ULTIMATE TOUR DE FRANCE

July 2028

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Limited Places Available – Secure Your Place.

TOUR LOCATION

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2028 ULTIMATE TOUR DE FRANCE

Experience the thrills and excitement of the 2028 Tour de France.
The 2028 Tour de France starts in the the Champagne Region of North-East France, based in the city of Reims in the heart of the Champagne Region, the first few stages will explore this beautiful and historic region.

Tour de France Race Dates: Provisional Dates July, 2028 [Dates TBC]

Tour de France Race start: Reims, France
Tour de France Race Finish: Champs Elysee, Paris France

We’ll experience fantastic rides on iconic roads, intercept the race at strategic locations combined with authentic French immersion experiences, including local gastronomic delights.

Feel all the excitement of the Tour de France in mainland France, our Ultimate Tour de France tours include being at the finish of the Tour de France in Paris, Champs Elysees

*NB. We email and update guests on our Advanced Booking list as soon as we have additional official information from the race organisation

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Tour Options available for our 2028 Tour de France Tours include

6 Day Champagne Region Grand Depart Tour

Location: France

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Tour Start Location: Champagne Region, France

Tour Finish Location: Champagne Region, France

Dates: July 2028 TBC

Enjoy the excitement of all the early race stages in the beautiful vineyards and historic towns that make up the Champagne Region. Ride and experience TDF Stages 1-3 as the race travels through the towns of Reims, Épernay, Verdun, Metz and Thionville.

Rides and Non-Cycling Program:

Multiple supported, guided rides each day [short, medium and long, plus daily optional extra’s]. Ride sections of the TDF stages prior to the race start, arrival, plus classic local rides, and famous TDF rides and climbs.
Non-Cycling group experience daily guided activities, plus see varied aspects of TDF stages 1-3 including: Stage 1 start, Midpoints and Finishes

Full itinerary coming soon. Contact us for more details for the 2028 TDF 6 Day Grand Depart Tour program

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7 Day Ultimate Tour de France

Location: France

Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route

Tour Finish Location: Paris, France

Dates:

Day 0: Suggested Pre-Tour arrival day – Monday [TBC] July, 2028 [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: [TBC] July, 2028
Day 7 [TBC] July, 2028

Rides and Non-Cycling Program:

Multiple supported, guided rides each day [short, medium and long, plus daily optional extra’s]. Ride sections of the TDF stages prior to the race arrival, plus classic TDF rides and climbs.
Non-Cycling group experience daily guided activities, plus see varied aspects of the TDF stages including: Stage Starts, Midpoints and Finishes

Full itinerary coming soon. Contact us for more details for the Ultimate TDF 7 Day Tour program

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10 Day Ultimate Tour de France Tour

Location: France

Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route

Tour Finish Location: Paris, France

Dates:

Day 0: Suggested Pre-Tour arrival day – [TBC] July, 2028 [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: [TBC] July, 2028
Day 10: [TBC] July, 2028
Finish: Paris, France

Rides and Non-Cycling Program:

Full itinerary coming soon. Contact us for more details for the Ultimate TDF 10 Day Tour program

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13 Day Ultimate Tour de France Tour

Location: France

Our Premium Tour de France Tour, experience the best of France and the Tour de France on and off the bike. Stay Chic Four Star Hotels

Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route

Tour Finish Location: Paris, France

Dates:

Day 0: Suggested Pre-Tour arrival day – [TBC] July, 2028 [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: [TBC] July, 2028
Day 13: [TBC] July, 2028
Finish; Paris, France

Rides and Non-Cycling Program:

Full itinerary coming soon. Contact us for more details for the Ultimate TDF 13 Day Tour program

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19 Day Ultimate Grand Tour de France

Tour Locations: France

Tour Start Location: Champagne Region, France
Dates: 6 Day Champagne Region Grand Depart Tour + Final 13 Day Tour To Paris

Day 0: [Pre Tour] [TBC] July, 2028
Day 1: [TBC] – Day 6: [TBC] July, 2028

Dates: Plus Final 13 Day Tour

Day 0: Pre Tour [TBC], July [Suggested arrival day, non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: [TBC] – Day 13: [TBC] July 2028

Rides and Non-Cycling Program:

Tour Finish Location: Paris

*Full Itinerary Coming Soon. Contact us for more details for the Grand Tour program.

