So you think you’re hard ?

Matt di Canio of the 2000 Linda McCartney squad likes to train. Back in July he set out for the day from ‘Pyreneen Pursuits’; 10 hours later he was back with 191km and 4650m of climbing under his wheels. The purpose of this ‘grand day out’? 

Training for the Tour of Denmark, a country that’s ‘flatter than Lincolnshire after a good ironing’!


If you’d like to have a shot at the ride, alongside is his route:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 [train at Pyreneen Pursuits]
Place  Total distance Total height gained
col de Saraillé 9km 350m
Biert 13km  
Col deCrouzette 20km 1000m
Sommet de Portel 24km 1200m
Col de Caognous 30km  
Col de Port 36km 1500m
Tarascon 54km  
Vicdessos 69km 1600m
Port de Lers 80km 2500m
Col d'Agnes 88km 2800m
Aulus 99km  
Col de Latrape 104km 3150m
Escots 113km  
Col de Latrape 122km  
Aulus 127km  
Oust 141km  
Saraillé 148km 4050m
Massat 155km  
Col de Port 167km 4650m
Massat 191km