“Douce France” Route Details (France)
Literally “sweet France”, this route covers the upper loop of Zwift’s France map which was created for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France. It runs in a counter-clockwise direction, which means it’s just a reverse version of the R.G.V. route.
Literally “sweet France”, this route covers the upper loop of Zwift’s France map which was created for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France. It runs in a counter-clockwise direction, which means it’s just a reverse version of the R.G.V. route.
Route Basics
Length: 24 km (14.9 miles)
Elevation: 133m (436‘)
+0.2km (0.1 miles) lead-in
Map: France
ZIMetricsBETA
Rating: 11.2/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 44 minutes
3 W/kg: 37 minutes
4 W/kg: 33 minutes
Start & Finish
Ends at marina sprint banner. Begins from start pens, or just before pens if free-riding. Subsequent laps begin and end at the marina sprint banner.
Achievement Badge: 480 XP
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
Ballon Sprint (0.21km, 0%) |
Aqueduc KOM (0.42km, 0.9%) |
Pavé Sprint (0.33km, 0%) |
Marina Sprint (0.34km, 0%) |
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
This route is very flat overall. Your fastest times will come from an aero setup!
Route Description
Route profile by ZwiftHub – the place to plan and track your route achievements!
We begin by traveling west from the start pens, taking the first right onto the twisty river road toward the hot air balloon fields and the Ballon sprint. Then another left takes us through vineyards and over the short Aqueduc KOM and quickly through town onto the Pavé Sprint.
Then it’s past the sites of the Needle and Arch, Mont Saint-Michel, and the lighthouse, into the marina and onto the finishing Marina Sprint.
Note: this route is a little odd, in that it doesn’t appear to have a “lead-in” from the start pens, even though the start/finish lap banner is nearly a full lap from the start pens. (You will unlock the badge on your first go around, despite only traveling through the lap banner once at the finish.) So we created two Strava segments – one for your first lap, and another for subsequent laps.