Lostende Tours: France

Please note that these numbers are not 100% accurate because they are averages between several different bike computers. However, they should give you an idea of what you can expect. Furthermore, the ride times listed do not account for stoppage, i.e. taking in vista view at the col summits...etc..

Day	Stage start/finish	Daily # of Mtn. passes	Mileage	Elevation gained	Ride time
1.	Biarritz - St. Jean Pied de Port	2	81 mi.	6900 ft.	n/a
2.	St. Jean Pied de Port- Oloron	4	75 mi.	9581 ft.	5 hr 20 min
3.	Oloron - Argeles Gazost	3	57 mi.	7962 ft.	4 hr 30 min
4.	Argeles - St. Lary Soulon	2	59 mi.	8232 ft.	5 hr 20 min
5.	1st Rest Day - St. Lary Soulon, in what is called the "High Pyrenees," or in French Les Hautes Pyrenees.
6.	St. Larry - St. Girons	5	90 mi.	12221 ft.	7 hr 22 min
7.	St. Girons - Tarascon	4	62 mi.	7400 ft.	n/a
8.	Tarascon - Font Romeu	4	74 mi.	11145 ft.	6 hr 32 min
9.	Font Romeu - Collioure	1 long, and multiple small	98 mi.	5090 ft.	n/a
10.	2nd Rest Day - Collioure, a beautiful old port town on the Mediterranean coast near the Spanish border.
11.	Collioure - Castlenaudary	Rolling hills	125 mi.	7830 ft.	n/a
12.	Castlenaudary - Auch	Rolling hills	104 mi.	6646 ft.	7 hr 46 min
13.	Auch - Oloron	Rolling hills w/ 1 pass	104 mi.	7174 ft.	6 hr 30 min
14.	Oloron - Biarritz	multiples small climbs	85 mi.	5313 ft.	5 hr 19 min
		Totals:	1011 mi.	94,886 ft.

Total round trip mileage 1011 miles, total elevation climbed 94,886 feet.
Total mileage to traverse the Pyrenees in 8 days, one-way west to east – Atlantic to Mediterranean, 596 miles, and total elevation climbed 67,025 feet. The average day of riding in the mountains was 74.5 miles with 8491 feet of climbing, with the hardest day at 90 miles and 12,221 feet…5 passes in one day! Average ride time per day 5.5 hours.
Total mileage to return in 4 days, one-way east to west – Mediterranean to Atlantic, through rolling hills terrain north of the Pyrenees, 418 miles, and total elevation climbed 24,963 feet. On the return leg the average was 104.5 miles and 6,241 feet of climbing a day. Average ride time per day 6.5 hours.
Not bad! And just for fun, the longest non-stop downhill is 26 miles.

Hey Ron, "a man's got to know his limitations." - day 6.