Cycling Holidays - Tour de France Hospitality

Tour de France Hospitality

France

From £175 P/P

Freewheel Holidays, part of the Sports Tours International family, are delighted to bring you our 2021 leisure cycling holidays to the legendary Tour de France. Sports Tours international are Europe’s leading sports travel tour operator and official premium tour operator of the 2021 Tour de France and are pleased to offer you the chance to combine your leisure holiday with a unique hospitality experience at the Tour de France.

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Itinerary

For the 2021 Tour de France we offer you the opportunity to experience the event in style by purchasing one of VIP experiences. Please note that the below includes the ticket only so no hotel or transport is included. When booking you will receive a confirmation email, and then nearer the time you will be sent an itinerary with an e-ticket with exact joining instructions and the location to meet ahead of the VIP experience.

For more information on what’s included, please read the below or click on the itinerary tab. Other stages maybe available so please contact us for availability by calling (0044)(0)1617038161 or email us here

EXPERIENCE	STAGE	DATE	LOCATION
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	1	Sat 26/06	Landerneau
A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL RACE CAR	1	Sat 26/06	Brest > Landerneau
VILLAGE DEPART	2	Sun 27/06	Perros-Guirec
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	2	Sun 27/06	Mur-de-Bretagne-Guerlédan
VILLAGE DEPART	3	Mon 28/06	Lorient
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	5	Weds 30/06	Laval
VILLAGE DEPART	6	Thurs 01/07	Tours
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	6	Thurs 01/07	Chateauroux
VILLAGE DEPART	9	Mon 05/07	Cluses
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	9	Mon 05/07	Tignes
A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL RACE CAR	9	Mon 05/07	Cluses > Tignes
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	10	Tues 06/07	Valence
A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL RACE CAR	11	Weds 07/07	Sorgues > Malaucene
VILLAGE DEPART	12	Thurs 08/07	Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	12	Thurs 08/07	Nimes
VILLAGE DEPART	13	Fri 09/07	Nimes
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	13	Fri 09/07	Carcassonne
VILLAGE DEPART	14	Sat 10/07	Carcassonne
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	15	Sun 11/07	Andorra la Vella
A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL RACE CAR	15	Sun 11/07	Céret > Andorra la Vella
VILLAGE DEPART	16	Tues 13/07	El Pas de la Casa
VILLAGE DEPART	17	Weds 14/07	Muret (near Toulouse)
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	17	Weds 14/07	Saint-Lary-Soulan (Col du Portet)
VILLAGE DEPART	18	Thurs 15/07	Pau
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	19	Fri 16/07	Libourne (near Bordeaux)
VILLAGE DEPART	20	Sat 17/07	Libourne (near Bordeaux)
IZOARD FINISH HOSPITALITY	20	Sat 17/07	Saint-Émilion (near Bordeaux)
A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL RACE CAR	20	Sat 17/07	Libourne > Saint-Émilion
VILLAGE DEPART	21	Sun 18/07	Chatou (near Paris)

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PARIS CHAMPS ELYSEES – CLICK HERE

Village Depart (Start Village) – available at £175 per person
Izoard finish hospitality – available at £275 per person
A day on the course in a Tour de France car – available at £750 per person (£1,000 per person for Stage 11)
Combined Izoard + Start Village in Nimes (Stages 12 & 13), Carcassonne (Stages 13 & 14) or Andorra (Stages 15 & 16) - available at £400 per person
Helicopter Experience available on request - please email us

Prices are per person and availability is strictly limited to just a few places per stage. Please read the important information tab before you book.

A DAY IN AN OFFICIAL TOUR DE FRANCE CAR – ITINERARY

Our most popular VIP option is to spend the whole day on the course during an actual Tour de France stage. Your day starts with the ‘Village Depart’ where you will meet your guide at the welcome desk. After the ‘Village Depart’ you will get in you official 2021 Tour de France car and spend the day out on the course. You will have lunch en-route and drive through all the crowds for a unique insider experience. At the finish you will enjoy ‘Izoard’ finish line hospitality.