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Meet Your Hosts

Our Team love to create inclusive style groups, they are some of the world’s most experienced and credentialed hosts, guides, coaches and all-around good people, they’ll guide you safely through your trip, you’ll enjoy every minute of your Tour de France with them on and off the bike.

Our Tour de France – Reims and Champagne Region Grand Depart Tour provides the ideal mix of “ride more – transfer less” as we experience the excitement, and cultural immersion of the start of the 2028 Tour de France”.

The proximity of our Team Hotel in the historic city of Reims allows us to experience the best of the wonderful Champagne region.

July each year signals Tour de France time and announce it’s summer. It’s a beautiful time to visit and ride in France. We’ll show you the smaller roads, charming villages and stay in chic cycling friendly hotels.

It’s with out a doubt the best time to visit France, the villages, the city all come to life to the sights, sounds and festivities of le Tour de France.

There’s something beautiful about riding a bike in France in the sun drenched summer, the terrain is almost purpose-built for cyclists who love panoramic smaller climbs, sweeping views, scenic vineyards, architecture and historic sites, France is stunning.

France was our base for many seasons, we’ve been hosting cycling tours in these regions and to the Tour of Spain races which occur in these parts most years, we know France like the back of our hand, plus our local guides who live in the region have some wonderful local knowledge to show case the areas we visit. We’ve hosted groups to all of France’s beautiful regions, ridden all the best roads, mountains and we’ll show you the best of France and the Champagne region on this unique, action-packed Ultimate Tour de France Grand Depart tour.

We love everything about France, the people, it’s arts and culture, it’s beautiful food, wine, beer, history, outdoors, and it’s love for the biggest sporting event in the world, the Tour de France. You’ll have your fill of riding, optional extra rides are available each day for those that are keen for more. Plus we visit many places of interest including small local Artisan Producers, Bike Stores, lovely cafe’s / coffee shops. Let us know your passions, interests and things you’d like to see and do, we have plenty of great recommendations as we explore these wonderful regions on and off the bike.

We’re looking forward to showing you the Ultimate Tour de France Grand Depart experience including TDF Stages 1-3, Plus ride and visit the regions best local roads, monuments and locations in the comfort of summer, plus many more beautiful places in the greater Champagne area, and of course the excitement of the 2028 Tour de France race

We’re looking forward to welcoming you in France.

Ciao Pat, Grace Fitzpatrick, and the Ride International Tours Team.

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2028 TOUR DE FRANCE TOURS

Advanced Bookings are open!

Reserve your spot now on our 2028 Tour de France Tours. See Tour Options below. – Book now! or contact us for more details.

6 Day Grand Depart – Champagne Region Tour de France Tour Dates:
Day 0 – Suggested arrival day, Pre-tour day, [TBC] July, 2028 [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: [TBC] July, 2028
Day 6: [TBC] July, 2028
Tour Start Location: Reims, France
Tour Finish Location: Reims, France

7 Day Tour Dates:
Day 0: Monday [TBC] July, 2028 suggested arrival day [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: Tues [TBC] July, 2028
Day 7 Mon [TBC] July, 2028
Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route
Dates:
Tour Finish; Paris, France

10 Day Tour Dates:
Day 0: Friday [TBC] July, 2028 suggested arrival day [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: Sat [TBC] July, 2028
Day 10: Mon [TBC] July, 2028
Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route
Tour Finish; Paris, France

13 Day Tour Dates:
Day 0: Tuesday [TBC] July, 2028 suggested arrival day [non-inclusion hotel night]
Day 1: Wednesday [TBC] July, 2028
Day 13: Mon [TBC] July, 2028
Tour Start Location: TBC, as soon as the race organisation announces the official race route
Tour Finish; Paris, France

Tour de France Provisional Race Dates: Saturday 3rd July – Sunday 25th July, 2028 [TBC]

