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A final time trial in Nice

• After 110 editions concluded at the Parc des Princes, the Cipale velodrome in the Bois de Vincennes or on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, the Tour de France will finish far from Paris for the first time in 2024, with stage 21 in Nice on 21 July.
• For this exceptional final stage along the Mediterranean coast, a time trial will decide the title among the contenders. Thirty-five years after Greg LeMond stripped Laurent Fignon of the Yellow Jersey by eight seconds. The stage the day before will be run on the suspenseful roads of the Nice backcountry.

Those who pay attention to the details of the Tour de France's history will point out that the winner of the first edition in 1903, Maurice Garin, although celebrated at the Parc des Princes, inaugurated the winners' list of the race by crossing the final finish line in Ville d'Avray. The public gathered again at the velodrome to celebrate the heroes of the Grande Boucle in 1904 and 1905, whereas the race actually finished a few kilometres from the capital. However, the arrival of the 2024 Tour in Nice is a first, as the Tour's peloton has never finished far from Paris. In any case, the riders will feel they are on familiar ground in Nice, a city which was already on the Tour's programme in 1906, hosted the Grand Départ in 1981 and again in 2020, and has been hosting the world's elite at the conclusion of Paris-Nice since 1933.  

This new finish, conditioned by the logistical imperatives that will already block the Champs-Elysées just a few days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is accompanied by a significant sporting challenge as the last stage will be an individual time trial. The sporting qualities of the riders likely to win mean that the Tour could remain undecided until the last few kilometres, as was the case in 1989, the last time the event offered a time trial to close the proceedings. On that day, Greg LeMond beat Laurent Fignon by 58 seconds to win his second Tour by the narrowest margin in history, eight seconds.  

It is said that records are made to be broken, and the context of a battle of mere seconds takes on a new dimension when looking at the final weekend in general. The riders will be on the region's roads on Saturday, 20 July. They are all aware that the Nice backcountry lends itself to unbridled, high-intensity rides, almost systematically on the final stage of Paris-Nice. So, there could be opportunities just until the very end to rattle the Yellow Jersey.

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(2nd L to R) Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme, Director General of Amaury Sport Organisation Yann Le Moenner, and Prefet of Alpes Maritimes Bernard Gonzalez attend the announcement that Nice will host the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France, on the french riviera city of Nice, on December 1, 2022 - For the first time since 1905, the Tour de France will not have its usual finish in Paris in 2024, closing instead with a time trial in Nice, organisers announced on December 1, 2022. Although the race has been brought forward one week so as not to clash directly with the Olympic Games, which is being hosted in 2024 by Paris, it will still finish on July 21, just five days before the opening ceremony. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

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The 2024 Tour de France will end on the French Riviera instead of the French capital because of the Paris Olympics.

The finish of cycling’s marquee race leaves Paris for the first time.

Tour organizers said on Thursday the last stage of its 111th race will take place in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on July 21. Five days later, Paris opens the Olympics.

Because of security and logistical reasons, the French capital won’t have its traditional Tour finish on the Champs-Elysees. Parting with tradition of a sprint on the Champs-Elysees, the last stage will be an individual time trial along Nice’s famed Promenade des Anglais.

The start of the 2024 race, which will begin for the first time in Italy, was brought forward by one week, a customary change during an Olympic year. The Tour will start on June 29 in Florence.

Nice has hosted the Tour 37 times, including its start twice, in 1981 and in 2020. Two years ago, the start was delayed until Aug. 29 due to lockdowns and travels bans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2024 Tour de France will conclude with Nice time trial

Race to finish outside Paris area for first time in history

The 2024 Tour de France will finish with a time trial in Nice, marking the first time in history that the race will end outside of the Paris area. The change of venue for the grand finale of the Tour has been forced by Paris' hosting of the 2024 Olympics, which get underway in the city on July 26.

It will also be the first time that the Tour concludes with a time trial since Greg LeMond dramatically pipped Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Elysées in 1989.

The length and precise nature of the time trial have yet to be revealed, but Tour organiser ASO has confirmed that the 2024 Tour will finish on Sunday, July 21, just five days before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. 

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"This new finish, conditioned by the logistical imperatives that will already block the Champs-Elysées just a few days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is accompanied by a significant sporting challenge as the last stage will be an individual time trial," Tour organiser ASO said in a statement on Thursday.

"The sporting qualities of the riders likely to win mean that the Tour could remain undecided until the last few kilometres, as was the case in 1989, the last time the event offered a time trial to close the proceedings."

