Day 4: 170km, 8000 calories burnt, loads of climbing! even more sweating......
So Day 4 was meant to be a good day…..being the penultimate day I thought we’d all be in a good mood and looking forward to gently cruising to the finish line before the home straight on Friday (day 5).
This wasn’t the case as the day kicked off with a 30km sprint followed by a very slow climb up to the top of the Col Axe Les Thermes
The Valley to Axe was Hot and with a slight incline felt like it was going on and on! – I think we were all hurting from the previous days gone by so lunch could not of come quick enough!
After a nervous lunch we hit the Puymoren which was a main road climb of 37Km running up to and past the Andorra
Once we reached the top we thought we had a nice cruise back to the hotel with a couple of short climbs! We were wrong again………the plateau from the top of Puymorens to Mont Louis was a nightmare. The wind and storm meant our riding was slowed by about 5mph and with all of us split up it was a lonely time!!
Once we reached Mont Louis we were rewarded with a 35km descent! The best fun you’ll ever have on a bike according to our guide! Well the first 10km were as we rode at a casual 40mph……..the road then got bumpy and with a head wind it became a bit of a challenge but we got there.
Michael and Jay conveniently overshot the hotel and ended up at a bar for a cheeky beer! I must have missed the memo on this…….my fault for lagging and shouting abuse at the road for being so bumpy!!
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| Jason taking the glory at the top - must of been a low gradient climb!!! |
Cheers
MMMs
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