Vive le Tour de France 2019

This morning after another big breakfast at our villa, we will travel down the valley in preparation for the arrival of the tour in Gap. Finishes are great fun to see with the caravan coming through a few hours before the race and then the endless parade of journalists and official vehicles before the riders finally arrive in the afternoon around 5pm. You might head down to the team buses that are normally behind the finish line. It’s a great place to see the riders after a hard day at the office.

Before the excitement of the stage finish, we’ll head off on a ride around some of the local cols and return to Gap in time to see the race arrive. We’ll make our choice of rides once we have a bit more info on the race route in to town, but don’t panic, the cols are not monsters in this part of the Alps and rarely reach over 1000 meters, so starting from Gap at 720 meters the climbing won’t be too strenuous.

We will travel back to our hotel and celebrate together our first experience of seeing the Tour de France. We’ll be joined by another Bikestyle group this evening, our Spectator  Trip group. Together, we  will visit the most important alpine stages of the final week.