The penultimate stage of the 2024 men's Tour, meanwhile, is set to take in the rugged terrain in the hinterland of Nice, which has provided so many breathless finales to Paris-Nice over the years.

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"The riders will be on the region's roads on Saturday, 20 July," ASO said. "They are all aware that the Nice backcountry lends itself to unbridled, high-intensity rides, almost systematically on the final stage of Paris-Nice. So, there could be opportunities just until the very end to rattle the yellow jersey."

The location of the Grand Départ of the 2024 Tour is due to be announced early in the New Year, with Florence expected to be the site of the race's first-ever Italian start . It would be the Tour's third foreign Grand Départ in succession after Copenhagen in 2022 and Bilbao in 2023.

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The final sprint of the Tour de France always takes place on Paris’ famous avenue. On 18 July, as it has every year since 1975, the last stage of the famous cycling race will end on the Champs-Élysées.

With 3,383 kilometres for the legs to tackle and some 403,000 pedal strokes over three weeks, taking part in the Tour de France is no easy task.

In view of the conclusion of the 21st and final stage of the Grand Boucle , the peloton will give it all they’ve got. Before parading in the capital, the riders will have sweated to climb the 30 passes of the 2021 race, rising in their saddles to pick up momentum and clenching their teeth in the vertiginous descents.

The Champs-Élysées in all its majesty

From Brittany to the Alps, from the Occitanie to the Pyrenees, the riders will have been so focused on their performance that they won’t have soaked up much of the photogenic landscapes of France, broadcast across 100 TV channels.

But by the end of the efforts, what a reward: the majestic Champs-Élysées, with the blue-white-red wake of the famous Patrouille de France fly-past. Nobody else has such a claim on the famous avenue except the French football team, winner of the World Cup in 2018.

Standing on the podium at the bottom of the famous Parisian avenue, with the setting sun at the Arc de Triomphe and Grande Arche de la Défense as a backdrop, the winner of the Tour will have – like all his fellow riders – accomplished the Parisian ritual.

Established in 1975, this involves riding up and down the Champs-Élysées eight times, totalling 1,910 legendary metres separating the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde from the star of the Place Charles-de-Gaulle.

A ride beside the Louvre Pyramid

Seen from above, the spectacle of the peloton winding like a long ribbon decorated around the Arc de Triomphe is magical. From the pavements lining the route of this final sprint, the enthusiasm of the public pushes the riders on through the Quai des Tuileries, Place des Pyramides and Rue de Rivoli in Paris.

Will they take a look as they go past? Not sure. Almost lying on their handlebars, they traditionally take this last stage at a crazy pace, overlooking the cobblestones and prestigious landmarks around. Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Ladurée and even, recently, the Galeries Lafayette, make up the exclusive backdrop of the peloton’s arrival on the Champs-Élysées.

Among the live support or behind your TV screen, it’s you who will enjoy all these beauties... happy as a spectator of the Tour!

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Tour de France 2024 to be held from June 29 to July 21

For the first time, the Grand Tour cycling race will start in Florence, Italy and finish in Nice, bypassing Paris due to the upcoming Olympics.

The Tour de France 2024 is all set to begin with the Grand Depart on June 29 and will wrap up on July 21.

To accommodate the preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, set to begin on July 26, several adjustments have been to this year's route.

Now in its 111th edition, the Tour de France will flag off from Florence and roll through a total distance of 3,492km underlined by 52,000m of elevation gain. The tour will reach Nice after 21 stages and for the first time, will bypass the French capital.

Spread across 23 days that includes two days of rest, the Tour de France will have two individual time trials. Four mountain-top finishes, a series of gravel sections for the first time, and a hilly time trial to Nice.

With Florence hosting the Grand Depart event this year, this is the first time that an Italian city will get the distinction. Last year, the Grand Depart was hosted by Spain.

The first stage will comprise a hilly 205km stretch from Florence to Rimini on the Adriatic coast while the second is set to depart from the Emilia-Romagna town of Cesena and end in University town Bologna. The third goes from Piacenza to Turin.

The fourth stage will also start in Italy at Pinerolo following which the action is set to move to France.

On July 20, the riders will resume from the Promenade des Anglais on a route up to the Col de la Couillole. On July 21, the 21st and final stage will be contested as a time trial between Monaco and Nice, instead of a traditional sprint on the Champs-Elysées.

This will be the first time since 1989 that the Tour will end in a time trial.

Jonas Vingegaard, who won his second straight title last year, will be the defending champion.

