Why this ride
A 330 km one-way ride from near Évreux, about 4 h 46 of riding. On the way it passes Ingré and Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Loire Castle Edge Tour · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 330 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 46
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Évreux
Évreux is the capital of the Eure department in Normandy, a medium-sized city on the river Iton about an hour and a half west of Paris. It has had a turbulent history, sacked by Vikings, burned during the Hundred Years' War and heavily bombed in 1940 and 1944, but it has kept a fine Gothic cathedral, Notre-Dame d'Évreux, whose stained glass is among the best in Normandy. The former bishop's palace beside it now houses the city museum, with Gallo-Roman finds from the area.
Read the complete Food stop near Évreux write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Food stop near Évreux is where the day begins. Next is Paris / Île-de-France escapes return.
2. Near Ingré, on the way back
North of Orléans the Beauce begins, the great wheat plain of France, flat as a table and sown to the horizon. This stop lies on its southern edge, between Ormes, Bricy and Ingré, where the plain meets the suburbs of Orléans and the military air base at Bricy, home to the French air force's transport aircraft. You may see the big grey A400Ms lumbering overhead.
Read the complete Near Ingré, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Paris / Île-de-France escapes return comes up about 175 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine.
3. Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine
Planning note
about 261 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine. Next is Photo stop near Sergines.
4. Photo stop near Sergines
Sergines is a quiet village in the north of the Yonne department, on the chalk plateau between the Seine and the Yonne, roughly where Burgundy shades into Champagne. The landscape is wide and open, with huge fields of wheat, barley, sugar beet and rapeseed stretching to the horizon, broken only by clumps of trees, church spires and the occasional water tower.
Read the complete Photo stop near Sergines write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Sergines closes the day.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Évreux to Near Ingré, on the way back
Food stop near Évreux → Near Ingré, on the way back is 175 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine to Photo stop near Sergines
Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine → Photo stop near Sergines is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.