6 June 2026

Tour du Burundi - day one

12 Start 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
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.

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

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

You climbed out of Kamesa at a crawl and your heart rate climbed with you, sitting well above the tempo zone you held for the rest of the day—a steep start to an 86 km ride, and a choice to go deep early.

+8%average16%13248845.4 km

2The descent

From 70.5 km to 78.5 km

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

At 41 km/h down Kagongo in the last third of the ride, you were carrying real speed on a gradient that would have rewarded it.

-5%average8%222318507.9 km

Speed

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