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Bugey Lakes and Jura Edge · short arc

Plan this ride

Recorded distance
459 km
Riding-time estimate
6 h 47
Journey
One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis

Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.

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Why this ride

A 459 km one-way ride from near Épinouze, about 6 h 47 of riding. On the way it passes near Riotord, Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon and near Marcigny. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 900 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.

Scenic road chapters

Bugey Lakes and Jura Edge fuel gate → Bugey Lakes and Jura Edge high p

Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 67 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.

Chapter facts
Length
60 km

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Fuel stop in Épinouze

    Planning note

    Bugey Lakes and Jura Edge is where the day begins. Next is High point near Riotord.

  2. 2. High point near Riotord

    Planning note

    High point near Riotord comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon.

  3. 3. Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon

    Planning note

    about 167 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon. Next is Photo stop near Marcigny.

  4. 4. Photo stop near Marcigny

    Marcigny is a small market town on the right bank of the Loire in southern Burgundy, in the heart of the Brionnais, a rolling country of green pastures, hedgerows and white Charolais cattle. It is also a land of Romanesque churches: within a short ride you can visit Semur-en-Brionnais, Anzy-le-Duc, Iguerande and many others, each with carved portals and capitals from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The great abbey of Cluny lies to the east, and its influence is everywhere.

    Read the complete Photo stop near Marcigny write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Photo stop near Marcigny, about halfway. Next is Lyon / Rhône-Alpes rides return.

  5. 5. Food stop in Valleiry

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