Hi

Planning going to check out the tour for a stage or 2 with the missus this year, but not sure what to expect! Whilst ‘her indoors’ is not a biker as such, she is actually quite interested in the tour, under the right conditions!

The plan is to go to grenoble for stage 13 where the tour passes through about an hour from the finish, and then it starts in grenoble the next day.

So, what will grenoble put on for the 2 days? Will it just be a bunch of guys passing through on bikes and therefore only of interest to a biker (ie me). Or will there be a tour village type area with big screen and bar type affair where you can mosey round and soak up the ambience (ie that she will enjoy).

I really don’t know what to expect, so any info would be appreciated.

And….is grenoble a nice city??

Cheers!!

Grenoble is OK, depends where the route goes. Advice would be, find a big hill, stand near the top, get there early (3-5 hours before it passes) – there is a whole cavalcade that comes before the riders pass, so get your hands on the following items as they are generally thrown at you (in no order): –

hats
PMU green hands
Haribo’s
Salamis
Pizza snacks
Bottles of water

If you go on a flat stage or flat bit of road, it literally is over in a flash…..