cyclosportifs as they call them are a mixture of leisure cyclists and competitve cyclists, once you sit on a road bike in a large group racing happens spontaneously, this one has definitely a route for people in top shape,
So true. I'm one of the leaner guys in my office and then I go to the weekend race and I'm the chunkiest guy there.
At one point in the vid one of the guys is talking about the importance of low body fat with regards to enjoying the climbing and says "in that first kilometer you're gonna feel that piece of chocolate you ate last November"