With the first 100 places for the inaugural Haute Route Ventoux now sold out, event organisers OC Sport have opened the second phase of registrations.

>From today bibs for the next 150 places on the event, which features a single race village in one location and three days of racing culminating each day in an ascent of Mt Ventoux, will be available at the discounted price of €645.

This price point is available for the next 150 riders to sign-up. The price will rise for a second time at midnight CET on December 22nd, or whenever the 150 places available are sold out – whichever comes first. Sign up here.

“Following our very successful test event last month, the take-up for the first ever Haute Route Ventoux has been hugely encouraging with riders from all over Europe and further afield expressing real excitement about the concept,” said Benjamin Chandelier, Event Director for the Haute Route. “Now is the time to book your slot to secure one of the remaining places.”

The Haute Route Ventoux will be staged from 6-8 October 2017. Inspired by the success of the main Haute Route Series – the Haute Route Pyrenees, Alps, Dolomites and Rockies – this new event offers amateur cyclists the chance to enjoy all the key attributes of those events but over a shorter time and based from one location.

Celebrating perhaps cycling’s most iconic mountain rising above the Rhône valley in Provence, the Haute Route Ventoux will include a total distance of 270km of cycling and over 7,500 metres of climbing over three stages including an Individual Time Trial. The full course details will be announced in January.