After seeing Tom Boonen win his fourth Paris-Roubaix I decided to make the most of what looks to be the last of the dry days. The weather forecast calls for rain every day next week. I didn't want to put in too much of an effort so I settled for a mixed ride, with a lot of cobbles to get the Paris-Roubaix feeling. If you see the average speed of Boonen - 43.5kph over a distance of 265km - and you put that besides my MAX speed today - also 43.5kph - it is for sure an amazing performance. With this fourth win he comes into the hall of fame , right next to Mr. Paris-Roubaix, Roger De Vlaeminck himself. Me, I setlled for an easy ride and riding from Bierbeek over de Zwarten Hoek for 2.5K of cobbles, then down into Beauvechain and taking a right towards Tourinnes-La-Grosse where I took a left into Nodebais. Here I rode past the little chapelle Vandevelde and along a field track to reach Grez Doiceau. From Grez I made my way towards Archennes, Pecrot and Nethen. Riding out of Pecrot I spotted this sign, warning car drivers for the migration of frogs.
Into Nethen and along the Weertse Dreef through Meerdael Forest and into Blanden. An easy recovery ride and a closure on another fine biking week , with lots of kilometers on only one bike, the Hilset BBW . Hopefully I will have my summer mountainbikes in working order during next week.
Endomondo track
Ride Stats : 41.5K and 350 heightmeters (Garmin) in 1h54mins
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