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Cycling Route in Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France

Ride Day 20—1 Oct 2005—11000 Carcassonne -- Circle

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105 km
Distance
1517 m
Ascent
1518 m
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The two named gorges along the route, Gorges de la Chamoux and Gorges de l’Arnette were a pleasure, but definitely not spectacular. The nicest section along a river was D101 along the Orbiel River.

When we arrived at the Pic-de-Nore at 1211 M, not only did we feel like we were on top of the world, but that the wind would blow us off it. On the way up, we passed up the opportunity of a short 16% climb that went to some “gouffre”. I checked on the internet and found a Wikipedia entry showing that the word means an abyss or chasm.

Overall, a great ride on outstanding roads. While we’ve been in the Aude Department for a number of days now, at the northern part of our ride today, we entered the Tarn Department for a bit before returning to Aude.

Background:


My wife and I have been doing self-supported tours in Western Europe (a majority in France) since 1993.  This series of rides covers our 2005 2 month route through parts of France.  Our beginning and ending point is near Chaduri (south of Angoulême) where our friends have a farm with Gites and Chambres d'Hotes.


We rode our Dawes touring bicycles purchased in 1993 heavily loaded with 700Cx32 tires.  All of our riding was on paved roads, mostly with very little traffic.


If any questions, feel free to email me at jeffkadet@netdiving.com


Jeff

This cycling route is ideal for: Road bike

You will cycle on the following surfaces: Paved

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