Where the Mediterranean meets the Alps

There are few places where you can leave the shores of the Mediterranean and reach the high mountains within just a few dozen kilometres.

Here, between Monaco, the French Riviera, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Mercantour, the Mediterranean meets the Alps.

Between the blue waters of the Mediterranean and the Alpine peaks, roads, tracks and trails cross a mosaic of landscapes: hilltop villages, wild valleys, forests, mountain passes, gorges, ridgelines and high summits.

This is La Baroudeuse territory.

Sometimes, just a few kilometres are enough to completely change the landscape, climate and terrain.

From the Riviera coastline, the roads quickly climb towards the Nice hinterland and its hilltop villages. Further inland lie the valleys and wide-open spaces of the Mercantour, leading towards the mountain passes and summits of the Alps.

A demanding, sometimes rugged and always spectacular playground, offering exceptional diversity for gravel, cycling, trail running, ultra-trail and triathlon.

This is where we create our routes, driven by a desire to reveal the region beyond its best-known itineraries. We seek out the quiet roads winding through the hinterland, gravel tracks crossing the valleys, forgotten paths, trails, mountain passes and hidden connections linking the Mediterranean to the Alpine landscape.

Every route is designed as a genuine exploration of the territory. It is not simply about adding kilometres and elevation, but about creating a journey with rhythm, progression and an identity of its own. The landscape evolves with the effort: you leave the coast behind, pass through a hilltop village, the road begins to climb, the vegetation changes and the first mountain peaks appear. A few kilometres further on, a gravel track or mountain pass can reveal an entirely new horizon, sometimes with the Mediterranean still visible in the distance.

This is the diversity we want to reveal through our events. Routes designed to surprise, to uncover places you might never have explored otherwise, and to transform a sporting challenge into a genuine journey between sea and mountains.

From the Monaco Gravel Race to the trails of La Turbie, Èze and Peille, and the wild landscapes crossed by the MercantourMan Xtrem Triathlon, each of our events is deeply connected to its environment.

The territory is not simply the backdrop to our events.

It is part of the adventure.

This is our playground. And we want you to discover it.