#6 FINAL Hopp Schwyz 2025 🚴 Bikepacking Schweiz | Teil 6 – La Glace et le Lac – Evian, Genf 🏔🇨🇭

Nach dem launischen Wetter am Vortag lacht Björn und Tom endlich mal wieder die Sonne an. Ein Ziel für heute ist ganz klar: Den Genfersee und Genf erreichen. Diesmal mit wenigen Höhenmetern, aber bei schönem Wetter umso beeindruckenderer Landschaft. Schaffen die Beiden es, das ersehnte Bad im Genfersee zu nehmen und das Finale der Fußball UEFA Europameisterschaft der Frauen in der Schweiz 2025 zu sehen? Eine letzte Anstrengung wird den beiden auf dem Weg abverlangt, aber Grenzen sind dazu da, überquert zu werden. Also ab durch Frankreich zurück in die Schweiz!

Björn und Tom haben wieder mal was geplant – eine Schweiz-Durchquerung als Bikepacking-Tour 🚴🇨🇭. Nach der Alpenüberquerung München–Gardasee im Jahr davor haben wir diesmal auf perfektes Wetter gehofft ☀️ – deshalb der Start mitten im Hochsommer. 🌍✨

Untertitel & Beschreibung verfügbar in:
🇩🇪 Deutsch • 🇬🇧 Englisch • 🇪🇸 Spanisch • 🇮🇹 Italienisch • 🇫🇷 Französisch

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Doch schon bald merken wir: Wir haben uns verzettelt. Diese Tour ist eine Gratwanderung zwischen Regen 🌧️ und Wind 💨, zwischen dunklen Wolken ⛈️ und ein paar freundlicheren Momenten 🌤️. Eben das, was so eine Bikepacking-Reise mit zwei Kumpels ausmacht: Ungewissheit, Spontaneität, Überraschungen.

Soviel vorneweg: Das ganze Abenteuer steckt voller Wendungen und unerwarteter Entscheidungen 🎢. Wir nehmen Euch mit auf diese Reise und machen Mut: Nach jedem Regenschauer kommt wieder die Sonne 🌞 – irgendwann. Und nach jedem Berg kommt die Abfahrt ⬇️.

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📌 Kapitel in diesem Teil:
0:00 Guten Morgen
1:04 Die Sonne lacht
2:37 Asterix & Obelix
3:31 Kettenrasseln
4:07 Verfahren
5:28 Monthey
7:22 Catch me if you can
8:30 Keine Großverbraucher
9:50 Le Lac
10:50 Vive la France
12:42 Phantomberge
13:20 La Glace
14:57 Wasserquelle
16:24 Urbanes Seeufer
17:21 Touristenfalle
18:56 Wieder verfahren
19:45 Hopp Schwyz
20:43 Triumph
21:41 Ab ins Wasser
22:21 Alles erledigt?
22:46 Finale
22:58 Die Stadt
24:01 Verkehrssünder
24:23 Schlussworte
25:43 Riding The Swiss Light

