Holiday Package
7 Nights, fully catered in a luxury True Apine chalet.
Famous Tour de France Col rides
and watch Stages 19 & 20
100th Tour De France
Bradley Wiggins’s famous victory of the 99th Tour De France was fantastic for British cycling. 2013 is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and be a part of one of the most historical landmarks in sporting history, the 100th Tour De France. Hopefully we will see the Sky Team support Chris Froome to achieve a second British title. We have put together this amazing package. You will see some of deciding stages of this monumental tour. There are very few chalets so close to this final action offering this package. With limited spaces and exceptional value be sure to contact us soon to avoid disappointment. (Please note that this package is flexible and will be adapted to the groups experience we can also cater for spectator only groups).
Package Price £950.00 per person.
Itinerary Summary:
Sunday 14th - Arrival day
Monday 15th - Supported Ride
Tuesday 16th - Supported Ride
Wednesday 17th - Supported Ride
Thursday 18th - Rest Day
Friday 19th - Ride and spectate. Stage 19.
Saturday 20th - Ride and spectate. Stage 20.
Sunday 21st - Departure day
Please note that our Itineries will be adapted to suite abilities and spectator only can also be catered for.
Price includes:
7 Nights Catered Accommodation.
Airport Transfer **
Packed lunch daily.
Refreshment stops.
Roadside party on race days.
Tailored interary.
Support vehicle.
Secure Bike Storage.
Bike hire can be arranged at an additional cost.
Stage 1 - Saturday, June 29th Porto - Vecchio - Bastia 212 km.
Stage 2 - Sunday, June 30th Bastia – Ajaccio 154 km. Stage 3 - Monday, July 1st-Ajaccio - Calvi - 145 km. Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 2nd Team time trial, Nice – Nice 25 km. Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 3rd Cagnes sur Mer – Marseille 219 km. Stage 6 - Thursday, July 4th Aix-en-Provence – Montpellier 176 km. Stage 7 - Friday, July 5th Montpellier - Albi 205 km. Stage 8 - Saturday, July 6th Castres - Ax 3 Domaines 194 km. Stage 9 - July 7th-Saint Girons – Bagnères de Bigorre 165 km. Rest Day - Monday, July 8th Saint Nazaire - Loire Atlantique. Stage 10 - Tuesday, July 9th Saint Gildas des Bois - Saint-Malo 193 km. Stage 11 - Wednesday, July 10th Individual time-trial, Avranches – Mont Saint Michel 33 km. Stage 12 - Thursday, July 11th Fougères – Tours 218 km. Stage 13 - Friday, July 12th Tours – Saint Amand Montrond 173 km. Stage 14 - Saturday, July 13th-Saint Pourçain sur Sioule Lyon 191 km. Stage 15 - Sunday, July 14th Givors - Mont Ventoux 242 km. Rest Day - Monday, July 15th Vaucluse. Stage16 - Tuesday, July 16th Vaison la Romaine – Gap 168 km. Stage17 - Wednesday, July 17th Individual time trial, Embrun – Chorges 32 km. Stage18 - Thursday, July 18th Gap – Alpe d’Huez 168 km. Stage 19 - Friday, July 19th Bourg d’Oisans - Le Grand Bornand 204 km. Stage 20 - Saturday, July 20th Annecy - Annecy Semnoz 125 km. Stage 21 - Sunday, July 21st Versailles - Paris Champs Élysées 118 km.
Tour De France History
The Tour De France Race was the brainchild of Henri Derange. Henri Desgrange was a Parisian magazine editor who launched the tour in 1903 with 60 riders in a bid to boost the circulation of his magazine and it worked. The Tour De France coverage helped Desgrange's magazine to boom and the Tour soon became more popular than he could have dreamed. The first winner was the French man Maurice followed by four of his fellow countrymen who between them won the Tour for the next six years. It was 1909 that Francois Faber became the first winner from outside of France.In the early 20th century the competitors pedaled the dirt roads of France through the night on fixed-gear bikes to evade human blockades, route-jamming cars and nails being placed on the road by fans of other riders. Between stages the teams used to feast on banquets and champagne before their climbs and they fortified with cigarettes. By the 1920s, the Tour De France included more than 100 cyclists from throughout Europe. The Tour was not staged from 1914 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1946 because of the First and Second World Wars. As the race became more competitive, champagne and nicotine gave way to more effective and insidious performance boosters. In 1967 British rider Tom Simpson died mid race after taking amphetamines. This prompted the event organisers to adopt drug testing. In 1998 the Festina team were disqualified after the red blood cell boosting drug EPO was found in their car. The winner of the 1996 race Bjarne Riis admitted in 2007 that he had used EPO just months before Floyd Landis became the first Tour winner stripped of his title on charges of using synthetic testosterone in 2006. The Tour now tests athletes rigorously and stage winner’s are screened daily. The victor in this year's race will still be allowed a sip of champagne. “We look forward to riding with you in the world of True Alpine Cycling”. |
