Four of us from WRC are doing this tour 23 may to 2 june. I have provisionally planned 6 days of riding. I'm not too sure about the daily distance across the North of Spain though . It seems high for that sort of road. Any comments or suggestions please?
Seems to me that the 3 days of French rides 'getting there' will be fairly comfortable. I'm not so sure about the 3 Spanish rides though. Those roads are twisty so we might have to split crossing spain into 4 rides.
Anyway, I have included maps for the 6 rides so what do you think? Where hotels are mentioned it's just because I was trawling around the area for
possible places to stay. I am not going to prebook any accommodation.
So:
First leg off the boat.
Caen to Blois - 178 Miles. The distance we cover that first day depends on how we feel. I personally reckon we could nail 2x the miles I have suggested.
Second leg
Blois to La Canourgue - 286 miles. The latter is a good starting point for the Gorges du Tarn rideout. This leg should be really easy and maybe we can include the Tarn ride on this day as well?
Third leg :
Tarn valleys, Millau and on to Perpignon - 184 miles.
Fourth Leg:
Starting into Northern Spain - 202 miles. I'm not sure that we should do 200+ per day on these roads..
Fifth Leg:
Through Pyrenees and towards Picos - 220 miles,
Last leg:
Picos and run down to Santander - 215 miles.
