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Cobbled Climb Col du VAM

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Cobbled Climb Col du VAM

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Location: Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Col du VAM – VAM-berg loop from Steenwijk

78.0km

03:36

130m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Col du VAM – VAM-berg loop from Steenwijk

84.7km

03:47

130m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. VAM-berg – Col du VAM loop from Meppel

68.7km

03:01

100m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Merijn Heijne | OMSTREKEN

September 30, 2020

Tough cobblestone climb on top of the Col du VAM. Throughout Drenthe there are decades-old cobblestone strips, or rather flints, as the cobblestones are called here. This strip uphill is of course quite new, but no less fun. Just try it once, afterwards it is always much more fun than bumping along while cycling.

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erwinsikkens_com

March 29, 2020

This is a special one! All cobbled sections and streets (flintenwegen) in Drenthe are at least a 100 years old.

This one is just over 1 year old. And it's not only it's age that makes this 'keienweg' special. It's also the only cobbled climb(!) in The Netherlands. A little bit of Flanders Classics in the heart of Drenthe.

For those who don't know, the VAM berg was part of an old garbage dump that was for many years closed off to the public, except for that one day in the year when the 'Ronde van Drenthe' cycling race came by and organizers opened up the 50 meter high mountain for the race.

Since 2019 the VAM berg has been opened to the public with a whole parcours of asphalt climbs, descents, MTB tracks going up and down, and, indeed, on this one particular climb you can take the road to the left, climbing your final stretch to the top on cobbles!

Do you like cobbles / keien like these?

Visit my special Komoot collection on the Drentse keien with all cobbled streets of Drenthe and a special 'ultimate cobbled route' through Drenthe "Hell of the North"

komoot.nl/collection/919731/-de-ware-hel-van-het-noorden-drentse-keien

Koen Kaffener

May 13, 2020

Cool segment, steepest part of the "mountain" I think. According to the information sign at the bottom it will go up to 15%. However, it's quite short.

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Distance 524 m

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 0 m

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Location: Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

Cobbled Climb Col du VAM

1. Col du VAM – VAM-berg loop from Steenwijk

2. Col du VAM – VAM-berg loop from Steenwijk

3. VAM-berg – Col du VAM loop from Meppel

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