Daily Rides: Our specialist Tour de France programs include our classic loop rides of the Tour de France including for 2028: The stages of the Champagne Region Grand Depart, plus ride on the race route at various points in front of the race, in France we ride in the Alps, Alpe D’huez, Mont Ventoux, Pyrenees mountains and many more beautiful ride locations, plus we’ll intersect the race at various strategic points. We have daily ride distances and degrees of difficulty to suit riders of all abilities, each day we offer a minimum of three ride options: “Short, Medium, Long” no matter how little or how far you like to cycle, we’ve got you covered. Need optional extra km’s to ride each day – we’ve got you covered for that too.

Non-Cycling Program: Each day the non-cyclists have an individual program, we can include plenty of activity or make suggestions on a daily basis, you’ll visit the race, explore and experience a gastronomic and cultural Tour of France, you’ll intersect with the cycling group at various points each day.
The non-cycling program has some flexibility to build in areas of personal passions and interests, to include more active interactions, let us know what you’re passionate about and we’ll infuse it into your program.

Tour de France: Multiple stage viewing points, plus the grand finale for our Ultimate Tour de France Tours – The finish on the Champs Elysee, Paris

2028 Tour De France Tours [indicative Pricing based on 2027 tours] Cyclists And Non-cyclists:

Below we list our “Indicative Tour Pricing”. We list these prices to give you a good indication of your tour cost, we base our indicative pricing from our previous tour editions. We appreciate these are not fixed prices, our tours are created new each year to accomodate for each new Tour de France country we visit, route and program.

We finalise our program and pricing when the race organisation supplies us with all of the official information. We keep everyone who has made an Advanced Booking Deposit with us updated as information comes in. We highly recommend securing your position on the tour of your choice as early as possible. We have limited places available on our Tour de France tours, previous editions of our tours have all sold out in the pre-booking stages. You can secure your position by placing an Advanced Booking Deposits with us

6 Day Champagne Grand Depart, Tour de France Tour from AUD$4975 – AUD$5950 pp twin share (Approx. USD$3150 – USD$3650)
6 Day Champagne Grand Depart, Tour de France Tour. Single Room Supplement From: AUD$750- AUD$925 (Approx. USD$480 – USD$525)

7 Day Tour from AUD$6100 – AUD$6750 pp twin share (Approx. USD$4280 – USD$4420)
7 Day Single Supp From: AUD$800 -$995 (Approx. USD$550-USD$670)

10 Day Tour from AUD$7450 – AUD$8250 pp twin share (Approx. USD$4950 – USD$5075)
10 Day Single Supp From: AUD$975 -$1175 (Approx. USD$679-USD$770)

13 Day Tour from AUD$8990 – AUD$9650 pp twin share (Approx. USD$5970 – USD$6250)
13 Day Single Supp From: AUD$1250 -$1495 (Approx. USD$850-USD$970)

* Our twin share prices are per person based on two people ie couples, partners, friends, family sharing one room. If you are travelling alone, you’ll be allocated a room to yourself by paying the additional single room supplement.

Book now! or contact us for more details.

2028 Tour de France Start Location: Reims, France. At this early stage, the Champagne Region has been confirmed for the Tour de France Grand Depart.

Our Ultimate Tour de France, Final 13 Day, 10 Day and 7 Day Tours Start Locations: TBC.
As Soon As We Have More Detailed – Official Information On the Race Route From The Race Organisation, We’ll Update Everyone on our Advance Booking List.

Our Tour Finish: Location: Paris, France. Date: Monday [TBC] July, 2028
After a relaxing morning and a superb French Farewell breakfast, we offer a 10am transfer to the Charles de Gaulle airport for those who’d like to depart today.

Got Questions? Let us know and we’ll get in touch.

We’re currently finalising details for our 2028 Ultimate – Tour de France itinerary as additional information comes in from the race organisation.

