Originally Posted by joewein

I rode a Fleche last year (24 hours, 360+ km randonneuring) and greatly enjoyed it. I was invited to join the same team again this years (slightly different participants), but then came the pandemic and everything was cancelled or postponed. It will now take place the weekend after next.

The plan for a Fleche is basically the same for me as for a regular 400 km brevet: Stay up one day with (almost) no sleep, but get as much as possible before the ride. That means not just the day before but aim for 8 hours a night the week before and a very early night the night before a morning start. Move your daily cycle to make that easier, if you can.

On my last Fleche I rode with someone who had only had 3 hours of sleep before and he finished it on that. I could never do that.