Weather forecast: “Its going to be wet, and where its not wet, it will be very wet”
Despite the forecast, It starts off dry. After breakfast, I head off to the SNCF station to meet up with my friend Gregoire who is also part of the IEC Telecom team. Today we are covering 80KM and its great to have some company on the road. Gregoire is a great team cyclist with plenty of experience and a pleasure to ride with.
We are kind of lucky with the weather. For the first part of the ride, its dry. Typically I set an interval of 30 KM for coffee stops. But at KM 25, we decided to push on and cover some distance as it was still dry. Light rain arrived at KM 30 and lasted for a short period. A stop for hot chocolate at KM 40 and then we pushed on.
The lack of stops is evidenced by the lack of pictures for this leg. I also dont like getting my phone wet!
So, Komoot does it to me again! This is a very steep overgrown land down to the road we left 10 minutes ago. I will name the segment “Komoots Unnecessary Hill” as we had a steep climb to get to this point. Would have saved us 10 mins if we stayed on the road.
Here we are. Cergy St Christophe. The home of IEC Telecom . The final 10KM was very wet and did not improve for the rest of the day. We found an open bar for a couple of isotonic beers. With the only restaurant in town closed, I just went to the hotelfor a snooze and then asked Uber to send me a Pizza!