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mtb france summer 2009
Stage 17: Honto to Pamplona
We started our last day early at 8.15am. There was a dense fog. You could only see up to 15-30 meters. We were hoping that as we rode up the mountain the fog would thin. No luck. We had a long climb ahead mostly on a small road, and then the last 3km on a [...]
Stage 16: Sumisou to Honto
Total km 68 Total climb 1000m Today was a cloudy day and a relatively easy one. It seemed to be mostly downhill, but we did about 1000 meters of climbing. I think that the scenery would have been nicer if it was sunny. The path took us thru quite a few settled areas, and was [...]
Stage 14: Montréal-du-Gers to Miramont-Sensacq
Total km 80 Ride time – 6.5hrs Climb ?? Today was a long day. We left Ferme de Colume at 8.45. I had peanut butter on toast. YUM. Once again the start of the day was constant ups and downs. I think that we probably have done about 800m of climbing. It was like riding [...]
Stage 13: Miradoux to Montréal-du-Gers
We had a good late(8.15) breakfast this morning. We had breakfast on a terrace looking at a fields and little forest. The same place where we had dinner yesterday. While we were having dinner I saw something crossing a large field more or less at a half a kilometer from us. The owner of the [...]
Stage 12: Montcuq to Miradoux
Today we started super early. We were staying in a Gite where the rest of the people where walkers. The walkers wanted an early start. They requested to have breakfast at 6.30am. We went down for breakfast at 6.35, everybody was already eating. At 7.20 we were off. The earliest so far. We wanted to [...]
Stage 11: St Cirq Lapopie to Montcuq
Total distance 61km Total climb 710m Today we left St Cirq at 7.30 to try and ride as far as possible before the heat got too bad. That meant that we didn’t get breakfast at the hotel. We stopped in Concots at THE cafe in town for coffee and a pastry, then got going again. [...]
Stage 10: La Cassagnole to St Cirq Lapopie
Total 60km Total climb 500m Total ride time – 5hrs We got an early start today since it was supposed to be another very hot day. We were on the road at 8am. We were riding thru fog which kept the sun at bay until at least 10.30. Today we deviated from the original GR [...]
Stage 9: Conques to La Cassagnole
Total distance 56km Total climb 700m First thing this morning we had a hard choice to make, a very steppy hard road uphill which more or less follows the path or a flat / downhill road which follows the river, both end up in the same place (Liv…). After some deliveration we decided to do [...]
Stage 8: Estaing to Conques
Total km 40.5 Total ride time 3.5h Total calories 1500 Today was a rest day. We took off from the fabulous Hotel Le Manoir at around 10.45 after fixing a flat on Francesc’s bike. we stuck to the road mainly to avoid a steep climb with portage after Estaing. That led to us doing 100% [...]
Stage 7: Les Faux to Estaing
Total 97.5km Total climb 1280m Total ride time 8 hours Total time – 10 hrs Total calories – 4500 We woke up around 7ish this morning and had a nice, big breakfast at Le Faux. We got the bikes ready and left around 8.30. It seems like we always end starting aroung 8.30 no matter [...]