CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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A 39 km one-way ride from near Lausanne, about 40 min of riding. On the way it passes Lutry, Cully and Rivaz. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 10 km this is Grand Tour of Switzerland, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Lausanne tips down a steep hillside to Lake Geneva, and you feel it in your legs, your brakes and your bike's low gears. The city sprawls over three hills and a lake front, with the old town at the top and the harbour district of Ouchy at the bottom, joined by one of the world's smallest metro systems. The Gothic cathedral looks out over the roofs and the water toward the French Alps across the lake.
Read the complete Lausanne write-up.
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Lausanne is where the day begins. Next is Lutry.
Lutry is where the Lavaux begins, if you come from Lausanne, and it announces the fact with vineyards that climb straight up behind the old town. The terraces, held by dry-stone walls that run for kilometres, rise from the shore of Lake Geneva to the ridge above, a staircase of green in summer and gold in autumn. They were first built by monks in the Middle Ages, and in 2007 UNESCO placed the whole landscape on its World Heritage list. Lutry itself is a lakeside town of nearly nine thousand people, with a medieval centre, a harbour and a promenade.
Read the complete Lutry write-up.
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Lutry comes up about 10 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cully.
Cully is a wine village on the shore of Lake Geneva, and the whole place seems to be organised around the tasting of Chasselas. Narrow streets run down between old stone houses to a small harbour, a lakeside promenade and a pebble beach, and behind the village the terraced vineyards climb the slope. It is a quiet and civilised little place, and the cellars, or caveaux, that open their doors to visitors are the heart of the social life.
Read the complete Cully write-up.
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about 19 km into the recorded legs you reach Cully. Next is Rivaz.
Rivaz is a small village in the middle of Lavaux, and it is easy to ride past without noticing, which would be a mistake. The houses are old and the lanes are narrow, running down toward the lake between walls of dry stone and rows of vines. A railway line cuts through the village, with a station that serves the little trains that run along the shore, and the whole place feels as if it had been left alone by the modern world.
Read the complete Rivaz write-up.
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Rivaz, late in the day. Next is Vevey.
Vevey is a lakeside town where the Alps seem to drop straight into Lake Geneva, and the light on the water can be so clear and bright that the mountains on the far side, in France, look close enough to touch. It is the capital of the Riviera vaudoise, about sixteen thousand people strong, with a long promenade, a market square lined with arcades and an air of calm prosperity. The town is the home of Nestlé, which started here in the nineteenth century, and the company's headquarters and food museum are a fixture on the waterfront.
Read the complete Near Vevey write-up.
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Finish at Vevey. That is the ride.
Lausanne → Lutry is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lutry → Cully is 9 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cully → Rivaz is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rivaz → Vevey is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.