London to Saint-Tropez Summer 2013

This Summer I shall be cycling London to Saint-Tropez. The route is 850 miles (ferry to Calais via Dover) and I want to do it in 7 days, camping all but night #4. I am not really interested in seeing anything off the bike and wouldn't have a chance to unless I extended the trip (which I don't want to). Here is the route as an outline with towns used as rest-points:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1818448

#0 London
#1 Arras (150) [150]
#2 Rheims (100) [250]
#3 Troyes (90) [340]
#4 Langres (75) [415]
#5 Lyon (160) [575]
#6 Avignon (140) [715]
#7 Saint-Tropez (135) [850]

Doing it in the 7 days is going to be a mammoth challenge for me. As the trip fleshes out I expect an increase in the total distance but I hope miles gained can be put on day #3 (although there is a 1,000 feet of climb that day).

Has anyone dones a similar route through France? Thoughts would be massively appreciated. I've had a look at 'Cycle to Cannes', which helped with the route.

Cool!

boom. did it fixed 48/20. 7 days, ~200km a day. camped night 1 but ended up in BnBs the rest of the way. different route than shown above. will post strava and some photos in a couple of days for those interested.

i learnt a huge amount about the route and about undertaking trips like this, so if you've got something similar planned i'd be delighted to answer any questions.

Wow, that's impressive mileage per day. Bravo. Sounds great.

hey you did it, congrats
hope it was a good trip

wow, indeed impressive mileage! looking fwd to pics and info!

should i start a new thread in Rides forum? this was originally a thread to get advice...but gone none.

Most deserved swim of the year !
Impressive.

swim... you found my facebook page?

going to start a thread friday about it x

I actively avoid facebook ,
Just can't resist a swim.
Happy to hear you enjoyed a well deserved one.

i did last year London to Biarritz in 7 days.special moments.good luck