Ariegeoise – round-up
Well success for both Christine and I. Christine managed her course in under 4 hours, very respectable indeed, considering she’s done hardly any cycling this year. For myself, I managed the Mountagnole in 6½ hours which was about what I was aiming for, it turned out to be 111km in the end. The Plateau de Beille was hard, as always, but I wasn’t pushing my bike up or stopped like many! In all managed 166km what with cycling to the start and then back to Tarascon – a pretty respectable day out, though am a bit worried about the average speed for the Etape.
On a sad note, someone died on the Beille – not sure if it was a heart attack, heat exhaustion or a crash while descending.
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