Distance
243.0
km
10,533.1
Avg. speed
22.7
km/h
25.8
Climb
5,100
metres
157,848
Time
10:42
hours
407:32
Heart
113
bpm
118
Calories
11,137
burned
352,479
Mountains
4
passed
138
← stage
← total
This is a HUGE day ... 225km with four Category 1 climbs. One of the very toughest days of the Grand Tours this year. And it's forecast to be cold and wet ...
"In absence of an adequate global response, there will obviously be climate change that will go unmitigated. And we're pretty close to the stage where impacts start to turn very serious and very negative"
It was an absolute corker of a Stage today. A massive 225km plus four Category 1 climbs, and to top it off, it was another cold, wet miserable afternoon. Fortunately Jocelyn accompanied me again and with his strong climbing legs was able to drag me up the hills.
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