The route for this event consists of 20 stages with 2 rest days.


I arrive in the morning, and after setup of the bikes that afternoon, we plan to go for a short ride. Then the following day the tour starts. No time for jetlag adjustment, we are going for it.

The good thing is that the initial stages are flat. There are three stages in Strasbourg, then off to Belgium and Germany, then back into France north through Brittany and Rennes.

Then a long trip to Bordeaux. At this point the stages start getting more serious. We are getting close to the Pyrenees. There is a couple of killer stages that will resemble Mountains of Misery.

If we survive the Pyrenees, we have the longest stage (close to 150 miles) from Beziers to Montelimar. Then we start getting into the Alps for another few more killer mountain stages.

Just narrating this route is tiring. I can not imagine riding all these.

By the time we are done with the Alps, we will have just a few more stages to bring us back to Paris.

This adventure is definitely going to test my tenacity and desire to do this. It is getting close. Very close ...