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The first 74 kilometres are as flat as can be and the the first cluster of hills appear. The Passo di Calbane – or, as the ASO puts it, Côte de Monticino – is 2 kilometres long and averages 7.5%. The route descends to Riolo Terme before the climb to Toranello, the Côte de Gallisterna, adds 1.2 kilometres at 12.8% to the mix.

After plunging down to Imola the Tour continues on the plains of Emilia-Romagna towards Bologna. But just before entering the town a left turn leads to Botteghino di Zocca. The road to the village climbs for 1.9 kilometres at 6.8%. Shortly after the descent the road goes uphill again, this time to Montecalvo, a 2.7 kilometres climb at 7.7%.

The riders cross the line in Bologna to enter two identical laps of 19 kilometer, both featuring an intriguing combo. The climb to the sanctuary of San Luca – 1.9 kilometres at 10.6% – and the climb to Montalbano – 1 kilometre at 5.4% – are divided by a 1.5 kilometres downhill. The last 9 kilometres of each lap are half on descent, half on the flat.

The San Luca was the main ingredient in the ITT on the first day of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. Primoz Roglic climbed into pink that day.

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• Experiencing the regional changes in culture, tradition, and amazing variety of landscapes from Channel to Med.
• From stunning riverside roads, wine filled fields, famous Col's to thrilling gorge descents, this tour has it all.
• Sample gastronomic delights with fine wines in peaceful towns and villages boasting beautiful historic architecture. 
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Start:   st malo.

Our first night 'arrival day'  Saturday  is spent exploring the historic walled town of St Malo. We start cycling after the optional dip of the wheel in the Channel at around 9am on  Sunday  morning.

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Challenging: For cyclists with stamina and a good level of fitness - requires training. Long days with some tough ascents.

Description

A classic french adventure from channel to med   .

Our 14 day tour takes us from Brittany’s St Malo shoreline and doesn’t stop until we reach the glamorous and warm Mediterranean waters of Nice on the French Riviera. Our journey of more than 900 miles takes us through no fewer than 19 of France’s regional départements as we ride into some of the country’s most striking and dramatic landscapes, discovering the true heart of rural France. 

With the Massif Central, Ardèche and Verdon gorges there is plenty of truly spectacular scenery and we are confident that this is a holiday you will remember fondly for a long time to come—and not forgetting the option to tackle Mont Ventoux if you wish! 

Tour Summary 

Passing through a patchwork of subtle and striking changes in terrain and landscape this is a route of two distinct halves. We begin by hugging the Brittany coastline, momentarily flirting with Normandy, and seeing the iconic Mont St Michel before heading south to the banks of France’s longest river, the Loire. 

The route then plunges down into the fruit and vineyard choked Ardèche département before following the famous gorge of the same name to the Rhône valley.

Crossing the Rhône announces our arrival in Provence. The towering shape of Mont Ventoux on the skyline, hot sun, lavender fields and blue-shuttered cafés, combine to make you feel as if you are in a separate country entirely. Finally, after an exhilarating descent to the Mediterranean coast we cruise along the Promenade des Anglais for a celebratory dip in the Med.

Overview of Route

Arrival day:   saturday > st malo.

Far more than just a ferry port, St Malo boasts the most impressive walled citadel on France’s northern coast as well as large stretches of sandy beach. The wide, sweeping bay to the east of the town makes a great starting point for your journey.

Take a stroll around the beautifully preserved fortified walls and the maze of cobbled streets in the old town, some of you might like to take a dip in the sea. In the evening we will eat at one of St Malo’s many restaurants for a chance to catch up and meet your fellow Pedal Europe riders, and chat about the epic journey ahead. 

Day 1: St. Malo to Chateaubourg

73 miles  | 118km |   2765ft  | 843 m

A gentle first day with friendly flat terrain, enjoying the wide expansive views of Mont St Michel and quiet back lanes of rural Brittany and Normandy.

Pedalling right from the hotel door we make our way to the official start on the beach front, just 500m away, for the obligatory photo with ‘La Manche’ (The Channel) against the backdrop of the tidal island of the Fort National, clearly visible from the promenade.

This morning’s ride takes us out of St Malo, hugging the coastline and this early part of the first stage gives a true taste of Brittany. We pass close to the small fishing port of Cancale, famous for its fresh oysters, before searching for the misty outline of Mont St Michel across the marshes and the vivid colours of the Cote d’Emeraude.

