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Last climb done and dusted. We rolled out to the foot of Puy-st-vincent about 11 miles away. that journey was up and down like a brides nightie. We could both feel the accumulative effects of the previous 6 cols. we woke tired but we were in no rush so we took it easy until the foot of the mountain. As it was the final climb we decided to give it everything. in addition we had passed a little group of carbon lads fixing a puncture and we didn't want to be taken on the climb so there was an unspoken pact to climb at top speed.
Puy - st - vincent is a six mile climb, an 'honest' climb for sure but a kind of baby huez. Never too steep until the final mile it meant we were climbing at 8, 9 then 10 mph. In lemond / hinault style we climbed side by side virtually racing........until with 1 km to go the legs finally gave in...and jonny took another mountain top alone by a whole minute.
dist - 6.85 miles
time - 50.33
avg 8.14
we descended and strolled home pretty spent but totally satisfied. 7 cols in 7 days!
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