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A Cyclist's Present, UK, 2025

 

 

This game, part of the A Cyclist's Present series of cycling-related card games, is only the second top trumps card game to feature mountain passes (the first one being this one), which is enough for me to instantly fall for it.  In this case, it features only Tour de France passes.

 

 

 

 

The game features 50 different cols, elegantly illustrated with a sketch of the climb. Besides the five values on the lower part of the card (number of times featured on the Tour de France, number of times it has been a stage finish, climb length, average gradient, and maximum gradient), there is a sixth value that you can use for the game: the first year the climb appeared on the Tour. Of course, in this case, the lower value (the earliest year) wins.

 

 

 

 

At the time of writing, the ACP collection of cycling games also features four quiz games (one of them reviewed here), a "tall tale game", and four flashcard games (not yet reviewed on this site). Needless to say (as it is well-known that I am not particularly fond of quiz games), if I were to choose only one game in the ACP series, it would be this one, but of course this is just my personal preference, and, besides, there is no need to choose only one.

 

 

See the full ACP series of cycling games on their website

 

Thanks Eoghan for sending this game!

Description written in October 2025.

 

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