(ride day 1) Sun May 31 : AMT Day 2 [ride] Nice → Aix-en-Provence (4h18m 247km)
First day of a big tour is always a learning experience.
We arrived 10h17m after departing. The group got split up once costing aobut 30 minutes.
We were moving for 3h49m or 39% of the day, with 6h28m for breaks.
We covered 243km, Google time +145%.
Day 1 riding Antibes → Aix-en-Provence
Ride day 1, Antibes → Aix-en-Provence (4h12m 227km) Galimard perfumery, Pont de l'Artuby, etc
| Time | Minutes | km | kph avg | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:23am | 57.5 | breakfast and getting started | ||
| 8:21am | 18.3 | 13 km | 41 kph | we're rolling |
| 8:39am | 31.2 | we lost someone already --- getting used to riding together | ||
| 9:10am | 21.4 | 19 km | 54 kph | |
| 9:31am | 82.4 | Usine Musée Parfums Galimard | Grasse | ||
| 10:54am | 52.2 | 48 km | 55 kph | |
| 11:46am | 1.5 | marking a corner | ||
| 11:48am | 17.6 | 23 km | 79 kph | |
| 12:05pm | 7.6 | viewpoint pics | ||
| 12:13pm | 10.2 | 10 km | 57 kph | |
| 12:23pm | 11.1 | watching bungee jumping at Pont de l'Artuby | ||
| 12:34pm | 8.2 | 7 km | 52 kph | |
| 12:42pm | 86.2 | Lunch and Corvettes at Auberge Des Cavaliers | ||
| 2:08pm | 13.4 | 10 km | 45 kph | |
| 2:22pm | 6.8 | viewpoint | ||
| 2:29pm | 5.7 | 5 km | 48 kph | |
| 2:34pm | 3.7 | marking a turn | ||
| 2:38pm | 34.2 | 31 km | 54 kph | |
| 3:12pm | 15.2 | regrouping/break? | ||
| 3:28pm | 22.9 | 23 km | 61 kph | |
| 3:51pm | 4.9 | marking a turn | ||
| 3:55pm | 10.2 | 8 km | 46 kph | |
| 4:06pm | 31.6 | Le Tournebroche snack break | ||
| 4:37pm | 29.7 | 28 km | 57 kph | |
| 5:07pm | 17.5 | fuel stop at Esso | ||
| 6:38pm | Boutique Hôtel Cézanne | |||
| 10h32m | 4h04m moving | 243 km | 59.8 kph | 39% moving, 388 minutes of breaks |
We stoppeed for lunch at Logis Hôtel du Grand Canyon du Verdon and saw a lot of Corvettes! I guess we were there with a Corvette type club