Day 11 – Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to Nice

Day 11 – Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to Nice

Monday 23rd May – Ride Day 10:   The 10th and final day of the France en Velo trip took us from Les-Salles-sur-Verdon to the finish line in Nice after over a combined 1,000 miles of cycling.   Devastatingly, the day will be most remembered for Johnny’s...
Day 10 – Bedoin to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie

Day 10 – Bedoin to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie

Sunday 22nd May – Ride Day 9:   Today’s penultimate stage of the ten day St Malo to Nice challenge saw us take on 104 miles and >7,000ft of ascent in, again, blisteringly high and unseasonable temperatures which must have hit mid 30’s for most of the last...
Day 9 – Bedoin – Rest Day

Day 9 – Bedoin – Rest Day

Saturday 21st May – Rest day but Mont Ventoux for some….   Today was the designated rest day of the St Malo-Nice challenge so being as it fell in Bedoin 🤔 what better way to spend it than spinning the legs up Mt Ventoux to 1,910m above sea level and a...
Day 8 – Villefort to Bedoin

Day 8 – Villefort to Bedoin

Friday 20th May – Ride Day 8:   Day 8 of France en Velo saw us cover another monstrous distance of 116 miles though with less climb than yesterday at just over 5,000 ft.   Welcome back to the furnace best describes the conditions we faced with temperatures...
Day 7 – Entraygues-sur-Truyere to Villefort

Day 7 – Entraygues-sur-Truyere to Villefort

Thursday 19th May – Ride Day 7:   Day seven of ‘France en Velo’ was aptly named by our route tweaker, Aspey, as the ‘Queens stage’ and understandably so as it had us ascending 8,000 ft over 114 miles. The challenge was exacerbated with a number of long climbs and...
Day 6 – Souillac to Entraygues-sur-Truyere

Day 6 – Souillac to Entraygues-sur-Truyere

Wednesday 18th May – Ride Day 6:   Day 6 of France en Velo saw us take on 94 miles between Souillac and Entraygues-Sue-Truyere, still in the Occitania region but moving east into the Aveyron department.   We split in to two groups at the start, split by 45...