Gréoux-les-Bains 7th - 14th of June
Day 3 ... Wednesday - Le Géant de Provence
The Wednesday was reserved for the peak of the Provence, the
famous Mont Ventoux fabled for the heat battles in its sparse
vegetation to the top during the Tour de France over the last 100
years.
Unlike the other days the morning did not look that promising and
not few of the Bugattisti decided to take the modern tow car
instead of the open Bugatti the do the longest tour of the week
with about 328 km in total. The route led north-west towards Sault
through the (almost florid) lavender and poppy fields before the
landscape changed dramatically into the Gorges de La Nesque, a
very deep gorge with spectacular tunnels in the rock and scary
inclines but as this seemed to be a slightly detour not all of the
Bugatti came past there, many opted to go directly towards the
Mont Ventoux and climb the highest mountain in the Provence
instead. As the Mont Ventoux was covered in clouds all day the
scenery in the gorges was certainly better. As the route was very
well indicated by small Bugatti signs and arrows pointing the
direction set up by the forerunners the route could not be missed
and as the organizers managed to find some spectacular roads
without much trivial stages in between following the signs was
always a good idea to avoid missing some of the highlight.
After the lunch at the Chalet Reynard that is very much situated
at the timber line of the Ventoux the rain was again following the
cars on their way back to the hotel but fortunately the Bugatti
came back try this day.
Report & images … Peter Singhof
www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
Chassis numbers compiled with the help of the Bugatti Register
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