Well the Tour De France passes our door again in 2009!!! Can Lance Armstrong do it after being out of competition for over 2 years, for an unbeatable 8th time its going to be a Battle Royale.
With a tough stage from St Gaudens in the Ariege through to Tarbes in the Hautes Pyrenees, passing over the Aspin and the Tourmalet; we will have our usual pitch about 1 kilometre from the summit of the Tourmalet to cheer the Brits.
We will be running a Tour special week to also include a few of the Classic Tour Cols. This will include a guide for the Classic Cols, non cyclists also welcome on this special Tour week. A special price for those who book before January 2009 £395.00 for half board per person. There after £440.00 per person for the week.
We are now taking bookings for the week, from Saturday 11th July. The full Tour route below:-
Stage Type Date Start and Finish Distance Details
1 Individual time-trial Saturday 4 July Monaco > Monaco 15 km
2 Flat Sunday 5 July Monaco > Brignoles 182 km
3 Flat Monday 6 July Marseille > La Grande-Motte 196 km
4 Team TT Tuesday 7 July Montpellier > Montpellier 38 km
5 Flat Wednesday 8 July Le Cap d'Agde > Perpignan 197 km
6 Flat Thursday 9 July Girona > Barcelone 175 km
7 High Mountains Friday 10 July Barcelone > Andorre Arcalis 224 km
8 High Mountains Saturday 11 July Andorre-la-Vieille > Saint-Girons 176 km
9 High Mountains Sunday 12 July Saint-Gaudens > Tarbes 160 km
R Rest Day Monday 13 July Limoges
10 Flat Tuesday 14 July Limoges > Issoudun 193 km
11 Flat Wednesday 15 July Vatan > Saint-Fargeau 192 km
12 Flat Thursday 16 July Tonnerre > Vittel 200 km
13 Medium mountains Friday 17 July Vittel > Colmar 200 km
14 Flat Saturday 18 July Colmar > Besancon 199 km
15 High Mountains Sunday 19 July Pontarlier > Verbier 207 km
R Rest Day Monday 20 July Verbier
16 High Mountains Tuesday 21 July Martigny > Bourg-Saint-Maurice 160 km
17 High Mountains Wednesday 22 July Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Le Grand-Bornand 169 km
18 Individual time-trial Thursday 23 July Annecy > Annecy 40 km
19 Flat Friday 24 July Bourgoin-Jallieu > Aubenas 195 km
20 High Mountains Saturday 25 July Montelimar > Mont Ventoux 167 km
21 Flat Sunday 26 July Montereau-Fault-Yonne > Paris Champs-Elysees 160 km
For those who want to do their own Tour De France in 2009, then Calais to the Pyrenees from Saturday 2nd May for 9 memorable days in France is a must. See Separate news Story.
