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Our group of 18 is just about ready to depart for France. We will have a bike packing night on Sunday and fly from Montreal to Paris on Mon evening. We are spending our first night in a suburb of Paris near the Orly airport, which puts us on the right side of the city for our departure on Wed 14 June. Our itinerary follows- note that there are two routes on every day but the first. The second route also involves more climbing:

Wednesday 14 June 2017: Paris (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) to Montargis, 113 km

Thursday 15 June 2017: Montargis to Vezelay, 121 or 137 km

Friday 16 June 2017: Vezelay to Saulieu, 95 or 124 km

Saturday 17 June 2017: Saulieu to Chalon-sur-Saone, 96 or 123 km

Sunday 18 June 2017: Chalon-sur-Saone to Bourg-en-Bresse, 112 or 137 km

Monday 19 June 2017: Bourg-en-Bresse to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 89 or 112 km

Tuesday 20 June 2017: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine to Annecy, 87 or 114 km

Wednesday 21 June 2017: Annecy - day off, laundry!

Thursday 22 June 2017: Annecy to Voiron, 109 or 135 km

Friday 23 June 2017: Voiron to Le Bourg-d'Oisans, 78 or 107 km plus climb Alps d'Huez

Saturday 24 June 2017, Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Gap, 99 or 130 km

Sunday 25 June 2017: Gap to Sisteron, 103 or 118 km

Monday 26 June 2017: Sisteron to Les Salles-sur-Verdon, 108 or 132 km

Tuesday 27 June 2017: Les Salles-sur-Verdon to Draguignan, 89 or 113 km

Wednesday 28 June 2017: Draguignan to Nice, 104 or 130 km



I will try to include mores detail for each day in my daily entry. I am also going to encourage others to post as well.

Our next step is packing the bikes on Sunday

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