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You can't replicate climbs in the Alps here in the UK so I'd save your money. You can train for the effort but, oddly, this is best done on the flat, i.e. do a 30-60 minute session (with 15 min warm up and warm down) at what I'd call time trial pace, i.e. as fast as you can sustain for the time.