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Like a lava flow on the draw curvy Auvergne, one dominated by extinct volcanoes of central France. We show the top ten routes.


Och, has actually already made the journey fun as hell, Daniel grins when we try again to force a candidate of our top ten of the best motorcycle routes through the Auvergne to tight corset points. The agony of choice.

A look at the streets peppered with card is enough to know that everything’s alright! No matter where you go – fun is guaranteed. And of course sweat in the pre-selection of possible winding title contenders …That some road section then turns out to be at least as attractive as the one or other of the ten candidates himself, well, c’est la vie.

Central location for exploring the northern Auvergne is le Mont-Dore. That the faded charm of the Belle Epoque spa exudes lies at the foot of the Puy de Sancy, with 1885 meters the highest mountain in the region.

So harshly of Puy, so our first jagged slopes, the D 36 on the Col de la Croix St. Robert Besse-et-St-Anastaise. Spa treatment for cooling water, motor oil and tires. Especially on that developed by double guard rails instead of barbed wire fences secured section where the Course de cote du held international Mont-Dore, a year early August transmitted hill climb. Dominate the rest of the year up here, the quiet moments, perhaps a stream splashes into space, or the local Africa-Twin-driver of his sociality makes a declaration of love for the ride into the sunset. Has since opened to clock 21.30 in Le Mont-Dore, only the Pizzeria Don Camillo, the choice of the best restaurants is easy. The results of our evaluation section are found incidentally at the end of this story.

In order to support a knowledgeable local judge on DSDAS – Germany is looking for the Auvergne Superstar – catch, we’re meeting in Montpeyroux with the Tourism Officer Vanessa Michy for lunch. Like the D 996, our second candidate, he is: even if the common leisure cyclists on the map marked in red lines usually avoids.

First, it leads as a Roller Coaster to the Col de la Croix Morand, then looks worthwhile even beyond the winding asphalt. Some of that volcano, which lies like a green camel on the landscape, populated by climbing knowledgeable cows that graze as “parasites on his hump. Or to the lake Lac Chambon, a fortress of Murol and the Romanesque church of the cheese town of St. Nectaire. The coronation is then no doubt (the final piece of the D 229), the medieval Montpeyroux, through whose streets we ascend steeply to the castle tower and the restaurant “Le Donjon circles, meeting with the lively Vanessa. Packed with information – and with truffade, a hearty cheese and potato pan, which is especially journalists repeatedly pressed vigorously in the eye, respectively, in the stomach – we continue to drive two hours later.

Elicits the route of job over the Col des Supeyres to St-Antheme, thanks to Vanessa’s recommendation was added quickly into the circle of the top ten, the spoiled curve Gourmet rather an “oh well, it says a little later on the Col des Pradeaux on the D 996 by Ambert (out of competition) “Oh la la.

“No pity! The road up to the Puy de Dome since about two years, closed to motorized vehicles and thus the most prominent volcanic peaks of Auvergne, from where you spit out the other tapered journeyman fine on the striking heads, can only by foot, shuttle to reach bus or bicycle. Everything and nothing for us today, so a candidate four, the round of the Puy de Dome, their greatest stimulus is robbed and severely handicapped the race goes. The Col (more of a Colchen) de Ceyssat and the villages of Cham pill, Ternant and Orcines mark the course. Provide diversion road, depending on taste, the meditative contemplation of the Puy de Pariou who visit the park Vulcania or pleasurable provisioning at the Boulangerie and Patisserie Lastique in La-Font-de-l’Arbre . The pleasure of turning on the nearby racetrack Charade one round is not possible with motorcycles.

Who studied the Auvergne map in search of tasty tracks, discovered in addition Cols Puys and also various gorges, wild meandering canyons that give rise to the wildest dreams. Two of them we want to inspect a number five and six of the list closer to the Gorges d’Aveze between Bourg-Lastic and Tauves and the Gorges de Moulin Neuf and Courgoul between Compain. But instead of enjoying breathtaking views of deep below the road gurgling water, it rushes mostly for themselves, either through cool forest or through the pastoral solitude of fields and meadows. The calm before the storm. In the pretty Tauves a grand creme in the bar La Belle Epoque, in Compain where fresh from dragon slayer George guarded village well water for Daniels Camelbak – and then departure to 80 kilometers away Salers, our today’s destination and headquarters for the southern Auvergne.

As the bikes are also elated thoughts go. And arrive at the wedding at Cana, where according to the Gospel of John has Jesus turned water into wine. What does this have to do with this story? Well, nothing against the previous sections to the north, but somehow, landscape and road work now and more “palatable. And agrees that the picturesque Salers is one with his ensemble of Lavasteinhausern one of the most beautiful villages in France, testers souls also anything but sad. Blessed are those who have reserved the room and not move at night must.

One in the bright sun, blue, white and green sign board is leading the way to test candidate seven, Col and Col du Pas de Neronne de Peyrol. Red prohibition signs block from trucks, trailers and other rolling obstacles. Speaking of Gravillon, nasty gravel, which can be seen on the asphalt barely, slows graying, in the Auvergne too often impetuous forward drive. In the first section and narrow with passing-places such as Scotland, the streets lurches up to the Col de Neronne – the panoramas are a delight – and then goes on a downward slide for a while and finally climbs, with the help of a few switch backs of this tour, the Col du Pas de Peyrol.

As tempting as it is, makes herself comfortable on the pass just below the Puy Mary on one of the patio tables settle: Instructor Northeast we jet straight on into deserted, almost treeless Cezallier, where already as a beauty from the country candidate eight waiting for us to turn around Col de la Pierre Plantee. Start and goal is Boutaresse, intervenes in Ardes a lunch break at the restaurant Chez Chantal – The country needs new men – a side trip up to the Col de la Pierre Plantee – is here before us had ever had who? – As well as adding the card is not on the Col de eingezeichnetet Vestizoux. Obvious, however, the black lines of tires, which you can watch literally on the wearing of the extremely rough roads.

On one again inspiring connection stage, we drive the machine via Vallee de Cheylade and Col de Serre back to Pas de Peyrol, from there in a nosedive durchzustarten to number nine on our list, the route down into the Vallee de la Jordanne with subsequent ascent to the Col Perthus you. Tak, tak, tak, tak.Salvos of Gravillon, scattered centimeter-thick and raining down everywhere, on the last section against the vulnerable underside of the motorcycles, so this candidate would actually be disqualified. But who wants to echauffieren about for a long time, no later than the last drink on the moonlit Place Tyssandierd’ Escous of Salers is all anger gone hopefully.

At the end is missing only the tenth in the league. That should be the route of the Cretes to Aurillac, but an invasion of gray clouds can make other arrangements between us and drive past the Col de Neronne and Trizac Col d’Aulac. May be as grandiose in clear weather at this track the impressions, in the misty haze, they must fade. But this can not water down the bottom line: The Auvergne is not only the alphabet near the top – with or without objectively subjective point’s standings.