View of Gien – Briare Canal Bridge loop from Tracy - Sancerre

Road cycling routes

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Cosne-Cours-Sur-Loire

Tracy-Sur-Loire

View of Gien – Briare Canal Bridge loop from Tracy - Sancerre

Hard

riders

View of Gien – Briare Canal Bridge loop from Tracy - Sancerre

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213km

540m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 61.4 km for 3.85 km

After 66.8 km for 431 m

After 67.3 km for 4.16 km

After 77.5 km for 416 m

After 78.4 km for 301 m

After 144 km for 78 m

After 175 km for 78 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

18.8 km

Canal Latéral à la Loire

Lake

49.8 km

View of Gien

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Small town at the gates of Sologne, whose silhouette can be admired from the Loire by bike route. It is worth a detour by crossing the bridge to go through …

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59.8 km

Briare Canal Bridge

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Very pretty and passable without problem by bike (be careful). With a road bike, favor the downstream side (north west) because it has a paved track to join the road on the left bank.

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61.5 km

Path Along the Old Lateral Canal to the Loire

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

67.0 km

Ancien Port de Châtillon

Lake

78.8 km

Cycle Path Along the Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

103 km

Viewpoint

121 km

Réserve naturelle du Val de Loire

Nature Reserve

123 km

Les Salières

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A slightly marshy educational trail...

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129 km

Là Où Dort le Chat Bookstore, La Charité-sur-Loire

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La Charité-sur-Loire, town of art and history, whose 900-year-old bell tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located along the Loire and accessible via a stone bridge built in 1520, …

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160 km

Guétin Canal Bridge

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Remarkable structure 343m long and comprising 18 arches. It allows the Loire lateral canal to pass above the Allier.
Downstream, you can see the Bec d'Allier, a natural site at …

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213 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

97.5 km

93.2 km

10.5 km

9.34 km

2.43 km

318 m

Surfaces

147 km

56.6 km

7.95 km

1.39 km

194 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Wednesday 21 October

15°C

7°C

59 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Comments

June 5, 2022,6.) Nevers-Gien

Very exhausting, a lot of headwind. Acquaintance with Len from Colorado, who is on his way to the Black Sea.

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July 27, 2024,Quer durch Frankreich 7: Nevers - Gien

I hadn't slept well the last two nights. The bad omen was that the landlord didn't hear the doorbell (which was broken, as he later told me) or the phone. At least he read my message after 20 minutes and then opened the door for me. Unfortunately... I would have gone looking for other accommodation after 1 hour.

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