bright)
4.06 Mitta Mitta, Trappers Gap Road (Upper Murray)
4.12 Merrijig, Buttercup Road (Mansfield)
4.17 Porepunkah, Braithwaites Plantation (Bright)
4.26 Porepunkah, Mount Buffalo from Braithwaites Plantation (Bright)
4.30 Glenrowan, Taminick Gap Road
4.33 Glenrowan, Baileys Winery
4.36 Gundowring, Keegans Lane Bridge over Kiewa River (Mount Beauty)
4.39 Cheshunt, Lake William Hovell (King Valley)
4.43 Coral Bank, Redbank Mongans Road (Mount Beauty)
4.45 Myrrhee, Boggy Creek Road (King Valley)
4.49 Mansfield, Town Centre
4.54 Mansfield, Mansfield Coffee Merchants
4.56 Beechworth, Town Centre
4.59 Beechworth, Historic Precinct
5.00 Beechworth, private residence
5.01 Ride High Country limited edition waterbottle
5.03 Cheshunt, Lake William Hovell (King Valley)
5.05 Smoko, Great Alpine Road (Bright)
5.09 Smoko, Great Alpine Road with Mt Feathertop (Bright)
5.12 Smoko, Great Alpine Road (Bright)
5.15 Smoko, Great Alpine Road with Mt Feathertop (Bright)
5.20 Mount Buffalo National Park (Bright)
5.22 Mount Buffalo National Park, The Gorge View (Bright)
5.25 Mount Buffalo National Park, Devils Elbow (Bright)
5.28 Mount Buffalo National Park, Tourist Road (Bright)
5.29 Falls Creek, Rocky Valley Dam
5.30 Falls Creek, Bogong High Plains Road at Rocky Valley Dam
5.31 Mount Beauty, Sullivan Lookout with Mt Bogong
5.34 Rosewhite, Carrolls Road with Mount Buffalo (Myrtleford)
5.43 Mt Buller. Mt Buller Road
5.47 Mount Buffalo National Park, Mackeys Lookout (Bright)
5.50 Mount Buffalo National Park, Tourist Road (Bright)
5.53 Mount Buffalo National Park, Dingo Dell (Bright)
5.56 Mount Buffalo National Park, Mount Buffalo Chalet (Bright)
6.00 Hotham, Great Alpine Road near Renes Lookout
6.02 Hotham, Great Alpine Road near Blowhard Hut
6.04 Hotham, Great Alpine Road, The Diamantina
6.07 Hotham, Great Alpine Road, The Cross
6.10 Hotham, Great Alpine Road, The Diamantina
6.11 Hotham, Great Alpine Road with Mount Buffalo

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