Day 16: Chabriere to Cannes

Wow! We made it to the Mediterranean.

Welcome from Cannes.

Today was our toughest day, as foreknown by our planning. Today we woke up before 6:00 and started at half after. We arrived in Cannes at 4:30 pm, after 80 miles, and more than 5,000 ft of climbing.

After scouring the Internet last night, I saw that many of the roads we biked on today and yesterday were the same from Stage 6 of the 2008 Paris-Nice Race.

http://www.letour.fr/2008/PNC/COURSE/us/600/etape_par_etape.html

Today we biked up two category 2 climbs, the latter of which we climbed without stopping!

And although dad and I got lost in Cannes from each other, we somehow both made it to the hotel at the same time.

Now for photos:








Atop Col des Leques




Atop Col de Luens




View of Alps




Col de Valferriere




Col de la Faye




Col du Pilon




Where Napoleon stayed in Saint Vallier du Thiey




Greg in bed




Bouluabase for dinner




Fireworks from our hotel room in Cannes.

The trip is near completion. Thanks to everyone whose been reading.

Bye from Cannes

Greg

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Location:Rue Félix Faure,Cannes,France