03/06/2023
Les 3 Ballons Santini
Les 3 Ballons offer you a challenging race with the most beautiful passes of the south of Vosges. With a start at Ronchamp (New!) and a finish line at the Planche des Belles Filles, we are sure that the route will provide you an unforgettable cycling experience : a tough race with a demanding profil.
This stage will get you ready for the cyclos in the Alps. The 3 Ballons will boost your months of June and July with it’s 3,500 cyclists of 20 different nationalities expected.
News Les 3 Ballons Santini
Les 3 Ballons, a new start for 2022
The Filatures de Ronchamp site, located 18 km from the Planche des Belles Filles with only the descent, this is a former industrial wasteland of
The 3 Ballons and the Ballon de Servance
• For the 2019 edition of the 3 Ballons, the race crossed the Col des Chevrères because of the passage on the Ballon de Servance
Start: Ronchamp
Ronchamp is a French commune located in the Haute-Saône department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is the base of the community of Rahin and Chérimont communes. The most famous monument in the town is the Notre-Dame du Haut chapel, one of the major works of sacred architecture of the twentieth century. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was built in stone and concrete from 1953 to 1955 on the plans of the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier at the top of the Bourlémont hill (474 m) which overlooks the city center . The town is also classified as a green station, an ecotourism label.
Finish : La Planche des Belles Filles
The Planche des Belles Filles, finish line of the 3 Ballons, is named after a legend during the Thirty Years’ War. The legend tells that the girls from the neighbor village committed suicide to escape Swedish mercenaries. Nowadays, it is for sporting reasons that it attracts attention. Culminating at 1148 meters above sea level, this col is located in Haute-Saône and it is feared because of its hard ascensions between 8 and 24%.
