Cycling Friendly Accommodation
- LOCATION
Toulouse
Pyrenees | Col du Tourmalet
France
Bookings are open!
Choose from two great Tour de France Pyrenees Cycling Tour options:
Purely Pyrenees:
Sat 4th July – Wed 8th July: 5 Days | 4 Nights
Toulouse – Pyreenees:
Thurs 2nd July – Wed 8th July: 7 Days | 6 Nights
$750 AUD reserves your spot for either of our 2020 Tour de France Pyrenean Cycling Tours. Book now!
Tour Highlights:
ARRIVE
Pick Up Locations:
Toulouse – Pyrenees, 7 Day Tour:
8.30am Toulouse International Airport | 10am Toulouse TGV Train Station | or 11am Meet at Our Team Hotel in Toulouse
Purely Pyrenees, 5 Day Tour:
8.30am Tarbes Airport | 10am Lourdes TGV Train Station | or 11am Meet at Our Team Hotel in the Pyrenees
STAY:
Chic Toulouse and Pyrenees Bike Friendly Four Star Hotels.
RIDE | VISIT:
Toulouse:
Tour de France race stages of Southern France.
Toulouse Sunflower Loop plus Old City, Welcome loop Ride.
Pyrenees:
The Race stages of the Pyrenees, plus Col du Tourmalet | Col du Aubsique and many more famous Pyrenees rides.
ART | HISTORY | CULTURE
Experience each region’s rich history with options to visit perfumeries, galleries, castles, chateaus, forts, wineries and charming quaint hillside villages.
FAMOUS CLIMBS
We’ll show you the Pyrenees climbs made famous by the Tour de France, test yourself against the QOM and KOM’s on these great climbs.
EAT | DRINK
All Breakfasts and Five Dinners Inlcuded.
We’ll introduce you to the best places to eat wonderful regional produce, beautifully prepared by our hosts, matched with the finest local wines, craft beers and mineral waters.
WATCH
A mixture of stage starts, midpoints, feed stations, mountain top passes and stage finishes.
2020 TOUR DE FRANCE
The French Pyrenees make a fantastic base for our 2020 Tour de France | Pyrenees | Col du Tourmalet Tour.
The Pyrenees region is a rich Tour de France and cultural experience on and off the bike for cyclists, non-cycling partners and spectators.
We are very pleased to announce Phil Anderson will make his first return to the Tour de France in some years and join the Ride International Tours team for a very special tour in 2020.
Starting in Toulouse our Tour de France Pyrenees | Col du Tourmalet Tour will take in the best of the French Pyrenees.
Phil will take us back to where his professional cycling career was launched in 1981, the Tour de France and the Pyrenees.
Astonishingly as a 22-year old, riding for the French Peugeot Team, Phil rode himself into the Yellow Jersey in his very first Tour de France on stage 5 to the Pla d’Adet in the Pyrenees. Phil continued to challenge Bernard Hinault for the overall win for most of race and finished 2nd in the Young Riders category and 10th place overall.
We’re very excited to have Phil join us on and off the bike for our 2020 Pyrenees | Col du Tourmalet Tour de France tour. Phil has some fabulous stories to tell us of his time spent residing, training and racing in the Pyrenees, we know the area like a locals.
This Tour de France tour enjoys the perfect combination of short transfers, an intimate group size, race viewing, rides on classic routes, climbs, small roads – visiting the villages of the region and combines a great cultural, art experience to create the perfect mix for a superb Tour de France tour.
The 2020 Tour de France will be the 107th edition of the race around France. We’ll include plenty of great rides, access to the race and a superb experience of France.
Please contact us if you’d like to register your interest and go on our short waitlist for this tour. We’ll contact you and keep you up to date.
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Itinerary in brief:
2020 Tour De France, Nice | The Côte d’Azur – French and Italian Riviera.
7 Days | 6 Nights
Stay: The Côte d’Azur
Start / Finish Location: Nice International Airport
Start Date: Thursday 25th June
Finish Date: Wednesday 1st July
Day 1 Thurs 25th June. Arrival Day:
Airport Pick Up: 10am (or 11am meet at our Team hotel)
Details: Transfer to Hotel, Build Bikes.
