Events/La Ronde Picarde

La Ronde Picarde

Road

Date

Sun, 20 Sept 2026

Venue

Eaucourt-sur-Somme, Somme, France (start/finish)

Countdown

September

Routes

Distances

38-158km

Climb, 158 km

1,450m

Northern France's biggest cyclosportive, and the wind writes the story. 158km of rolling Picardy farmland out to the Somme coast, about 1,450m of short rises, roughly 3,000 riders from Eaucourt-sur-Somme.

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The course

The route

The 158km Grande Route heads from Eaucourt-sur-Somme out to the exposed Somme coast, then turns back inland over undulating battlefield farmland to finish past the lakes at Eaucourt. Shorter 117, 85 and 38km road routes and a 78km gravel option share the day.

Weather

Mid-September, Eaucourt-sur-Somme

19°CTypical high

10°CTypical low

4°CColdest in 20 years

37%Days with rain

Highs around 19°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 37% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the La Ronde Picarde

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

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A long day where the wind is the climb

Typical sessions

158km of rolling farmland with about 1,450m in short rises, not long cols: durability over gradient

The exposed Somme coast, where a headwind or crosswind can split the bunch into echelons

Roughly 4.5 to 7.5 hours in the saddle: under-fuel early and the final third empties out

Open roads and around 3,000 riders, so positioning and bunch discipline matter

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long rolling rides building from 3hr to a 5 to 6hr peak on undulating terrain

Threshold quality: 3x15min at FTP and 2x20min sweet spot for taking turns into the wind

Chaingangs and crosswind echelon practice to survive the exposed coastal kilometres

Tired Threshold: 4x8min at threshold dropped in at hour 3 to 4 of a long ride

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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