Saturday 05 March 2011 (Day 3)

Reims to Dijon

 The bike lined up, ready to go

Another horrendously early start, but it got better as we pushed south and enjoyed the sun rise over the vineyards of the Champagne region.  It developed into another beautiful day with a slight tail wind and crisp blue skies making for perfect cycling.

I managed four stages of the six today; discretion being the better part of valour I decided that trying to repeat yesterday’s efforts was likely to end badly.  Still pleased with (about) 125miles completed (just over eight hours of pedal turning).

The cycle computer stayed with me to the end this time, so the Garmin Connect stats for stage 1 are here, stages 3 and 4 here and stage 6 here.

Gary also did four stages, putting the effort in early by doing the first three morning stages with a big break after lunch before completing the final stage of the day.