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Ortlieb Saddle Bag Two: https://www.ortlieb.com/de_de/saddle-bag+F9414
Rovativ Oberrohrtasche / Top Tube Bag: https://rovativ.de/products/oberrohrtasche
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Good morning! We’re on the last stage of Hopp Schwyz. Last day, Lake Geneva. We start with breakfast and, as always, we won’t get going before 9 a.m. But that doesn’t matter, we’ll manage. Finally some sun. And the mountains—you can see the clouds drifting by. We’re at the campsite in Martigny. We still have about 20, 25 kilometers to go until the beginning of the lake. Or 30, I can’t remember exactly. In total, we’ll ride about 110 km . Yes, we’ll get back to you later. Oh, there’s a climb coming up soon, sir. Yes, with photos, too. What’s that? We’re in Switzerland; it’s just mountains. You can fly up there with a drone, along a waterfall. No, no, no, we have to put in the kilometers for now. Maybe there’ll be another one or so later. We’re in the French part of Switzerland. Up ahead, the valley opens up a little. We need to talk about a serious topic. Namely, about what was there (the day before), or rather, what was in there. I’m out of liquid wax. And it rained heavily yesterday. Since the bikes were outside, I covered my gravel bike with a garbage bag last night. Unfortunately, most of the wax was washed out by the rain. And my shifting is terrible today. And there’s rust on the chain, too. I hope to find a bike shop along the way that carries liquid wax. We have a slight climb. Now we have to turn left. We’re here with Asterix and Obelix. We’re with the Helvetians. Okay, now we have to go left somehow. No, it goes under here. It’s marked so strangely. St. Maurice. Oh, a sharp bend. Careful, it’s wet here. We pass St. Maurice Castle. A large poster on the facade advertises an Asterix exhibition. I have a video here, I’m recording it right now. Au Chateau de St. Maurice. Attention, stop. Evian, sorry. Does that have something to do with the famous Evian? (We’ll see later.) No, I don’t think so. My chain is rattling a bit. The wax will probably wear off soon. It’s been left outside in the rain for two nights. Rust has also formed on the chain. Even though Connex, as they say, has a nickel coating to prevent rust. But hey, the rust will come off… Maybe that’s why the chain is so rough. Clipping it out didn’t work. (We got lost, the bike path was closed.) We’re now approaching Monthey, the last major town in Switzerland before we enter France. What does this mean? “Chauntiers?” Pedestrians? No idea. Shit, it was on the left. It was at the front left. But it’s closed here. Oh no, come on, we’re going the wrong way. We can’t go. Yes, but wait a minute. This route goes somewhere completely different. We’re going in the completely opposite direction. Let’s go back here. Something’s wrong here. I can’t see it. It’s not properly represented. He doesn’t know all this stuff. It doesn’t work that way. Another pro tip from Björn. If your clothes are wet and you want them to dry overnight— not soaking wet, of course, but damp enough— you can simply put them in your sleeping bag, and then they’ll dry with your body heat. That’s a great tip. I’ll try it next time. We got lost and missed the UCI Union Cycliste Internationale. I’m sure I could have gotten some liquid wax there. That’s a first-aid symbol. Oh, it’s actually meant to be a first-aid symbol. Yes, you can see it in the color. Yes, the colors red the other way around. Really? Oh, that’s interesting. I didn’t know that. I think the Red Cross was founded here, also in Switzerland. I’m not entirely sure. But somehow I remember it that way. That could be. Alpes-Roubaix in France. Now we’re going back to Evian, somewhere else too. Wait a minute, that’s an arrow half right. What does that mean? Right? Yes, yes, yes. Yes , almost not. Evian, Saint-Gobain, Saint-Louis, Colombey. Ah, now. Now we’ve got it. Good, let’s call it that, shall we? Yes. Then we can move on. 5 seconds. Okay. You can go really slowly. You don’t have to come back down here. Okay, move on. But up ahead there’s the blue sky again. So it’s not raining everywhere again. It’s only in the zone. Now, just before the road branches off, we follow a cycle path onto a dam. We slowly leave the Rhône Valley and the river. Lake Geneva is in front of us. I’m a bit out of breath. Ah, now we’re going downhill. How many? 6 downhill. We pass the last stall selling the famous Valais apricots. English, German, German, German , German, German, German, German, German, We should take a whole basket. Despite explaining that we didn’t have enough room in our bags, she didn’t want to sell us any less. Au revoir. Well. Yes, don’t look, you idiot, the pin, the pin, the pin. Ah, today is the final, right. Oh, there’s the lake, do you see that? Yes, if you have a vantage point somewhere to stop, you can take a photo if you want. Oh, how beautiful. And the lake is in front of us, we are on the southern shore, just before the border with France. Just under 80 kilometers to go, so less than 4 hours’ drive to the finish. Tonight there might be Euro 2025, the women’s final. Next destination: France. France, vive la France. France is now directly in front of us. Ah, bienvenue en France. A la France. Come on, we have to take a photo with our bikes. By bike to France, yes. Yes, Lake Geneva is quite large, you can see how far it goes back. Can you just see the end? Lake Geneva will now always stay on our right. And that’s where we’re going. We’re now cycling along the entire southern shore of Lake Geneva, all the way to the end in Geneva. In French, by the way, it’s called Lac Leman. Au revoir Hansgrohe. There’s someone coming by. In France today we’re following the southern shore of Lake Geneva to the planned destination of our trip: Geneva. We’re traveling in the Haut Savoy department. In the same department are also Mont Blanc and the famous ski resort of Annecy. Lake Geneva is the largest lake in Switzerland, and indeed in France. It covers an area of ​​580 square kilometers. The deepest point is 310 meters. The northern and southern shores are relatively densely populated. The largest cities include Geneva, Montreux, and Lausanne on the north bank, and Vevey, Thonon-les-Bains, and Evian-les-Bains on the south bank. We have another red climb here, supposedly. The bike can handle it, but it seems to be the same as it has a few times before. Because we would have it right now, and we’re riding quite easily here. It must have something to do with how Komoot