Today we rode stage 13 of the Tour de Force from St. Girons to Foix. The day began early with a very early check out and a 90 minute bus ride to St. Girons. Once there we had a chaotic breakfast and started what was advertised as a nice short day.
And here is the Relive video:
This stage is the shortest in the entire tour but don't be fooled. Despite being only 100km (about the same as a regular Saturday group ride back home) the stage boasted three good climbs.
We got underway about 9:40 with a nice pace line developing on the way to the first climb. As the day developed it got warmer and warmer so that by the time we reached the base of the first climb, a 5 km climb up Col de Latrape it was already quite hot. Adding insult to injury there were scams of biting horseflies harassing the riders.
After a nice stop at the top of Col de Latrape we had a 5km and then a 10km climb to Col d'Agnes followed by a trilling 4km descent to the lunch stop. During the climb the temperature topped 100 degrees which was discouraging (though not to the flies!). I rode much of the climb with another rider named Max from the UK. It was so hot his head started smoking!
As usual here is the Strava record:
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