The Haut Languedoc - Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres ride is part of the Outdoor Cycling Series in southern France, located within the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park. This is a cycling event, not a closed-road race. Participants follow a set route on their bikes, proceed at their own pace, and complete it without outside assistance. Online registration is open.
The route is in Occitanie, with the park spanning Tarn and Herault, a short distance inland from the Mediterranean coast. Riders will see the initial foothills of the Massif Central above them, with plains and valleys below, and the Mediterranean sun overhead. The attraction is simple: a self-supported day on the bike through a less-traveled area between the mountains and the sea.