09.00 am > Le Tour de France Village

Meet at the Tour de France Village
Introduction of your driver
Visit of the teams’ paddock area
Access to the signature podium
Entertainment and catering at the Village

11.30 am > On the road « avant-course »

Departure on the stage route in your car before the riders
Lunch break on the stage route with champagne service

15.30 pm > On the finishing line, in the VIP area

Refreshments and lunch cocktail
Live broadcast of the final kilometres of the stage
Breath-taking view of final sprint on the stage
A Tour de France gift

Important note

Does not include travel to the experience or overnight accommodation.

Ticket collection and further information

At the time of booking you will receive a booking confirmation. Nearer the time you will receive an itinerary with directions and details of the exact location of the stage start location and how to meet your driver.

Shuttle Service Back to the Start Village

If you are planning to arrive at the Start Village by car, or are staying close to the Start Village, you have the option to purchase a shuttle service from the Finish Area back to the Start Village, at the end of your experience. Approximately 30 minutes after the first rider has crossed the finish line, you will set off by coach, arriving back to the Start Village in the vicinity of where your day started.

The price for the return shuttle is £90, and includes :

Shuttle back to the start Village
On board video of the Tour de France (in French)
Local French newspaper
A packed lunch of a sandwich, bottle of water and a fruit (exact items to be confirmed)

VILLAGE DEPART

The 2021 Tour de France entourage and organisation travel around with the riders. The team buses park within an enclosed and restricted area. An expo type village is created at the start of each one of the stages. It is usually here that everyone who is linked in any way to the Tour de France like TV, sponsors and celebrities from the cycling world will show themselves. Also local companies will be keen to show off their wares. Your VIP passes will give you access to the village and the rider’s paddock.

Provisional programme (will be different one each stage)

10:00 – Opening of the Tour de France Village
11:05 – Departure of the Publicity Caravan and arrival of the riders in the Teams car park
12:00 – Beginning of the presentation of the riders on the signature podium
13:05 – The stage starts
13:10 – Closing of the Tour de France Village

IZOARD FINISH-LINE HOSPITALITY

The Tour de France sets up a limited number of areas located on course within the final portion of the stage. These have names like Izoard and Galibier. Access to these areas is usually reserved and by invitation only. You will see famous ex-cyclists, sponsors and team guests. Typically these areas are within 200 metres or so of the finish line. There is also a spectator friendly elevated viewing area. You will be served with drinks and snacks and there is a big screen to watch the LIVE action as it unfolds. After watching the finish, you will celebrate the victory with Champagne before watching the daily podium ceremony.

PROVISIONAL TIMINGS (MAY CHANGE ONCE FINAL STAGE LOGISTICS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED)

14:30 – Opening of the Tour de France Izoard Area
15:45 – Publicity Caravan passes the Izoard area
17:35 – Estimated finish time for stage winner
18:15 – Izoard Area closes

HELICOPTER EXPERIENCE

Village Depart hospitality
Spend the day in an official Tour de France car
Lunch with Champagne service
View the race from on high in an official helicopter
Finish line hospitality
Tour de France gift

At 09.00am you will meet your guide for the day at the Village Depart – The Tour de France Start Village. You will start your day with a visit of the team paddock area to see the riders warm up and you will have front row access to the podium to see the riders sign up for the day’s stage. In the Village Depart there is entertainment and catering.

At 11.30 am you will get on the road in an official Tour de France car and depart on the stage route before the riders. There will be a Lunch break on the stage route with Champagne service.

From 13.00 you will be transferred to the helicopter zone and after seeing the passage of the peloton, you will enjoy a 20-minute flight over the Tour de France route. Ahead of the stage finish, you will land and be transferred to the finish area where you will watch the stage finish in comfort on the finish line, in the VIP area. Here you will enjoy refreshments and Canapes and you will see a Live broadcast of the final kilometers of the stage before a breath-taking view of the final sprint of the stage. You will toast the riders’ finish with a “VIP champagne” moment and before leaving you will get a nice Tour de France gift to remember your day.

The day will finish at 17.30. A transfer back to the start town is available at a £90 supplement.

Route Overview

Route Overview
Getting There

Getting There

The Tour de France visits a variety of locations across the country. For details of how to get to a specific venue, please refer to the relevant Tour de France Trip or email us

If you are driving to France, all hospitality venues apart from Paris Champs-Élysées have a limited number of free parking places available.
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