Photo 17: Paul enjoying his last ride of the day
Feeling revitalised by the Western lunch party I set off cycling after lunch with Caireen from The Forlorn Hope team. We set off at a fair pace pushing around 25mph and swapping the lead back and forth. A third rider jumped on after a bit and we kept the pace going until the blue Amicus van appeared sitting with backdoors open - always a welcome sight as you knew that meant it was time to swap riders.
We were now into the last 50 miles of the day. Marc had some good rides and kept the pace going well through Ougney and Taxenne, Paul pushed us on through Gendey and Ranchot and Dave sped through Salans and Roset Fluans. There were some pretty sights as we sped along by the river, past weirs and through lots of small villages.
As we got to the last 24 miles we were into the final rides of the day. Dave completed his first, followed by Mark then Paul, leaving the last 6 miles up to the finish line and the hotel for the night to me. We finished in Besancon at around 5:45 which we were pretty pleased with. It had been a very long day and we all had tired legs and were ready to stop at the end. Just one last day to go now ....the big one cycling up to the ski resorts in the mountains!
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