CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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.
A 248 km one-way ride from near Épinouze, about 3 h 59 of riding. On the way it passes near Riotord and Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon. 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.
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.
Bugey Lakes and Jura Edge is where the day begins. Next is High point near Riotord.
High point near Riotord comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon.
about 168 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon. Next is 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.
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Photo stop near Marcigny closes the day.
Fuel stop in Épinouze → High point near Riotord is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Riotord → Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near Boën-sur-Lignon → Photo stop near Marcigny is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.