I was asked by the new team to prepare the gpx files for the 2023 event. These are based on the 2014 route but some road changes mean that they are not an exact copy. The exits from Dieppe have changed and the last 25% of the 60 (now 64)km route.
I haven't checked the 30km route yet which I think largely follows the Avenue Verte and the roads leading to it.
The RidewithGPS files can be found here:
https://ridewithgps.com/collections/1858418?privacy_code=2awfyYB3yFufqn6v
I have also imported the files into Garmin Connect:
60km: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/148440004
100km: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/148440526
140km: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/148440655
Unlike recent years the routes are clockwise, heading out east through Martin Eglise and returning along the coast through Pourville. It looks as if there are bars and bakeries in Londinieres for the 100/140km route and there may even be some places open in the afternoon too.
Being gpx files there is no cue sheet though you can see the cues on RidewithGPS. However these don't exactly reflect the detail on the ground for the first mile or so as changes to the infrastructure mean that various mapping systems differ in their representation or are out of date. None exactly represent what appears to be the current layout based on satellite photos thus requiring the use of drawn lines which don't generate useful cues.
Closer to the time I will publish some notes about this, especially the crossing of the Rue de Stalingrad where the cycle route to the AV turns right along it but the 60/100/140km routes cut across to the Avenue Normandie-Sussex.
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