The Rider part IV - Meyrueis - Causse Noir

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bertdekker

Type

Bike

Distance

12.844 mi

Duration

00:48:12

Avg Watts

165.50 Watt(s)

Recorded on

02/08/2019

Added on

05/09/2019

Total ascent

1299 ft

2 Place Sully, 48150 Meyrueis, France

Gendarmerie, 30750 Trèves, France

Description

The Rider part IV - Meyrueis - Causse Noir

Here we go again. The cols here are made of air and lie upside-down in the landscape. We regroup. Six kilometers’ climb to the second high plateau, the Causse Noir. I shift, move my hands up onto the bars. Pain, my legs still have to get the knack. Climbing from plateau to plateau is particularly tiring. After you get to the top, there’s no descent to let you rest, and after you’ve been sitting still in the descent you suddenly have to give it everything you’ve got, without a rest.

From the book THE RIDER by Tim Krabbé (a must read book for every cyclist)

This video covers the fourth part of The Tour de Mont Aigoual where the riders climbing to reach the top of Causse Noir as described in the book THE RIDER.

More rides of the book The Rider in this playlist or Check my other video's

Strava segments

Portions of this video are actual Strava segments