6 June 2026

Tour du Burundi - day one

12 Stopped 40m Stopped 23m Stopped 9m Stopped 5m Stopped 3m Stopped 2m Stopped 2m Stopped 2m Fastest — 62.8 km/h Peak heart rate — 168 bpm Steepest — 14.2% over 200 m BujumburaIsaleMwaroMugongomangaMatanaRN 7RN7RN 3RN 18 MUGONGOMANGA
86 km ridden
2,293 m climbed
6h 13m moving

13.8 km/h average, 63 at the fastest; 1,173 m of descent; 8h 03m door to door; heart averaging 136 bpm and peaking at 168; an effort score of 506.

mild, around 17°C with rain about and next to no wind.

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How this one felt
SpiceFast, steep and twisty
GrindMetres climbed per kilometre
DistanceHow far
EffortHeart-rate load, or modelled where no heart rate was recorded

The shape of it

100015002000 m 0 86 km vertical scale exaggerated 14×

Two moments

1The climb

From 4.5 km to 9.9 km

5.4 km · +442 m at 8.1% · 7.7 km/h · 152 bpm, peaking at 168

Burning 152 beats per minute at the very start of the ride suggests the climb up to Kamesa was an aggressive opening, especially when that intensity was notably higher than the effort sustained for the remaining 80 kilometres.

+8%average16%13248845.4 km

2The descent

From 70.5 km to 78.5 km

8.0 km · -4.7% average · 63 km/h at the fastest · 40.6 km/h average · 123 bpm, peaking at 137

You touched 63 km/h on the drop towards Kagongo, keeping the momentum high for the final third of your ride.

-5%average8%222318507.9 km

Speed

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