We ask you to print out or download what you need before the ride and bring it with you. This page provides:
- The ride itinerary
- Route notes for each day in a variety of formats
- GPX files for each day, with notes about converting them to different formats
- Notes about loading GPX files on to phones
Itinerary
You can download the itinerary here.
Route notes
Here are the route notes for all six days in four versions. The PDF versions do not require any special software besides a PDF reader as provided with most web browsers. If you have suitable software, the Word documents allow you to change the layout and formatting to suit your preferences and bike mounting choice. We provide A4 and A5 versions.
Sunday: Ferry to hotel
Monday: Hérouville to Évreux
Tuesday: Évreux to St Quentin via Versailles
Wednesday: St Quentin to Rouen
Thursday: Rouen to Le Havre
Friday: Le Havre to Caen
Digital routes
The following sections provide digital versions of the routes suitable for loading into GPS devices and mobile phones with mapping apps. If you have a GPS device or a smart phone we advise you to load the digital routes and suitable software (such as OsmAnd) that allows you to see the route and your location on a map without needing an internet connection. You can use your device for navigation but, even if you don't, the ability to see where you are and where the route goes could get you out of trouble if you go wrong.
These versions are not, however, a substitute for the printed ones. The route notes provided above include advice on where to get refreshments and identify the compulsory check-in points. Please do not rely on the digital route files alone.
We provide a GPX file containing a track rather than a route (prevents some devices from re-routing if it 'thinks' it has a better route, or if you go off the route). If you see gobbledegook when you click the 'gpx file' link, come back to this page, right click the link then click 'Save target as' or similar.
The 'visualisation' link allows you to see a route on the Mapometer web site using a map or a satellite view as background. Mapometer also provides height and gradient graphs as well as alternative export options. You do not need a Mapometer account.
If you can't find a gpx file version to suit your device, the gpsvizualizer web site allows you to convert gpx files into a ton of different formats.
Sunday: Ferry to hotel
Monday: Hérouville to Évreux
Tuesday: Évreux to St Quentin via Versailles
We provide three GPXs. The first covers most of the route and ends in Versailles. The second takes you from Versailles to the Campanile hotel. The third from Versailles to the Ibis.
- GPX file to Versailles
Visualisation - GPX file from Versailles to Campanile
Visualisation - GPX file from Versailles to Ibis
Visualisation
Wednesday: St Quentin to Rouen
We provide three GPXs. The first covers most of the route and ends at the final support stop in Rouen. The second takes you from there to the Brit hotel. The third takes you to the Mercure hotel.
- GPX file to Rouen
Visualisation - GPX file support to Brit hotel
Visualisation - GPX file support to Mercure hotel
Visualisation
Thursday: Rouen to Le Havre
Friday: Le Havre to Caen
Downloading documents and digital routes to phones
There are several ways to do that but the two simplest - that work for all types of phone and all versions of operating system - is to either:
- Tap the relevant links on your phone and follow the download instructions; or
- Email the files to your phone and extract them from there.
If you use OsmAnd for route guidance and mapping, opening a GPX file from a download or email automatically transfers the file to OsmAnd's route library. Other, similar products might do the same.