Derk is dropped at 21 kilometres of the official start and begins his stage at 10.45 AM. Like yesterday Derk skips the first flat kilometres and wins time by doing so. It’s important that Derk finishes today’s stage, because the start of tomorrow is at a completely different location. Because the first kilometres of today […]
Today Derk is dropped at 10.36 AM directly east of Pau. The real mountains are behind us, which doesn’t mean the climbing is over. The landscape is less extreme and mostly agricultural. In the village of St. Michel, some 75 kilometres from Pau, we have the first break. After two weeks we know Derk isn’t […]
At ten minutes to ten Derk leaves for a new day of rowing. Again quite a lot of ascending, but also less hard than Derk is used to. After tomorrow the mountains are finally behind us. Not much to tell further, just a nice ride. Good news about the painful foot of Derk: it is […]
We escape the bloody camping after a not-so-bad night and go for another day of rowing. But, again, not much news to tell. Some technical data: 206,65 km total, average 26,6 km/h, maximum 82,8 km/h, trip time: 7 hours and 45 minutes. The evening is much more interesting. Because we’ve cleared the mountains and because […]
While approaching Paris, the daily trips get a little less interesting. Today the time trial over 61 kilometres is planned. The real Tour rides from Montlucon to Saint-Amand-Montrond. Because of the planning, Derk hasn’t done some kilometres on flat terrain in the Pyrenees and during these days it’s a good time to do them. Just […]
