Saturday, June 06, 2015

Gentiane

I was looking through the French cyclotouring calendar and found a cool looking ride yesterday, which was not too far from us. So this morning I got up early to drive to Bourg de Peage to ride "La Gentiane", a ride organized by the Romans-sur-Isere cycling club. Several itineraries were possible, and I did the "easy" one. I was originally planning the next one up, but changed my mind after getting my butt kicked on the hors categorie climb! They had a really nice meal waiting for us at the end, and decent feed stations. If I'm in shape next year, I will definitely do this one again!

5 hours on the big, 5:22 elapsed, 24 kph average, 124 km, 2046 m elevation gain.










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