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United Kingdom
Haute Route Alps 2025 - Megeve to Nice
24 August – 30 August 2025
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2025 Haute Route Alps with Sportive Breaks
The 2025 Haute Route Alps will take place between Sunday 24th and Saturday 30th August, starting in the French village resort of Megeve and finishing in Nice. Haute Route Alps is a tough but rewarding 7-day Sportive, giving you a taste of the life of a professional cyclist in a stage race. The route takes in some of the toughest and most iconic climbs in the Alps and consists of 6 multi-mountain stages and an uphill time trial. Support at the Haute Route Alps is unparalleled and by purchasing entry you get access to a lot of services. What’s more, you get the unique opportunity to truly live and compete like a pro cyclist for a week.
One of the toughest weeks in amateur cycling, the Haute Route Alps is the flagship event of the Haute Route Cycling Series. This is a week of cycling bucket list climbs made famous by the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. A lot of it is spent at altitude, with several Cols over 2,000 metres above sea level.
2025 Haute Route Alps dates
Our 8-night package will start on Saturday 23 August and finish on Sunday 31 August.
The 2025 Haute Route Alps route
Stage 1. Sunday 24th : Megève – Megève
Stage 2. Monday 25th : Megève – Tignes
Stage 3. Tuesday 26th : Tignes – Serre Chevalier Vallée
Stage 4. Wednesday 27th : Briançon – Briançon
Stage 5. Thursday 28th : Briançon – Cuneo
Stage 6. Friday 29th : Cuneo – Nice
Stage 7. Saturday 30th : Nice – Nice (Time trial)
Haute Route Alps with Sportive Breaks
Book your 2025 Haute Route Alps package by clicking on the green button below. We offer accommodation, entries and support throughout the event.
Well located hotels: A mix of 2*, 3* and 4* hotels in convenient locations. Breakfasts are included and you’re free to make your own arrangements for evening meals each night
2025 Haute Route Alps Entry included: The Haute Route Alps entry has lots included, with more information below. Non-riders and those with their own entry will get a discount
Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking
Sportive Breaks Host and Mechanic: Your own Directeur Sportif will look after you to make your experience as smooth as possible. We offer a private mechanic service, a day bag service, private feed stops as well as private transport where required
What's included?
Accommodation
A mix of 3* and 4* hotels in convenient locations. Single rooms available
2025 Haute Route Alps Entry
Included in our package
Transfers
Airport transfers and daily transport of luggage and bike boxes
Entry inclusion
Haute Route Alps jersey and backpack
Included Meals
Daily breakfasts, post-ride meal (part of entry)
After party
After final stage
Massages
15 minute massage every day
Feed station
Feed stations with local products
Finishers medal
Medals & finishers apparel
Fully-supported
Broom wagon, motorbikes, safety & medical assistance
Family and Friends welcome
Non-rider discount or own entry discount of £1650
Packages and Prices
Take on this epic challenge in the French Alps with Sportive Breaks. We will be there to support you with mechanics, private feed stations and support staff, as well as hotels located close to the route with daily breakfasts included.
Prices
- £4,299 per person based on two people sharing a twin (2 single beds)
- £4,949 based on a single occupancy of a room
- £1,600 reduction for a non-participating partner sharing a room
Included
- 8 nights in a mixture of 3* and 4* hotels
- Daily breakfasts
- All taxes are included
- The services of our bike guide and bike mechanic
- Daily luggage transport from hotel to hotel
- Private mechanic service
- Detailed itinerary
- Entry to 2025 Haute Route Alps with all its inclusions (see below)
Also available
- Airport transfers from Geneva Airport and return to Nice Airport at set times
- Sports Medical Certificate Online Service – More info here
Included with your 2025 Haute Route Alps Experience
- Unique Haute Route Alps jersey
- KitBrix Backpack
- Backpack transport to finish lines and luggage transportation from hotel to hotel
- The Haute Route Alps Village is buzzing throughout the event
- Media support with daily videos and photos available to view each evening
- Mechanical assistance available on the road and in the Haute Route Alps Village
- Race briefings are held every evening
- From the head of the race to the broom wagon, your safety is assured by 8 race cars and 20 motorbikes
- Safety & Medical Assistance from a trained team of medical professionals
- Several local nutritional feed stations on every stage
- Massages are available after every stage with a 15-minute massage for each rider
- After you finish, enjoy the rider’s post-race meal
- Global individual and event classifications are announced every day at the race briefing
- Medals & finisher apparel is available for you as soon as you cross the final finish line
- Before heading home enjoy the Closing Ceremony & awards with the other riders, event staff and volunteers
Itinerary
Day To Day
Travel to Megeve
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at our hotel in Megeve today. Our team will be available to meet you at the hotel. If you plan to fly then we offer an airport transfer for you, your luggage and your bike from Geneva Airport at 12:00pm.
Our hotel
Your stay will be for 2 nights on a bed and breakfast basis, with breakfasts included. You will have an early breakfast on the day of stage 1. You can keep your bike in your room with you.
What about my bike?
