Distance : 157.5km
Riding time: 5 hours 56 minutes
Calories burned: 6,103
Average speed 26.5km/h
Average heart rate: 103bpm
TOTAL (4 days)
Distance: 806.17km
Calories burned: 31,170
Total cycling time: 32 hours 20 minutes
After 650 hard kilometres in the first 3 days, Day 4 was a supposedly "easier" 159km from Cambrai to Epernay (our hotel is in Moussy just next to Epernay). I think a mistake a lot of people made was to think that this was an "easier" day, seemingly forgetting that we have 650km in the legs, plus the fact that the temperature has increased rapidly up to around 27 degrees. One 4th category climb, plus several other lumps and bumps made it a hard day for sure, not any different to the previous 3.
After a 45 minute transfer (left hotel at 7.15am) we were on the road at about 8.20am, and the day was nicely broken down into 5 sections with 4 feed stops at pretty much every 30km. This meant it was around an hour in between stops, a great way of breaking up the day. The extra heat meant that attention had to be paid to hydration, i think i was up to bottle number 9 by the time the ride was over.
First snack
By lunch there was a need to lie down..
We snaked down from Cambrai through some beautiful fields toward the Champagne regions around Epernay (not far from Reims), making it the most picturesque day of the Tour by a long way. The final run down to our hotel was a glorious 10km downhill stretch that had be sat on the wheel of Phil Dekker (the Classic Tours bike pro) which was an awesome 15 minutes of descending at a constant 45-60kmph. Gladly we finished a few hours earlier than the previous 3 stages, so we have all had some time to chill out in our rooms (i fell asleep with my legs in the air against the wall) before an earlier 7.30pm dinner.
This is the worst hotel we've stayed in
Moments of the day
-Being told to go faster by a French Policeman who was giving a motorist a speeding ticket
"Does this outfit look good Q?" Colin at 07.08am
"Do i look good on my bike Q?" Colin 11.14am
"Did i look good on that downhill section Q?" Colin at 1.42pm
"Delete that photo Q, i don't look good in it" Colin at 2.45pm
View the Bike GARMIN DATA HERE
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