Not many photos today because we pulled off a total madhouse of a riding day. The best way to get a feel for it is just to check out the track:
From Ambert to Barcelonnette, the GPS track takes only 5 simple waypoints to generate thousands of twisties. Starting out in Haute-Loire, it's all smooth, sweeping curves carved through meadows and forests. In the Ardèche, the bends get tighter, but the road remains fluid and silky smooth. Between Lamastre and the Rhône, it's an absolute frenzy. Crossing the Rhône at Valence was chaotic, to say the least. First, you're hit with the retail zones and endless roundabouts, then battered by a southerly wind blowing every bit as hard as the Mistral.
From there, we tackled a stretch less familiar to us, yet packed with pure biking thrills—most notably the Roanne tourist route (route touristique de Roanne) and the Col de Pennes. Exhausted but thoroughly satisfied, we finally found well-deserved rest in Barcelonnette.
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