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Day 2181, Lausanne – Besançon, France: The Final Mountain

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jan - 17 - 2017

Distance: 96.2 km Ride time: 5:38:34 Average: 17.1 km/h Max speed: 47.2 km/h Total: 56514 km According to the weather forecast the rainy clouds that have been hanging over Switzerland for the last week was supposed to clear this morning. We still got a fair amount of rain during the night, but luckily things cleared  [ Read More ]

Categories: France, Switzerland

Day 2180, Montreux – Lausanne, Switzerland: Down Memory Lane

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jan - 17 - 2017

Distance: 52.6 km Ride time: 3:46:23 Average: 14.0 km/h Max speed: 46.1 km/h Total: 56418 km I wouldn’t say I have had much luck with the weather the last days. Just like yesterday the rain was falling as I was having breakfast with Morten in his apartment at the foot of the Alps. It was  [ Read More ]

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Day 2179, Geneva – Lausanne, Switzerland: A Life Defining Moment

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jan - 16 - 2017

Distance: 70.0 km Ride time: 3:46:54 Average: 18.5 km/h Max speed: 35.6 km/h Total: 56365 km My friend Roger works at CERN in Switzerland but lives across the border in France – that’s a popular way for people around Geneva to set up their life to get the best of both worlds. As I had  [ Read More ]

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Day 2178: Albens – Geneve, Switzerland!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jan - 16 - 2017

Distance: 67.8 km Ride time: 4:00:24 Average: 16.9 km/h Max speed: 47.5 km/h Total: 56295 km With temperatures around 10 degrees and light rain showers, this was easily the coldest cycling day since leaving Cape Town 9 months ago. Oh well, a bit fresh but nothing an extra layer of clothes couldn’t handle… I was  [ Read More ]

Categories: France, Switzerland