generates the elevation data. GPS data from the Earth’s grid is probably not high-resolution enough. We’ve now decided to take a short break and have some ice cream. Right? Yes, okay. We have the first table here, right? That’s a stand. No, not a stand, but a wall. “And this day, he will forget me,” “this little heart that I will not forget.” “Perhaps there will be a day, but it won’t be for me.” “And this day, he will forget me,” “this little heart that I will not forget.” Evian, Evian-Les-Bains, really? Oh, that’s a beautiful house on the right. Evian Les Bains, on the southern shore of Lake Geneva, is world-famous for its mineral water spring and the brand of the same name. The town is also a popular conference location and has a casino. We just got the answer to the question: Is that the Evian with the water? Yes, it is. We just saw a sign pointing to the factory. The Evian mineral water spring is a few kilometers away and is sold in 140 countries around the world. The brand now belongs to the Danone group. 1.7 billion bottles are bottled in this plant every year. Maybe there’s a public fountain here, who knows? Because sometimes it’s like that in Bad Vilbel, too. Or in Rosbach, there are some public springs where you can tap your water. Every day, over 150 railway wagons are loaded with the pallets. The station on the factory premises is considered the largest private station in Europe. Thonon-les-Bains is the second larger town we pass through on the south shore. With almost 40,000 inhabitants, it is also the largest in the region on the French side of the lake. We drive through a charming town center, but don’t stop here. That’s also strange, a peculiar subdivision. Here is a road. The journey drags on forever. Climbs, descents, how long until Geneva? When will we finally get there? Watch out, slow down, there’s an exit. Right, up there now. Oh, this is the city center. I think you have to push here. Come on, push a bit. Down here, right? Björn, down here? Wow, it’s so busy here. We have to walk, right? Actually beautiful, isn’t it? Actually beautiful, yes. But too crowded. Yes, it’s just tourist nonsense here. Yes, we’ll just do a loop and then move on. Yvoire was recommended to me as an insider tip before the trip. The medieval town with its fortifications was built starting in 1306. For a long time, this town defended itself militarily against being taken over by others. Its location high above the lakeshore promises a certain charm. Unfortunately, however, during a walking tour, which we had to push our bikes for, we discovered that the place was very overrun with tourists and, for the discerning observer, had lost some of the charm it was supposed to have. We were a little disappointed to find such a tourist trap and, in retrospect, consider this little detour a waste of time. Hey, wait a minute. I want to take a photo with my phone. Come on, one of you. Stand there. Position yourself. Yes, okay. We now have about 30 kilometers to Geneva. The destination of our trip is within reach. Shall we take a dip in the lake? We got lost here. That’ll cost us 10 minutes, for sure. We can’t keep up. Hop, hop, hop. Wow, crazy, the third one is behind. We’re completely stuck. So, we have about 15 kilometers to go to Geneva. We’re now heading towards the city, just a few more kilometers. We’re on a nice bike path. Are we entering Switzerland, right? We cross the border into Switzerland almost unnoticed. Only by the different road signs do we even realize we’re back in Switzerland. Crazy, we’re already in Switzerland. Huh? We’re slowly approaching Geneva. Maybe 4 kilometers to the beach. Use the slipstream. We try to use the slipstream of the other riders to save energy and get to Geneva faster. But we soon lose the group again. We’ve now reached the shores of Lake Geneva again and the first suburbs of Geneva are finally in sight. Further ahead it looks like rain again. We’re in Geneva. Hopefully summer already. Geneva, Geneva is done. We’re in Geneva. Yes. Official parts done. Now, in keeping with last year’s tradition at Lake Garda, we don’t want to miss the opportunity to enjoy a swim in the lake. The water is warmer than we expected. Is a top tube bag actually suitable for storing Swiss chocolate? No, because it’s melted. The chocolate, not the bag, of course. And then we pay a visit to the European Championship fan zone on the lakeshore. On the way to our accommodation, we go on a short tour of the city. It’s starting to rain a little again. It should be around here somewhere. Oh man, it’s red. That guy is running a red light here. I was at green. Yes, there was red. No, there was a footpath. Bicycle here. Yes, there wasn’t two. A little summary. We’ve never experienced so much variety in these five days. Both in terms of landscape and weather. It was an eventful 5-day bikepacking trip, full of humility in the face of this natural beauty. But also 5 days of deprivation, tension, and challenges. And we are proud to be citizens of this United Europe without real borders. On our trip, we learned to appreciate the decisive advantage of Europe and Schengen. From this morning until our departure at the train station tomorrow morning, we crossed national borders seven times within 24 hours without any checks or stops. Switzerland-France on the lakeshore ride. France-Switzerland here just before Geneva. Switzerland-France on the way to our accommodation in France. In the evening, without our bikes, we cycled from France to Geneva again to explore the city late at night. We returned to France for the night and the next morning. Including the first day, we crossed borders nine times in total. We thank Switzerland and the people we spoke to along the way for their kindness and hospitality. We will certainly visit you again on two wheels. Thank you for watching this adventure documentary. Please leave a like and subscribe to the channel for free to see new videos from me. See you next time. See you next time. Freedom is our guide Through the storms we ride No more place to hide Every pass, every road We’re alive tonight Riding the Swiss lights Through the rain and heights From land to land, all together Chasing nothing we can’t do And when the night falls, reflections in the lake Moments, moments we remember Every choice we take No turning path, it’s ours to find Swiss roads beneath us Leaving fears behind Riding the Swiss lights Through the storms and peaks From lakes to alpine heights Adventure is what we seek Every hill, every mile Every view so bright On our bikes together We ride into the light