You can bring your own bike as we have made arrangements to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel.
This afternoon and early evening, our tour leaders and bike mechanics are available for you. The evening is free for you to eat in one of Megeve’s many restaurants.
Typical day on the Haute Route
- 05:30am – Wake up and breakfast
- 06:30am – Drop off your bags with our team
- 07:00am – Ride to the start line
- 07:30am – Start of the stage
- 12:30pm – First riders finish
- Hotel check-in, collect bags, post-stage snacks and drinks, massage, bike check, relax
- 16:30pm – Finish last riders
- 18:30pm – Race briefing
- 20:00pm – Evening meal (optional, at own expense) and team briefing
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. We ask you to have your bags ready in reception and our team will collect these for you. The bags will be delivered to your hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel. Your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax.
Todays stage
103.3km and 2,517m of elevation.
Climbs: Col de L’Epine & Croix Fry
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. We ask you to have your bags ready in reception and our team will collect these for you. The bags will be delivered to your hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel. Your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. After the Haute Route Alps race briefing, the evening is free for you to enjoy.
Todays stage
108.7km and 3,537m of elevation.
Climbs: Col des Saisies & Cormet de Roselend
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. We ask you to have your bags ready in reception and our team will collect these for you. The bags will be delivered to your hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel. Your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. After the Haute Route Alps race briefing, the evening is free to relax.
Todays stage
158.1km and 3,398m of elevation.
Climbs: Col du Galibier, Col du Télégraphe & Col de l’Iseran
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. There is no need to have your bags ready in reception as we’ll be staying another night in this hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel where your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. After the Haute Route Alps race briefing, the evening is free to relax.
Todays stage
94.1km and 2,150m of elevation.
Climbs: Col d’Izoard
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. We ask you to have your bags ready in reception and our team will collect these for you, so they can be delivered to your hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel, where your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. After the Haute Route Alps race briefing, the evening is free to relax.
Todays stage
141.1km and 2,917m of elevation.
Climbs: Col d’Izoard from the other side & Col d’Agnel
We have an early breakfast at the hotel today. We ask you to have your bags ready in reception and our team will collect these for you, to be delivered to your hotel.
After the finish, our team will guide you to your hotel, where your bags will be ready in reception. There’s time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. After the Haute Route Alps race briefing, we’ll have the evening meal together at the hotel.
Today’s stage
181.1km and 3,633m of elevation.
Climbs: Col de la Lombard, Col Colemiane & Col Saint-Martin
We have a slightly later breakfast at the hotel today. There is no need to have your bags ready in reception as we’ll be staying another night in this hotel.
After the finish, ride back to the hotel, where you will have time to book a massage, get your bike checked by our mechanic and relax. There will be no evening meal tonight as there is a Haute Route Alps closing ceremony.
This evening you can collect your bike box and our mechanic is available to assist you with re-packing your bike into the box so you’re ready for travel tomorrow.
Todays stage – Time Trial
26.1km and 536m of elevation.
Climbs: Col d’Eze & 15K ride along the promenade
After breakfast we offer our optional transfer back to Nice Airport. We advise you not to book any flights before 10:00am as we anticipate an early start. Our airport transfer will leave Nice at 09:30am in time for flights that depart Nice after 12:00pm.
More About the Haute Route Alps
The Haute Route Alps
The Haute Route is a premier multi-day cycling event that challenges amateur riders to take on mountainous stages inspired by professional races. Known for its difficulty and stunning locations, Haute Route offers events across iconic cycling regions like the Alps, Pyrenees & Dolomites as well as single-day and three-day events in locations like Alpe d’Huez and Ventoux.
The multi-day Haute Route events like this year’s Alps edition typically span 5–7 days and cover around 800 km (500 miles), including demanding climbs that gain thousands of meters in elevation, sometimes at high altitude. Riders experience fully supported stages, with pro-level race logistics, timed climbs, mechanical assistance, and race marshals – this creates the most authentic and high-quality experience that mirrors professional stage racing. Riders stay in local accommodations and can utilize support services like luggage transfers and daily massages, which make Haute Route events unique among amateur cycling challenges.
These events attract keen cyclists from around the world in the ultimate test of endurance; to be successful in the Haute Route Alps it takes the perfect blend of skill, hard work and most importantly mental resilience. Taking on this event will give you the chance to ride most legendary roads within cycling. Many view the Haute Route as a bucket-list event for amateur cyclists, providing both an intense personal challenge and a one in a lifetime experience on famous climbs and scenic routes.
Sportive Breaks are part of the Destination Sport Experiences Group. When clicking on the booking link below, you will be taken to the Destination Sport Experiences booking engine. If you have any questions, please do contact our team hello@sportivebreaks.com
You're in safe hands
We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been organising cycling trips for over 25 years. We are members of ABTA and ATOL, meaning you can book with confidence.
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Spread your payments
Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking. *Selected products. Terms and Conditions apply
Logistics covered
We know the routes, we know the roads. We know how the event works and the best hotels for the start and finish. We organise everything for you; transfers, bike transport, additional feed stops, rep support and more.
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