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Brest
Well at least it’s got a funny name.
A bit like all the signs pointing to Scunthorpe kept me entertained overnight during the arrow. I guess I’m easily amused after 300km...
I too was quite non-plussed by Brest, actually, when I rode around Brittany. But the coast that came afterwards (going counter clockwise) was lovely (in no small part because I was out of the town at last!)
cgg-
I too was quite non-plussed by Brest, actually, when I rode around Brittany. But the coast that came afterwards (going counter clockwise) was lovely (in no small part because I was out of the town at last!)
Yes - I did a tour round the end of the Finisterre peninsula about 10 years ago. We felt the bit beyone Brest had a bit of an edge-of-the world feeling, weird in a good way! Pretty villages, coasts, etc - but some places with absolutely nowhere to eat for miles
frank9755
The big thing about it for me was that you are made to feel special for doing it. People in little Breton towns and villages clap and cheer you through at all times of the day and night. Truck drivers wait patiently behind while you crawl up hills. Afterwards the people in the bars around the finish are genuinely interested in what you have done.
Also it's got a bit of everything: time trialling, road racing in a high-speed peloton, some social riding / chatting and eating, and some slogging away on your own in the dark and wind and rain.
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