Malaucène

Village at the north-western foot of Mont Ventoux, Vaucluse, France. See Provence.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Watching the Femmes	Mostly Bikes x Me	setting	Watching the Tour de France Femmes from a curve on the climb out of Malaucène.
Ventoux via Maulucene	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	Because Bédoin is on the Tour route, the author chooses the Malaucène ascent and later descends it.
Mont Ventoux au Gravel.	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	The gravel route joins the paved road from Malaucene for the last 5 km, and the riders descend via Malaucene past the small reservoir lake above town and home.

rode up to the long sweeping curve on the climb out of Malaucene to watch the racers roll by

Role: setting
In the article: A two-sentence photo post. The Tour de France Femmes passes through; after a gendarme shoos the group off the D19, they ride up to a long sweeping curve on the climb out of Malaucène to watch the racers go by.
Why it matters: The village’s climb is the whole setting of a very short post. The exact curve isn’t identified, so the pin is the village.

Bedoin was going to be a mess (it’s the tour route), that left Maulucene.

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: Because Bédoin is on the Tour route, the author chooses the Malaucène ascent and later descends it. The road below the house fills with cyclists.
Why it matters: Start and finish of the ride.

reconnecting with the smooth paved route from Maulucene for the final 5km to the summit

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: The gravel route joins the paved road from Malaucene for the last 5 km, and the riders descend via Malaucene past the small reservoir lake above town and home.
Why it matters: Descent route and junction on the climb; minor.