Category: France

The amount of hillclimbs in Aquitaine doubles next season. The Course de Côte de Argenton Bouglon is joining the Course de Côte de Marquay on the hillclimb schedule.

No changes in the Occitane Pyrénées region. The same 7 hillclimbs that were contested this year return in 2018.

The Course de Côte de Trechy remains the only hillclimb in the Ile-de-France.

The Auvergne region will once again see 6 hillclimbs in 2018. The only difference with this season is that Livradois-Forez replaces Viverols.

The island of Corsica holds some of the most beautiful mountain roads in France. However no hillclimbs were contested on the island since 2011. In 2018 it seems that this is going to change. In late August a hillclimb near Porto Vecchio is scheduled.

The Lorraine Alsace and Champagne Ardennes regions merge into the Grand Est region. For hillclimb racing that has effect on only one event, the Course de Côte de Montgueux. Instead of being the sole hillclimb in the Champagne it is now one of seven events in the Grand Est.

The Rhône-Alpes region will see the same six hillclimbs that were contested this year returning for 2018.

All four hillclimbs that were contested this year in the Centre – Val de Loire region return in 2018. There is also one new event scheduled in August called the Course de Côte de Eguzon.

The northern-most region in France is called the Hauts de France. Just one hillclimb is scheduled next year.