A lot of climbing was planned for this queen’s mountain stage but after a good rest and breakfast (chickpeas!), I got on the road before 8am. Even started under the sun! Fully recharged.
The tarmac on this mountain passage was anything else than pleasant and over 40km I faced poor road conditions, still tarred, but corrugated worse than the Hell of the North! Going slow was my counter measure, which is no problem on uphill but downhill it becomes pure strain. Strain from spine to shoulder to wrist to all parts of the body.
The scenery compensated for most of it and this incredible Roubaix helped to take the hardest hits through its in-build suspension elements. I am surprised nothing broke and happy to get my new bike rather sooner than later.
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