The Club des Cent Cols

Founded in 1972

We are a cycling club founded in 1972, made up of men and women of all ages, all nationalities, and all cycling disciplines. We seek out mountain passes (cols)to climb, but we are not a competitive club – our members cycle at their own pace, where and when they wish, on roads or mountain trails, alone or in groups. Some members may climb less than ten cols a year, others over a hundred. But we have all met the main Rule of the Club, which stipulates that, to become a member, you must have climbed (by bike, using only your own muscle-power) at least one hundred different cols, with five out of each hundred being over 2000m high.
Further information

Rules of the game

50 years of history

Presentation slide-show (in French)

Headlines

DEATH OF JEAN PERDOUX

Jean Perdoux, founding president of the Club des Cent Cols, died on 13 March at the age of 87. A long page in the history of the Club des Cent Cols has been turned. We have lost our guide, not his ideas.

Regional Assemblies 2024

You can read about it here

General Assembly 2024

The date of the Annual General Assembly has been changed: it will be held on 28 September 2024 rather than 5 October as originally planned.

New regional animators

Alain BENOIST (CCC5663 and DT zone 04SW) and Alain THIBON (CCC 3723) will replace Jean-Marie GILLOUIN in organising the regional meeting DAV Drôme-Ardèche-Vaucluse. Many thanks to Jean-Marie for all he has done for the Club.

Pierre BRIVET (CCC601) replaces Philippe CHAZOTTIER for the organisation of the regional get-together Massif Central-East. Many thanks to Philippe for all his work for the Club.
The regional meeting Alpes du Nord of 2024 will take place in the Ain. Alain GUILLAUD-BACHET (CCC6270) joins Guy HARLE’ (CCC5193) and Bernard VIEILLARD (CCC1335). Many thanks to Raymond Barbier for all he has done for the Club. Barbier pour tout ce qu’il a f ait pour le Club.

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New tutorial for declaring passes

A new tutorial for the official declaration of cols https://www.centcols.org/en/tuto-declaration-cols/ is available on our website, and can be found under the following headings

– In the header of the OFFICIAL DECLARATION
– In the first paragraph of the DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS for the official declaration
– In the TOOLBOX.

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What’s new

Daniel Maugé
by Enrico Alberini
1 October 2024
Gérard CLAUDON
by Enrico Alberini
14 September 2024
Col des Portes
by Enrico Alberini
22 June 2024
Autumn stay end General Assembly at Bugeat (Corrèze), from 27 to 29 september 2024
by Enrico Alberini
8 May 2024
Col Luitel
by Enrico Alberini
7 May 2024
Col du Sabot
by Enrico Alberini
7 May 2024

Provisionnal club calendar 2024

Only the major events are listed on this page. For access to the year’s calendar, including regional events (which will be entered as they are scheduled), click here.

Spring break, MTB, road, gravel, Porticcio, Corsica, 20 to 27 April 2024
Summer break, MTB, road, gravel, Vogüé, Ardèche – France, 29 June to 6 July 2024
General Assembly of the club, Bugeat, France – Corrèze, 27 to 29 September 2024