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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A proper escape from Paris with roads worth waking up for. Out of Villiers-le-Bel and back again: 278 km, roughly 4 h 24 in the saddle. The stops in between: Scenic stretch in Mitry-Mory, in Mennecy and Rungis. The climb of the day is near Ozoir-la-Ferrière. The line favours views over speed.
Next is Scenic stretch in Mitry-Mory.
Scenic stretch in Mitry-Mory comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is High point near Ozoir-la-Ferrière.
This is where the road stops climbing. Next is Photo stop in Mennecy.
Photo stop in Mennecy, about halfway. Next is Chevreuse Valley Dawn Loop checkpoint 8.
Back at Chevreuse Valley Dawn Loop checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Food stop near Les Essarts-le-Roi.
Food stop near Les Essarts-le-Roi is where this day stops to eat. Next is Paris / Île-de-France escapes return.
about 227 km into the recorded legs you reach Paris / Île-de-France escapes return. Next is Back to Chevreuse.
It is a long way from the valley of Chevreuse, which lies south-west of the capital, and it tells you how a ride that starts with soft forest can end up on the opposite side of the city. Here the landscape is open and slightly bleak, big fields of wheat and sugar beet giving way to housing estates, warehouses and the giant, humming presence of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to the north-east.
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Back at Back to Chevreuse. That is the ride.
This Scenic stretch in Mitry-Mory → High point near Ozoir-la-Ferrière stretch is for rhythm and scenery. Keep your head up, let the view breathe, and resist turning every open bend into a target. Stop once properly rather than half-stopping everywhere.
Photo stop in Mennecy → Rungis is the technical section. Hairpins, gradients and mixed traffic can stack up quickly; use low drama inputs, stay wide of centre lines and expect buses or riders appearing exactly where optimism says they will not.
Food stop near Les Essarts-le-Roi → Vigny, on the way back 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.