Tour de Paris: See the city by bike
Nicknamed the Hell of the North, its calling card is the 28 rough cobblestone stretches on which the race is usually decided. Until 1967 the race started in Paris, but now it starts about an hour north in the town of Compiègne (it still finishes on a velodrome in Roubaix). It also offers an option for those with their own bikes to ride parts of the course the day before the pros race. it's the same price if you meet the tour group at the start point in Compiègne). Knowing we'd be in Paris during April, my family and I hooked up with Sports Tours International, a British company that offers bus tours to watch the race at selected spots. As was the mad dash back to our tour bus after the riders would pass. sportstoursinternationa l. co. uk. (Sports Tours International also has numerous Tour de France trips — the bike race is July 3-25 this year.
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