TOUR 9 The Bikeshuttle Tour

TOTAL DISTANCE: 1645 miles RIDING TIME: Eight days

DAY ONE: St Genis-pouilly to Gresse-en-vercors (155 miles)

DAY TWO: Gresse-en-vercors to Vallon-pont-d’arc (220 miles)

DAY THREE: Vallon-pont-d’arc to Aurillac (235 miles)

DAY FOUR: Aurillac to Thiers (205 miles)

DAY FIVE: Thiers to Chaumont (230 miles)

DAY SIX: Chaumont to Wasselonne (230 miles)

DAY SEVEN: Wasselonne to Besançon (230 miles)

DAY EIGHT: Besançon to St Genis-pouilly (140 miles)

Don’t want to ride across Northern France? You don’t have to: this trip starts in the Jura and heads through the Alps, Auvergne and Vosges. It ties in with the Bikeshuttle service that ships your bike to France (see www.bikeshuttle.co.uk). If you want to cut it short, you could take the Bikeshuttle on the way out and then ride straight home from Chaumont after five memorable days.