@ Gerry
and Shoko's, Nîmes, France, 02-10-10
Over the hills and far away
Morbier to Thoiry (8
cycle days; 2 rest days; 444km; 6316m)
Morbier to near Anthy Sur Léman
(56km; 734m)
near Anthy Sur Léman to Cluses ( 57km; 1000m)
Cluses to Thônes (47km; 1194m)
Thônes to Albertville (46km; 691m)
Albertville to Champagny-en-Vanoise (49km; 1060m)
Champagny-en-Vanoise to St. Jorioz (89km;
470m)
St. Jorioz Lake Annecy to Seyssel (16km; 399m)
Seyssel to Thoiry (48km; 768m)
The hills are alive with
the sound of cowbells
Cold and crisp are the body and mind respectively. So
is the weather. The superb blue skies hang around for
the whole day. The first 5 kilometres is downhill-ish
with only 50 meters of altitude gain. At this point
we have cycled the main highway to the last entrance
point into Morez. It is way easier than dropping further
into town. Though the traffic isn't too bad, we happily
slip off the thoroughfare and onto the quiet D25 for
the long ascent. Up until the bridge you warm up on
simple gradients between 1 and 3%...
