View of the Bimont Dam – Full throttle gravel mode! loop from Le Tholonet

Bike touring routes & trails

France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Aix-En-Provence

Le Tholonet

View of the Bimont Dam – Full throttle gravel mode! loop from Le Tholonet

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View of the Bimont Dam – Full throttle gravel mode! loop from Le Tholonet

04:55

55.8km

940m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 50.3 km for 70 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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14.9 km

View of Mont Sainte-Victoire

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From Rousset the road takes us to Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon at the foot of the Sainte-Victoire, a mountainous ridge which extends over 18 km in the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var. From here the views are splendid!

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23.6 km

PUYLOUBIER GRAVEL SECTION

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So the first part in the direction of the Col des Portes Puyloubier is nice, on the other hand the end is very very chaotic, it is not at all gravel ... A blow to damage the bike.
Or you have to go very slowly.

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42.0 km

Ridge ride and picnic spot

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Magnificent view of the cross of the holy victory and the Bimont dam!

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42.1 km

View of the bimont dam

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47.0 km

View of Montagne Sainte Victoire

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50.4 km

View of the Bimont Dam

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The Bimont dam, also called the Bimont dam or the Rigaud dam, is an arch dam commissioned in 1952 in the town of Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde, in the Sainte-Victoire mountain, near Aix-en-Provence. It is fed mainly by water from the west branch of the Canal de Provence, which is brought in via an underground gallery and drains off on the right bank just before the dam.

It is accompanied by a counter dam located at its foot on the left bank, which collects the spilled water to supply the Marseille-North branch of the Provence Canal.

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51.5 km

Full throttle gravel mode!

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54.1 km

Red Earth Formations of Sainte-Victoire

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At the foot of the Sainte-Victoire National Nature Reserve, there is a beautiful area of red earth for riding. The reserve was created in 1994 to protect the fossilized dinosaur eggs preserved at the western foot of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

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55.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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