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Pegasus Bridge – Arromanches-les-Bains loop from Bretteville-Norrey

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France

Normandy

Caen

Bretteville-L'Orgueilleuse

Pegasus Bridge – Arromanches-les-Bains loop from Bretteville-Norrey

Hard

4.5

(11)

riders

Pegasus Bridge – Arromanches-les-Bains loop from Bretteville-Norrey

07:25

125km

620m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 30.8 km for 155 m

After 37.4 km for 102 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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14.6 km

La Bruyère

Forest

30.8 km

Beach

34.1 km

Canal de Cæn à la Mer

Highlight • Other

Nice cycle path with multiple places to stop

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37.5 km

Pegasus Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Just after midnight on the night of June 5-6, the two bridges of Ranville-Bénouville were captured by the British 5th Parachute Brigade after a short battle. Pegasus was their emblem. …

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48.3 km

Lion-sur-Mer

Highlight • Beach

A lovely seaside town. The Boulevard de Calvados forms an excellent car-free cycle route along the popular beach.

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61.4 km

Avant-Port

Lake

62.1 km

Bassin Joinville

Lake

75.0 km

Landing Beaches 06/06

Highlight • Beach

The D-Day landings of June 6, 1944 five beaches of Normandy: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

Go down to Gold Beach to see relics of the war, and visit the D-Day museum in Arromanches-les-Bains.

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77.0 km

View of Arromanches-les-Bains

Highlight • Other

Magnificent path with superb views over the Channel and the village of Arromanches.

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77.8 km

A beautiful bike path in Manvieux

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Firm smooth gravel pavement on this coastal bike trail through the fields from Manvieux to the beach, without car traffic

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90.3 km

Perte de l'Aure

Cave Entrance

103 km

Arromanches-les-Bains

Highlight • Settlement

The bay overlooking the village of Arromanches was chosen by the allies for the construction of the Mulberry port. Few places in Normandy allow you to see the scars of …

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103 km

Gold Beach - Arromanches

Highlight • Beach

The site of one of 5 D-Day landings on June 6th 1844. Also the start of an epic route into the heart of Normandy, Angers. A historic coastline with a great musuem.

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125 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.8 km

35.1 km

18.1 km

13.3 km

443 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

95.8 km

13.3 km

13.0 km

2.12 km

420 m

115 m

Elevation

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Comments

July 2, 2023,La Velomaritime bis Cabourg

Very easy section with few inclines. The sections by the sea are very nice to drive and offer wonderful motifs. Today is Sunday, high season and it was accordingly full. The destination is very nice for eating and strolling and has retained its charm.

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June 25, 2023,K22: Etreham - Ranville

Today it was really hot! I have 4 drinking bottles with me, but had not needed that toot yet. So I only filled two. And today I drank more out of it. It was also Saturday with a lot of sun, so all the French went to the beach... and where does Willem drive? Along the beach... A Euromaritime mistake. …

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Pegasus Bridge – Arromanches-les-Bains loop from Bretteville-Norrey

Canal de Cæn à la Mer

Pegasus Bridge

Lion-sur-Mer

Landing Beaches 06/06

View of Arromanches-les-Bains

A beautiful bike path in Manvieux

Arromanches-les-Bains

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