In the meantime we can email you a previous Tour de France itinerary as a guide, it’ll give you a lovely indication of how your Tour de France experience, on and off-bike will look and feel. Contact us now

Payments

$750.00 AUD

PAYMENT OPTIONS

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TOUR INCLUSIONS

Cycling Friendly Accommodation
Daily breakfasts
Welcome pack compliments of Ride International Tours
Welcome and farewell dinner and drink (additional evening meals as per detailed itinerary)
Experienced guides for cycling and non-cyclists groups
Minimum of three guided ride options per day, to suit your preferred distance and amount of climbing
Pro mechanical support on tour
Support vehicle each day to carry daypacks, spare parts, hydration and ride snacks
Separate Spectator Itinerary for Non-cyclists
Itinerary, including daily ride maps
Free download of our GPS Ride Routes. Assistance with loading and navigation settings for GPS devices
Complimentary tour start and finish - pickup and dropoff transfers
Daily Bike Spa including, Mechanical check and tune, by a Pro Mechanic
Where available cycling kit laundry service
Our Premium Quality Rider Pack includes: Custom Jersey and RIT Custom T-Shirt *Our custom cycling kit orders are placed with our supplier at least 150 days before the tour departure date. Bookings made after this period may result in receiving generic merchandise, subject to availability.
Our Premium Quality Spectator Pack includes:Custom Ride International Tours T-Shirt *Our custom tour merchandise orders are placed with our supplier at least 60 days before the tour departure date. Bookings made after this period may result in receiving generic merchandise, subject to availability.

TOUR EXCLUSIONS

Flights
Travel Insurance
Meals and drinks not specified in itinerary
Drinks other than those specified
Bike Hire - see our Bike Hire page
Bicycle Parts and Mechanical Fees for additional repairs

Pat and Grace worked tirelessly to make sure everyone’s needs and expectations were met

S. Charlton (2015)Queensland, Australia

A big thanks to you for making my trip, as a non-rider, very memorable

L. Green (2010) New Zealand

Grace and Pat go above and beyond to make sure you have a good time

Steph W. (2015, 2014 & 2013)NSW, Australia

Nothing was too much trouble, their demeanour was always cheery

Andrew S. (2014)Melbourne, Australia

Knowledgeable, multilingual, always helpful, a great team

Tommy. E (2016, 2014, 2013, 2012)USA

Grace is the most organised of guides, no request is too unusual or difficult

A. Saunders (2017)Victoria, Australia

You took care of my wife wonderfully… I am grateful and appreciative

David S. (2016)Canada

Thanks very much for a highly enjoyable and excellently run tour

Daren A. (2012)QLD, Australia

Grace and Pat are remarkable. Thank you so much!

Claudia H. (2104)Canada

Grace… you are warm, inclusive and infectious in your enthusiasm

John H. (2014)Australia

Pat and his team did an absolutely brilliant job

L. Hocking (2015)Victoria, Australia

Big thanks to Grace & Patrick… we had a Brilliant time

Andrew E (2016)Australia

The trip ran like clock work… all we had to worry about was enjoying ourselves

Ben K. (2013)NSW, Australia

Grace… you are still as efficient and organised as always

Richard B. (2016, 2012)Western Australia

Pat’s leadership gave everyone what they needed

Peter F. (2010)New Zealand

Advance Bookings:

We open up our Advance Reservations for trips early so you can book and plan well ahead. We guarantee your position by booking prior. If you’d like to organise and book your trip further out than the dates/years we have listed on our website, please contact us via email, phone, & or video call and we’ll arrange everything so you can place an advanced booking.

An advance booking, accompanied by a fully refundable $750 AUD (Australian Dollar) ensures priority booking status when the trip details are announced. Note, an advance booking is not considered final until payment is received.

Once specific trip itinerary details are finalized, we’ll contact everyone on the advance reservation list via email, we’ll include the itinerary and offer a priority booking position before opening up bookings to the wider community.

If a trip fills – as it often does in the advance bookings, we create a waiting list and then offer reservations on a first-come, first-serve basis (based on the date the advance reservation was made) once our advanced booking guest have finalised.

To cancel an advance booking submitted in writing/ via email within 10 days of the trip details being published. The (AUD) $750 advance reservation payment will be immediately refunded for any cancellation received within this 10-day period.

