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Anyone have a rough idea of how long before race is due to go through that a road will be shut to all traffic? I'm arriving in Bourg d'Ousins on the afternoon the Criterium Dauphine stage finishes in Vaujany. Trying to work out the latest I can ride over and get some way up the final climb before the finish. Guessing it's a how long is a piece of string type answer, but thanks in advance anyway.
If you’re planning to use the route on bike or foot you should have few problems accessing the course, they tend to close the road to vehicle traffic from the time the stage starts - local papers will have stage times / closure times.
15h00
https://www.itinisere.fr/fr/actualites/3/criterium-du-dauphine-2021/36/2604
on the website linked to, click the flash special 11 june at top right.
Officially bikes are to comply with the closure time. You'll get bored of getting asked to dismount by every gendarme you go past and a headache from their whistles.
It varies.
On a major climb in the Tour it'll be effectively "shut" to traffic from 2-3 days in advance just down to the sheer number of camper vans up there. Pedestrians and cyclists can generally get up there until about an hour before the publicity caravan (which itself is an hour in front of the race).
More minor races / climbs tend not to be as thoroughly policed, they rely a bit more on the motorbike gendarmes forcing a passage through.
Take food, water, sunscreen and an umbrella!
Thanks all. Much as I thought. Going to be tight making it but hopefully will be arriving in town early enough to have a go. Looking at the stage it could be fireworks on that last climb. Be a shame not to be there 🤞