What an amazing 2014 Tour de France vacation experience for everyone, especially our wonderful guests who witnessed one of the greatest Italian cyclists of recent generations Vincenzo Nibali take the yellow jersey to Paris. With a variety of 3 magnificent days live on the roadside see how we were apart of this spectacular Tour de France.
Wednesday 16th July – View the Tour de France Stage 11 Besancon > Oyonnox (Finish)
*Planned Ride Options
Option 1: Distance 95km Ascent 1300m route Haute Savoie + l’Ain
Cote d’Echallon (969m) cat3 – 3km @ 6.6%
Option 2: Distance 35km Ascent 650m route Jura
Cote d’Echallon (969m) cat3 – 3km @ 6.6%
INCLUSIONS: Breakfast, TDF Restaurant Lunch
What a 2014 Tour de France vacation is waiting for you live from the roadside! With two great ride options available both magnificent in their own right, so pick how much time you want to spend in the saddle to catch up with Le Tour today!
Our superb ride heads north from Annecy and follows the Rhone River, passing villages and rural France, gorges and beauty all the way. These pre-alps roads are perfect for all cycling abilities and before long we will find ourselves on the roads of the Jura Department. The Jura Mountains are between the Rhine and Rhone rivers, north of our famous Alps and also separating France from Switzerland, this region only adds to the stunning beauty and diversity of this area of France.
Both ride distances are offering the unique opportunity of riding the final 25km of the stage route to the Finish Line in Oyonnox including the final climb of the day the Cote d’Echallon (969m). Get ready for the fastest cyclists in the world to hit the streets of Oyonnox and the finish line of today’s stage.
Friday 18th July – View the Tour de France Stage 13 Saint-Etienne > Chamrousse (Alps)
*Planned Ride Options
Option 1: Distance 60km Ascent 1300m route Belledonne Valley + Chamrousse (1750m)
Chamrousse (1730m) catHC – 18.2km @ 7.3%
Option 2: Distance 30km Ascent 1300m route Chamrousse (1750m)
Chamrousse (1730m) catHC – 18.2km @ 7.3%
INCLUSIONS: Breakfast, TDF Traditional Restaurant Lunch
DON’T FORGET: 2 Bidons (Bottles) 1 Water/1 Sports Drink+Ride Food
***DAY PACK required with change of clothes/shoes+towel***
Today’s classic ride and race action will be breathtaking in more ways than one as we head into the Alps for the next two days, our own test of back to back live viewing of the critical stages of the Tour de France in the French Alps!
With our goal the Winter Olympic (1968) Alpine Ski Station of Chamrousse (1730m) with a choice of ideal ride options to make it one of the best rides of your life. For the fans of the sport these roads of France are where Cadel Evans secured his historic 2011 Tour de France victory and it is also where Armstrong took one of his many Time Trial Victories in 2001. Could this be the day that the 2014 Tour is decided?
Saturday 19th July – View the Tour de France Stage 14 Grenoble > Risoul (Alps)
*Planned Ride Options:
Option 1: Distance 50km Ascent 1400m route Col du Lautaret (2058m)
Col du Lautaret (2058m) catHC – 34km @ 4%
Option 2: Distance 30km Ascent 850m route La Grave (1491m)
Col du Lautaret – La Grave (1491m) catHC – 24km @ 4%
INCLUSIONS: Breakfast, TDF Alps Lunch, Farewell Dinner
NON CYCLING GUEST: Share the spectacular TDF & La Meije Glacier
Today is our last superb ride opportunity together during your Tour de France vacation and our second challenge and what an opportunity awaits us as you ride to the top of the world and the Col du Lautaret (2058m)!
Bourg-d-Oisans is the start point for our incredible ride up into the sky supported all the way with the best cycling guides in the French Alps. Take advantage of your team’s planning and all their local knowledge to give you the best of both worlds with your perfect ‘Live viewing spot’ on the mountain with the La Meije Glacier 3200m as your panoramic backdrop and a superb day at the Tour de France in 2014.
Absorb this magnificent high altitude cycling arena and admire the very best grand tour riders one more time at the Tour de France with Practice Bicycle Tours.
