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.
Leave the city behind and spend the day on roads with texture. Out of Mornant and back again: 273 km, roughly 4 h 40 in the saddle. On the way it passes in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, Scenic stretch in Satolas-et-Bonce and Miribel. in Tignieu is the high point.
Two thousand years ago, engineers from Lugdunum ran an aqueduct through these hills to carry water from the Gier valley to the Roman city, a channel some eighty kilometres long that bridged valleys on stone arches. Around Mornant, sections of those arches still stand in the fields, weathered and patched with ivy, and stumbling upon them on a back road is one of the quiet pleasures of riding in the Monts du Lyonnais.
Read the complete Scenic stretch near Mornant write-up.
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Next is Food stop in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône.
Food stop in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône is where this day stops to eat. Next is Scenic stretch in Satolas-et-Bonce.
about 100 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch in Satolas-et-Bonce. Next is High point in Tignieu.
The high point of this section. Next is Romans and Royans Backroads checkpoint 8.
Back at Romans and Royans Backroads checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Lyon / Rhône-Alpes rides return.
Lyon / Rhône-Alpes rides return comes up about 178 km into the recorded legs. Next is Photo stop in Blacé.
about 211 km into the recorded legs you reach Photo stop in Blacé. Next is Back to Romans and.
The land here belongs to the Monts du Lyonnais, a range of rounded hills south-west of Lyon that rise to about nine hundred metres at their highest and are made of old crystalline rock. Mornant, Chassagny and Taluyers sit on the eastern flank, where the slope falls toward the Rhône and the soil supports orchards, pasture and, in places, vineyards. The wines of the Coteaux du Lyonnais, mostly light, fruity Gamay reds, come from these hills, and there are small producers who will sell you a bottle in a cellar with a hand-painted sign.
Read the complete Romans and write-up.
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Back at Back to Romans and. That is the ride.
Food stop in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône → Scenic stretch in Satolas-et-Bonce is the logistics leg. Watch junctions, villages and speed changes, then let the roadbook do its job: move you out of the clutter without spending your best attention too early.
Scenic stretch in Satolas-et-Bonce → High point in Tignieu is the reward section in Lyon. Look through the bends, use legal pull-offs for photos and keep a little margin for tractors, cyclists and damp shade. The best ride here is smooth, not noisy.
High point in Tignieu → Miribel rides best with patience. Coastal roads change character with wind and visitors; keep overtakes boring and take the photo from a proper stop.
Photo stop in Blacé → Back to Romans and can flow quickly, but only if you keep village limits and junction sightlines sacred. Fast connectors are where rides get untidy when fatigue creeps in.