2019 EDITION

ALPS EPIC / is an exceptional MTB adventure inspired by the Grande Traversée des Hautes-Alpes (Great Hautes-Alpes Crossing, 350 kilometers of trails from La Grave to Laragne).

/ Marathon stage race, pair racing, or MTB ride without ranking, you can choose your formula. 1 Prologue + 5 stages with 50-70km per day.

/ This event truly is EPIC: point to point riding over a week, requiring all the strength and bike handling skills a rider has, with everything else taken care of by the ALPS EPIC team: food, accommodation and race logistics…

/ Here is the 4th edition of Alps Epic in Haute-Alpes. We are really proud and happy to come back in places where we build the legend and the identity of this race four years ago. You will enjoy the amazing trails and views in Serre Chevalier Valley. You will ride authentic mountain passes in Queyras Guillestrois, climb the Vars ridges and enjoy a king of Magic un Serre Ponçon. That’s why it will il be a great event. Welcome in the Alps Epic.

YOUR EPIC EXPERIENCE

2019 PROGRAM / 

PROLOGUE
FRIDAY, 21 JUNE

Serre Chevalier Briançon

DISTANCE
10.7 km

ELEVATION
479 m+ / 477 m-

STAGE 1
SATURDAY, 22 JUNE

Serre Chevalier Briançon > Serre Chevalier Briançon

DISTANCE
71 km

ELEVATION
2 350 m+ / 2 350 m-

STAGE 2
SUNDAY, 23 JUNE

Serre Chevalier Briançon > Eygliers

DISTANCE
69.1 km

ELEVATION
2 650 m+ / 3 150 m-

STAGE 3
MONDAY, 24 JUNE

Eygliers > Embrun

DISTANCE
49.9 km

ELEVATION
1 970 m+ / 2 080 m-

STAGE 4
TUESDAY, 25 JUNE

Embrun > Vars

DISTANCE
65 km

ELEVATION
3 020 m+ / 2 150 m-

STAGE 5
WEDNESDAY, 26 JUNE

Vars > Saint-Véran

DISTANCE
64 km

ELEVATION
2 900 m+ / 2 600 m-

STÉPHANE TEMPIER /

Our local MTB champion (1°frenchman at the London Olympics, 5th in the 2014 XC World cup, winner of the 2012 Roc d’Azur); Always happy to promote the Haute-Alpes, as with his recent press conference for the GTHA. He will be the celebrity partner for the Alps Epic.

LAETITIA ROUX /

Multiple world champion in ski mountaineering and member of the french squad for many years, Laetitia is also a keen biker. Present during the press conference for the GTHA, she will also be a celebrity partner of the Alps Epic.