Day
Start
End
Cols
Distance
(Miles)
Accent
(m)
Ride Time
Moving Time
Average Speed - Moving
Rida Data - Garmin
Monday
Hendaye
Eaux Bonnes
St Ignace; Pinodeila; d'squich
124
2690
09:13
07:32
16.5
Tuesday
Eaux Bonnes
Bagneres-de-Luchon
Aubisque;Soulor; Tourmalet; Aspin; Peyresourde
96
4358
09:33
08:01
11.9
Wednesday
Bagneres-de-Luchon
Ax-les-Thermes
Ares; Portet; d'Aspet; Caougnous; Port
104
2429
08:13
06:33
15.9
Thursday
Ax-les-Thermes
Prades
Puymorens; Lious; Riga; La Perche; Mt Louis
71
1811
06:38
04:53
14.5
Friday
Prades
Cerbere
Saint Pierre; Ternére
57
635
03:25
02:54
19.6
Totals
452
11923
37:02:00
29:53:00
15.1
Average
90.4
2385
07:24
05:58
15.1
Saturday
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux
26.8
1581
02:05
2:05- stopped at the top only
12.8

Overview:

720km across 18 cols through the French Pyrenees with 11000 meters of accent and a time limit of 100 hours

Start Riding: Monday 16/09/2013 at 9am from Hendaye (which is 677 miles from Calais)

Finish Riding: Friday 20/09/2013 by 1pm in Cerbere (which is 785 miles from Calais)

GPX Files (from Sparky that match the above route card: Updated: 5/9/13)

Day 1 >>> 121 miles; accent 2400m
Day 2 >>> 95 miles; accent 4455m
Day 3 >>> 103 miles; accent 2415m
Day 4 >>> 68 miles; accent 1770m
Day 5 >>> 57 miles; accent 446m

Note: The above files for days 1-3 don’t “snap” to road when uploaded to on-line route planner so give false (low mileages if uploaded to web nav sites but they work perfectly when uploaded to a Garmin device and we used these durinh the ride.)

Here are some alternatives; the below ones have :

Day 1 >>> 121 miles; accent 2400m
Day 2 >>> 95 miles; accent 4455m
Day 3 >>> 103 miles; accent 2415m
Day 4 >>> 68 miles; accent 1770m
Day 5 >>> 57 miles; accent 446m

Total 447 miles & 11,524m accent

HOTEL STOP OVER DETAILS

Day -1 – Saturday

Holiday Inn Express – Bilbao Airport
Address: Zarandao Kalea, 5, 48160 Derio, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Phone:+34 944 86 82 40

Day 0 – Sunday

Hotel Campanile Hendaye

Address: 102B Rue de Béhobie, 64700 Hendaye, France
Phone:+33 5 59 48 06 48

http://www.campanile.com/en/hotels/campanile-hendaye


Day1- Monday

The Hotel Bar Restaurant La Poste

19 Rue Louis Barthou
64440 Eaux-Bonnes, France
http://www.hotel-dela-poste.com/

Day 2 – Tuesday

Hotel Panoramic à Luchon

Address: 6 Avenue Carnot, 31110 Bagnères-de-Luchon, France
Phone:+33 5 61 79 30 90

http://www.hotelpanoramic.fr/


Day 3 – Wednesday

la Grande Cordée

Address: 31 Avenue Docteur François Gomma, 09110 Ax-les-Thermes, France
Phone:+33 5 61 65 77 00

http://www.grande-cordee.com/


Day 4 – Thursday

Mas Flores de Llum – Gîtes catalans,

Address: 9 Traverse de Prades, 66500 Los Masos, France
Phone:+33 6 13 88 40 91

http://masflores66.com/


Day 5 – Friday

l’Hôtel Madeloc

26 Rue Romain Rolland
66190 Collioure, France

http://www.madeloc.com/