The heat truly was something else, and nothing that I could prepare myself for. I know garmins tend to overread, but my 1040 was reading 43c in the valley bit before the Galibier.
Some lady on the Alp poured ice cold water down my back at about bend 4 and let me tell you, it was absolutely amazing lol.
Our bikes and cases didn’t arrive in Manchester this morning, even after we were stuck in brussles delayed for 2 hours. Never flying Brussles airline again, they delayed our bags twice now, 100% failure rate.