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Dag 12: Ouistreham-Caen/Paris/Maubeuge-Mons/Brussel

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Added on 23 Jun 2015

last edited by Ottocolor on 13 Oct 2018

Cycle route metrics

ridden

Total distance in km

Cumulative elevation gain in m

673

Avg. slope uphill in %

1,09

Cumulative elevation loss in m

611

GPS track data

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Track points in total

135

Track points per km (avg)

Start/endpoint

Start location

Ouistreham, Normandy, FR (2 m NHN)

End location

Ville de Bruxelles - Stad Brussel, Brussels-Capital, BE (64 m NHN)

ridden on

20 Jun 2015

Weather

Beautiful and sunny morning on our way into Caen, in Paris warm and cloudy, between Maubeuge and Mons overcast, windy from the south east and chilly, in Brussels cloudy and somewhat warmer.

Accommodation

Aloft Brussels Schuman
Place Jean Rey
BE-1040 Brussel

Properties

Half transport day, half cycle day. Ouistreham - Caen by bike along the canal with a stop at the famous Pegasus bridge to the station, where we have breakfast at a nice café - Caen-Paris St. Lazare by train - cycle trip in Paris from the Lazare station via Place de la Concorde along the Seine river to the Eiffel tower and further on to the Arc de Triomphe on the Place Etoile. From here down Avenue des Champs-Élysées, across Concorde once again and past the Madeleine-church and Opera Garnier along Rue Lafayette to the Gare du Nord station - train to Maubeuge via St. Quentin - coffee and an icecream at McDonald's in Maubeuge - first with a headwind on heavily trafficed roads out of town, then turned north and with side- and tailwind into Belgium - somewhat difficult and dangerous to find the entrance to the temporary railway station of Mons - train to Brussels - cycle trip from the Zuid-station along the ring road with a pitstop at a fine and cheap pavement restaurant and then on to the hotel in the EU quarter out Rue Belliard - after checking in at Aloft a late night stroll to a splendid beer pub in the fashionable EU quarter near the Berlaymont building.

Slope Gradient Distribution

Show Slope Gradient Distribution

descending	flat	ascending
slope gradient	distance in m	slope gradient	distance in m	slope gradient	distance in m
<-19%	84	-2%	6.761	3%	2.654
-19%	-	-1%	20.003	4%	911
-18%	-	0%	457.152	5%	522
-17%	-	1%	12.932	6%	165
-16%	-	2%	5.801	7%	147
-15%	-			8%	33
-14%	-			9%	19
-13%	-			10%	-
-12%	-			11%	-
-11%	-			12%	-
-10%	25			13%	-
-9%	-			14%	-
-8%	14			15%	-
-7%	106			16%	-
-6%	141			17%	-
-5%	236			18%	-
-4%	663			19%	-
-3%	2.779			>19%	134
1%	4.048	98%	502.649	1%	4.585

Remarks

The stage is cut into four parts, divided by train transport stretches. First part 16 km from Ouistreham to Caen, second part 12 km in Paris, third part 30 km from Maubeuge to Mons and fourth part 4 km in Brussels.

Travel report

Cykelsti langs kanalen med Pegasus-broen/Cycle path along the canal with the Pegasus bridge

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Her er den originale bro kommet på museum/The original Pegasus bridge is now on display in a museum

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Cykel-mobil-opladestation på parisisk banegård/Cell phone recharging station by bike in Paris

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Kolja med enormt jern på i baggrunden/Kolya with an enormous erection behind him

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Så er det vist tydeligt: Vi var OGSÅ i Paris!/It should be clear now: We ALSO went to Paris!

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Paris - en god cykelby. Hvis man kan lide trafik/Paris is good for cycling. If you like traffic

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Obelisken på Concorde-pladsen er flere tusind år gammel/The obelisque on Concorde sqare is very old

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Palæ i Brussel, som i dag er skattekontor/Brussels palais, which today is a tax office

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Pitstop på fortovsrestaurant ved Brussels cityring/Pitstop at a restaurant at Brusselsʹ city ring

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Ah, endelig belgisk øl igen. Her trappisten Orval/Ah, at last Belgian beer again. Here itʹs Orval

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Vores knapt så ydmyge nattelogi i Brussel/Our not quite so humble accomodation in Brussels

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Kolja og jeg kan godt lide designet/We both appreciate the design

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Badeværelsesafdelingen med spejldør/The bathroom with mirror door to the shower cubicle

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