As we start pedalling inland, just before the town of Pontorson, don’t forget to have a look over your shoulder for your last glimpse of the sea for 2 weeks! Pedalling south-east away from the sea; the route winds through the tranquil roads of rural Normandy and Brittany, weaving our way past golden fields of hay and deep green pastures. The latter part of today’s stage passes through the town of Fougeres with its well preserved chateau then onto our over night stop in Chateaubourg.

Day 2:   Chateaubourg to Arville

69 miles  | 110km | 2502 ft  | 763 m

Starting with straight roads linking crests crowned with churches, we cross the great Loire river and meander through our first vineyards of the trip, arriving at the small town of Arville, with its fantasically preserved Windmill.

We head due south as we cross from Brittany into the deeply rural Mayenne and then the Loire. We pass though many small villages punctuated by occasional market towns such as Craon and Segre. Most settlements are located on top of small rises, their church spires each competing to be the tallest. A series of undulations along the straight roads ensure the next church is a great visual target to lure you south.

Just over 100km into today’s stage we cross the famous Loire River – France’s longest river at over 1,000km. We follow the great river upstream, starting with the 

Day 3:   Arville to Richelieu

78 miles  | 121km | 3185 ft  | 970 m

From Arville we take mainly cycle path to Angers past its imposing castle ramparts. Pushing on in the morning through farmland and orchards heading for the lovely, lazy Loire River – France’s longest river at over 1,000km. We follow the river east on a lovely route passing through ancient villages to Saumur, the ‘pearl of the Loire’ and thence through its famous vineyards.

For those with the time there will be chance to visit the famous castle at Chinon, before heading on to our evening at Richelieu, home to the infamous Cardinal.  

Day 4:   Richelieu to Argenton-Sur-Cruese

80 miles  | 127km | 3692 ft  | 1125  m

Leaving Richelieu behind we will continue southwards. Our generally flat route takes us into the Brenne National Park. This calm, quiet area is known for its many forests, lakes, interesting habitats and rare aquatic species. Further along we will join with the River Creuse and follow this majestic river through to Argenton-sur-Cruese our overnight stop. 

Day 5:    Argenton-sur-Cruese to Aubusson

78 miles  | 125km | 5471 ft  | 1667 m

We will start to notice the hills increase today as we continue towards the Massif Central. Todays ride follows the River Cruese for large parts on roads where you hardly see anyone. A lovely day in the saddle will see us arrive at the attractive town of Aubusson which is know throughout France for it’s fine tapestries. 

Day 6:   Aubusson to Le Mont Dore

60 miles  | 96km |  5692 ft  | 1734 m

From Aubusson we cycle through the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region known for its stunning vistas and volcanic landscape. 

We will cycle through a number of woodlands amongst yet more stunning scenery and find ourselves in Le Mont Dore. Surrounded by mountains Le Mont Dore acts as a ski resort in the winter and attracts many walkers and bikers during the summer.

Day 7:  Le Mont Dore to St Flour

66 miles  | 106km |  5951 ft  | 1813 m

The days starts with a long scenic climb out of this beautiful ski-resort towards Col de La Croix, greeted with a fantastic view over the valley before a superb long descent.

After a couple of further climbs to lunch the afternoon contains some excellent downhills on silky smooth tarmac. We will finish our ride in the hilltop town of Saint Flour. Nicely situated in the Auvergne region the upper town affords superb views over the surrounding area.

Day 8:  St Flour to Mende

52 miles  | 83km |  5124 ft  | 1561 m

Once we have left St Flour a our road takes you over to the Viaduc de Garabit where the road descends to a scenic lake. The scenery is stunning so we hardly notice we are climbing for the early part of the day.

As we enter wolf country beware the ‘Beast of Gevaudan’ snapping at your heels! The roads here are fantastic with little traffic to disturb some amazing views. 

Day 9:   Mende to Les Vans

51 miles  | 83km |  3532 ft  | 1076 m

Initially we follow the Lot River towards its source along a meandering valley then we have 2 very gentle cols, punctuated by a seemingly endless descent down a fantastic winding valley for 15 miles and we will pass by the impressive Chateaux de Champ before arriving at our lovely picnic spot overlooking the Lake L’Altier.

In the afternoon we descend through the cool pine forests of the Cévennes to the warm valleys of the Ardèche crammed with vineyards and fruit orchards

Day 10:  Les Arcs to Malaucene

83 miles  | 93km |  5141 ft  | 1207 m

Our morning brew stop is at the stunning Pont d’ Arc, the gateway to the Gorges de l’Ardèche and ride along a superb road with fantastic vistas around every bend.

