The area around St Andre is ideal for both disciplines with quiet roads generally well surfaced (everyone who has ridden here comments on how good the surfaces are ) with great views . 
The town of Allos has an exciting downhill course that can be accessed by chair lift or take the novel way and ride up but be warned the second section is ‘a bit of an Effort’.
The area is visited regularly by the ''Tour'' and rides can include some of the tour climbs such as the cols--Allos, Bonnette,Vence and Champ along with the spectacular scenary found in the Gorges between---Daluis,
Cians and
Verdon