So what on earth is all this uphill biking about?

>I know, on paper it seems a bit daft. The lifts are running, but everyone seems obsessed with racing them not riding them up. Hard to say, but I must admit to slowly coming to enjoy nearly having a cardiac arrest on my way up to Croix de Coeur…

The only real justification (unless you try it and become similarly masochistic) is the fact tat when you get to the top you get views like these: