Le Mans - getting there

[Wapping]

We regularly see requests for possible routes down to Le Mans, either for the race meetings, or as a jumping off spot for other journeys southwards.

The truth is from Calais / Caen there ain't much but at least this will bring some relief from the monotony of the motorway or major N road grinds. It runs south - north from Le Mans, so simply reverse it if you are coming the other way

It is all rural D roads, including some hairpins (not on a par with the Alps, but fun), sweepers, straights. In short, most of the whole nine-yards.

One small word of caution. Some stretches are polished shiny through years of traffic. Great (and perfectly safe) in the dry but can be very slippery in the wet.....take care.

Le Mans ringroad - north side

At about two o'clock on the Ringroad

North east D301 Belleme

D938 Mortagne

D930 Aigle

D830 La Neuve-Lyre

D56 / D53 Beaumont-le-Roger

D133 Serquigny

D31 Carsix

D31 Berthouville

D31 St Victor d'Epine

D31 St Georges du Vievre

D29 Campigny

D29 / D810 Pont Audermer

D139 to pick up motorway A13 at J26

 

[tuckerhauser]

thanks
planning a bit of a trip in the summer
that route may come in very handy

 

[ChasMill]

I can thoroughly recommend it having done it twice in the past year, once in October when it was p*ssing down and blowing a gale and once on Sunday on the way back from the 24 hour race. Top route.