Ride: 2.30pm, 35km easy coastal ride
7.30pm: Welcome dinner.
Day 2 Fri 26th June. The Italian Job.
Ride: 50 -100km. Ride from our hotel on a coastal loop over the Italian border. Take in the historic final section of Milan San Remo race including the Cipressa and Poggio climbs to San Remo.
Day 3 Sat 27th June. Tour de France Start.
Ride: 35km -100km. From our Team Hotel to Nice, to experience the incredible atmosphere of a Tour de France start. We’ll ride in hills and beautiful villages of the Pre-Alpes d’Azur, then take in all the excitement of the race finish.
Day 4 Sunday 28th June. Tour de France – The Hills
Ride: 40 -110km. From our Team Hotel into the hills of the Pre-Alpes d’Azur via the Col de Madone to a key point of today’s stage to watch the race. Return via the race course to Nice in time to see stage 2 finish.
Day 5 Monday 29th June. Chase le Tour
Ride: 40 -100km. Another day of Le Tour de France? As we receive more race route details, we’ll build in a great ride to take in sections of the route if the opportunity presents itself. Let’s see what the race organisers come up with for the third stage of this years tour route.
Day 6 Tuesday 30th June. St Tropez
Ride: 45km- 120km. From our Team Hotel we ride along the famous roads of the French Côte d’Azur through Cannes and onto St Tropez. Enjoy a relaxing late lunch in the harbour of St Tropez, take a swim and explore this wonderful village.
Afternoon return transfer to our hotel by vehicle. Re-pack bikes.
7.30pm: Farewell dinner.
Day 7 Wednesday 1st July. Au revoir – Departure Day
9.30am: After breakfast, Depart Hotel – Airport Drop Off to Nice International Airport.
À bientôt
Meet your guides for our 2020 Tour de France Tour
Our Tour
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 French hotels.
It’s with out a doubt the best time to visit France, the villages, the big cities all come to life to the sights, sounds and festivities of the 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 climbs, sweeping views and coastal roads, it’s stunning.
France has been our base for the past ten cycling seasons, we know it like the back of our hand, we’ve spent much of that time running speciality cycling trips and tours. 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 on our 9 Day Col du Tourmalet | Pyrenees | Paris Tour.
We love everything about France, the people, it’s culture, it’s beautiful food, wine, the history, the outdoors, the mountains and it’s love for the biggest sporting event in the world Le Tour de France.
We’re looking forward to showing you around France and the 2020 Tour de France.
Ciao Pat, Grace, Phil and the Team
2020 TOUR DE FRANCE – Full Itinerary
TOUR INCLUSIONS
TOUR EXCLUSIONS
Advance Bookings:
We open up our Advance Reservations for trips so you can book well ahead. Guarantee your position by booking up to 12 months prior.
If you’d like to organise and book your trip more than 12 months prior, contact us via email or phone, we’ll arrange everything so you can make an advanced early 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 14 days of the trip details being published. The (AUD) $750 advance reservation payment will be immediately refunded for any cancellation received within this 14-day period.
Final Payments:
The balance of your trip payment is due no later than 120 days prior to your trip 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 trip, cancel, change or transfer due to personal or medical reasons. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to transfer to another trip that has places available. 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 and restaurants we use, the following cancellation conditions apply to all of our trips.
* PLEASE NOTE: For Phil Anderson to attend this tour, there needs to be a minimum of 4 guests booked. In the event that Phil does not attend this tour, our experienced, professional team of Australian and local on and off-bike guides will host your tour.
AFTER BOOKING, IF YOU CANCEL:
120 – 91 days prior to departure | 50% cancellation fee of the trip price |
90 – 61 days prior to departure | 75% cancellation fee of the trip price |
60 days and less prior to departure | 100% cancellation fee of the trip price |
12
Years of Experience
63
Tours Completed
1,384
Trip Guests
32,926km
Cycled on Tour
238
Hotels Visited