Travel Insurance:

As a Ride International Tour participant, it is compulsory to have your own travel insurance. We recommend activating your travel insurance as soon as you’ve placed your booking deposit to ensure you are covered from the outset. Please ensure that your policy includes coverage for:

Cancellation charges
Medical expenses in the event of an accident or illness.
Baggage
Cycling activities and associated risks
Cycling equipment

We encourage each participant on our tours to contact your travel agent, and or travel insurance provider directly. Your travel insurance experts are best equipped to provide clarification, recommendations for best providers and or further information on the cover that suits your specific needs.

Final Payments:

Please Note: Our Tour de France Tours, and various other tours operate in the “Peak European Travel Season” each year. Our Tour de France tours take place in the regions, towns and city’s in the vicinity of the Tour de France, hence it’s considered “Ultra Peak Season” by our suppliers.

Our suppliers engage their special conditions during “Ultra Peak Travel Season”, including non-refundable payments for bookings to secure the needs to operate our Tour de France tours.

Our Tour de France tours require payment conditions which include a 50% tour progress payment once we supply our tour “Itinerary in Brief”. We forward your first progress payment invoice/s via email, these tour progress payments made to Ride International to secure your position/s on the tour are non-refundable by our suppliers.

Travel Insurance is compulsory for guests on all our tours, should you need to cancel your tour once your tour progress payment/s have been made, contact us via email to notify us of your intention to cancel. We can provide you with written confirmation that your tour position/s have been cancelled, this confirmation of cancellation can then be forwarded by guests onto your travel insurance provider for their consideration.

The balance of your tour payment/s is due no later than 150 days prior to your tour departure date, we will forward via email your final payment invoice. You can choose to make full payment earlier if you prefer to finalise your trip payment early, contact us and we will arrange for an invoice to be sent.

What if I have to transfer, change or cancel my trip:
We understand you may not be able to go on your tour, you have the option to cancel, change or transfer due to personal or medical reasons if you’ve paid a tour advance booking deposit, and or it’s within 10 days of receiving your tour “Itinerary in Brief. Post the 10 day period after you have received your “Itinerary in Brief”, tour payments, progress payments are considered final, non-refundable. If you have a question give us a call or email.

Due to the high demand, limited hotel availability and the advance payments expected by our hotels, various suppliers, and restaurants we use, the following cancellation conditions apply to all of our trips.

AFTER BOOKING, IF YOU CANCEL:

Prior to 150 days before to departure	50% cancellation fee of the tour price
149 – 61 days prior to departure	75% cancellation fee of the tour price
60 days and less prior to departure	100% cancellation fee of the trip price

Years of Experience

Tours Completed

1,384

Trip Guests

32,926km

Cycled on Tour

238

Hotels Visited

OUR GUEST REVIEWS

“Thanks very much for a highly enjoyable and excellently run tour. You and your team certainly exceeded my expectations, not only with the rides but local knowledge which helped make life simple.”

- Daren A . QLD, Australia

“It is the small things that you guys do behind the scenes that makes all the difference. It was an amazing experience to ride in Italy and experience the Giro first hand. Thanks again and looking forward to the next tour.”

- Stephen P . QLD, Australia

“Both Pat and Grace have excellent people skills, they build relationships quickly, they were always well organised with itineraries or plans for the day re weather, road changes, or unexpected issues that arose. Hard work from them made our tour of two weeks a dream holiday along with all the extra drama of the biggest cycling race in the world.”

- J. & I. Aplin . Napier, New Zealand

“I first met Pat and Grace on a cycling tour in Europe in 2013. Pat and Grace make the perfect team to run these types of tours, both are friendly, bubbly and outgoing in their personalities and each bring their own invaluable skills to touring with a group.”

- A. Saunders . Victoria, Australia

“Wow, two of the greatest tour guides I know. Knowledgeable, multilingual, always helpful, a great team to handle your once in a life time tour. I’ve done at least 4 two-week cycle tours with one or both of this husband wife team. Every one has been extraordinary. You will not go wrong with one of these two as your tour coordinators.”

- Tommy. E . USA