{"id":568,"date":"2022-10-04T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/?page_id=568"},"modified":"2025-07-21T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:26:22","slug":"day-9-to-moissac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/?page_id=568","title":{"rendered":"Day 9: To Moissac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
From Cahors to Moissac.gpx<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Today’s 65 kilometer ride, mainly along the ancient pilgrimage route, is less interesting, initially even boring, but worth it to reach wonderful Moissac***. I do not recommend the shortest and flattest, very heavy traffic route out of Cahors unless you leave at 6 am; this is to follow D820 south 3.5 km until D653.<\/em>  Initially on this route you can usually ride on a sidewalk or a very narrow bike lane; and then you can usually but not always weave through the the joined parking lots of the mega-stores on the right. Just after the Intersports, you would turn right onto D653 (light to somewhat moderate traffic). It is a nerve-wracking <\/em>ride suitable only for skilled cyclists.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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The itinerary described here, which I recommend, uses quiet roads but requires a fairly steep initial climb of 90 meters (300 feet) in 1.6 kilometers (1 mile).<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Navigate to the southwest of Cahors and go under the train tracks. Ride north along the Lot to the famous Valentre (automobile-free) bridge; cross; turn right then immediately turn left onto D27. When possible turn left (sign: La Croix Magne). This climbs fairly steeply up in two switchbacks. At the first intersection continue straight; then at the T turn left. Continue south with the GR65 and alongside the highway for just over 1 km. Turn right through the highway underpass and at the intersection turn left<\/strong> back along the highway. This road soon curves to the left. Keep on the main road. In about 3 km the road makes a left turn followed by a right turn and at the bottom of the the hill ends at D653. Turn right for 100 meters, then left onto D7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Initially on D7 there is a moderate climb to Labastide-Marnhac, then a slow climb and a descent in featureless countryside until you reach Lascabanes (many gites and b&bs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A detour is possible to L’hospitalet (once site of a hospital ministering to pilgrims). After town the highway goes to the left, but the sign is only visible fromtheother direction. Follow D67 from Labastide-Marnhac<\/em> and <\/em>then D659 south to L’Hospitalet; continue after the town and then take D54 west until it rejoins D7<\/em> after Lascabanes (gites, b&bs, camping, restaurants, food)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irrigated fields near Lascabanes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stay on D7 (the ancient way) until Lauzerte, about 40 kilometers from Cahors, a fortified hilltown (gites, b&bs, hotels, camping, restaurants, food). Before Lauzerte you leave the Department of Lot and enter the Department of Tarn-et-Garrone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hilltown of Lauzerte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The faster, easier, less traffic, route that I recommend from Lauzerte is to stay in the river valley on the well-surfaced D953 until it reaches the sign for Moissac at a traffic circle by a church. Turn left on D957. A climb of 100 meters (300 feet) ensues, followed by a descent into D927 and Moissac (gites, b&bs, hotels, camping, restaurants, food). If you prefer to follow the ancient route somewhat closely, however, from Lauzerte take D2 to Durfort-Lacapelette. It is 4 km shorter<\/em>. However, many trucks go this way and you have to cross two ranges of hills instead of one, climbing 100 meters (300 feet) each time. From Dufort-Lacapellete take D16 and D957 to D927 (rolling to flat to downhill) into Moissac.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facades in Moissac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Modern sculpted benches, Moissac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The tympanum of the Church of Saint Pierre, Moissac, sculpted between 1110 and 1130.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Link to Day 10: To Lectourne<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s 65 kilometer ride, mainly along the ancient pilgrimage route, is less interesting, initially even boring, but worth it to reach wonderful Moissac***. I do not recommend the shortest and flattest, very heavy traffic route out of Cahors unless you leave at 6 am; this is to follow D820 south 3.5 km until D653.  Initially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saint-james-french-bike-route.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}