“Casse-Pattes” Route Details (France)
French cyclists use the term “casse-pattes” (literally “leg-breaking”) to refer to particularly difficult parts of a ride, or roads that awkwardly change gradient and break a cyclist’s rhythm. Released with Zwift’s France map for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Casse-Pattes route covers the large outer loop of the map in a clockwise direction. The first 12km is pan-flat with two timed sprint segments, but then that rhythm is broken up in the back half by two timed KOM climbs.
French cyclists use the term “casse-pattes” (literally “leg-breaking”) to refer to particularly difficult parts of a ride, or roads that awkwardly change gradient and break a cyclist’s rhythm. Released with Zwift’s France map for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Casse-Pattes route covers the large outer loop of the map in a clockwise direction. The first 12km is pan-flat with two timed sprint segments, but then that rhythm is broken up in the back half by two timed KOM climbs.
Route Basics
Length: 23 km (14.3 miles)
Elevation: 155m (509‘)
+0.9km (0.6 miles) lead-in
Map: France
ZIMetrics
Rating: 11.3/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 45 minutes
3 W/kg: 37 minutes
4 W/kg: 34 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins and ends at the Marina Sprint banner.
Achievement Badge: 460 XP
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
Despite two timed KOM segments, this route is very flat overall. Your fastest times will come from an aero setup!
Route Description
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Beginning with a short lead-in from the start pens, we travel east into the marina where we get a chance to hit the Marina Reverse Sprint. (This sprint banner is the official start/finish line for this loop.) Enjoy the sites as you spin through the flattest portion of the France map. You’ll spot Mont Saint-Michel to your left, as well as a familiar Arch and Needle as you ride near the sea. Just past a field of sunflowers, you’ll enter a town that includes the Pavé sprint segment. Go for the green, then prep your legs for the short Aqueduc KOM.
You will descend into the fields of vineyards and flowers before it’s time to hit the big climb of this loop: the Petit KOM. At 2.7km with an average grade of 4% its zigzags are just long and steep enough to make your legs really feel the effort! Recover as you descend and ride past the start pens, then it’s one final Marina Reverse sprint to the finish line.
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