Further along the road descends and we will pass through St Martin before we catch our first glimpse of Ventoux, the mountain that will be ever present for the next few days. Further along we will cross over the River Rhone and enter the wine growing region of the Rhone and pass through vineyards and orchards. 

Day 11:    Malaucene to Sault

28 miles  | 61km | 5985 ft  | 1937 m

Today you will follow in the footsteps of some of previous Tour de France greats and begin your climb of the iconic Mont Ventoux.

This classic ride is a tough climb but you will be rewarded with fine panoramic views over area. A long descent takes you down into Sault where you will have a well deserved rest. For those who do not fancy climbing Ventoux you can cycle the stunning Gorge Du Nesque which is also a fantastic ride.

Day 12:   Sault to Moustiers-St-Marie

67 miles  | 107km | 4704 ft  | 1434 m

We will leave Sault and cycle through the delightful lavender fields of Provence.

Further along we will pass through a number of ancient towns and villages and you will also notice the landscape change too as the lavender fields are replaced by steep sided valleys and stunted old trees. As the afternoon approaches a number of fantastic views opens up as we get closer to the picture postcard town of Moustier St Marie. Perched on a cliff face and guarded by the towns star, a lovely place to spend the night.

Day 13:   Moustiers-St-Marie to Castellane

52 miles  | 83km | 4457 ft  | 1450 m

One of the most spectacular days cycling of the tour awaits as we venture into the Gorges de Verdon.

This stunning gorge is the 2nd largest gorge in the world after the Grand Canyon in USA and makes for some truly memorable cycling. The azure waters of the Lac de Saint Croix marks the start of the glorious ascent to the top of the canyon. After lunch the route is mostly flat and down hill as the route takes us along the top of the gorge then down to the strikingly aquamarine Verdon River which we follow to all the way to Castellane.

Day 14:  Castellane to Nice

57 miles  | 91km | 3407 ft  | 1038 m

Our final day in the saddle is another stunning ride. A climb away from Castellane reveals superb views back over the town before the road flattens out and continues along a lovely valley surrounded by mountains. The route plunges from the high Provençal plateau, clinging to cliffs and weaving through arches blasted through the rock to the precariously perched village of Greoliers.

From Greoliers we lose nearly 1,000m as we descend thorough the tight twists of the Gorge du Loup, reaching the Med at Cagnes-sur-Mer. We pass from Cagnes into nearby Nice where we ride along the famous ‘Promenade des Anglais’ to dip our wheels in the warm sea and reflect on our epic journey through France  before our final photo’s and group meal.

Departure Day

If you are departing on Sunday we'll as ever organise transport to Airports or Railway Stations based on people's required times - we'll request these from you nearer the time. Should you want to stay on and enjoy Nice a little longer that is no problem.

However the Pedal Britain team will be departing early for the long journey home on Sunday with your bikes. 

What's included

     15 nights bed & breakfast accommodation.

We stay in a great mix of cyclist friendly Hotels or B&B's. Where ever it is possible we all stay together in the same accommodation as a group. No need to check in Pedal Britain team will have done that for you, just collect your key and relax. Bikes are either locked in a secure area of the hotel or in your room. Breakfasts are all included with a choice of Full or Continental available.

 Fully Supported Tour 

The Pedal Britain support van is never far away to provide any assistance you need, be it access to your day bag, resolve a mechanical issue, report a first aid problem or just have a morale boosting chat. Just phone the driver or tap helmet as we pass if you need anything and we'll stop for you.  

Daily Luggage Transfer

The support vehicle moves all of your luggage between each nights accommodation. Luxury, wherever time allows we'll even put it in your room for you. Also we recommend leaving a day bag in the support van to further reduce what you need to carry on the bike.

Includes Lunch and Brew Stop Refreshments 

Lunches are a mix of rolling buffets in pubs and cafes or a picnic in a very scenic spot. The famous Pedal Britain pop up café delivers welcome brew stops at strategic points along the route to keep energy levels up providing you with water, tea, coffee, fruit, biscuits, cake, flap jacks and anything else you specifically request.

Expert Cycling and Tour Guides

Pedal Britain prides itself on having staff with a 'can-do' attitude, their entire focus is on ensuring they attend to your every need, to ensure that you have the best experience possible. They have detailed knowledge of the route, are first aid qualified and decent mechanics - but most importantly they care about you. When asked 'What makes Pedal Britain better than others?' quite simply it is our amazing staff - the one thing our competition cannot copy.

Pedal Britain Tour App & Detailed Route Notes

From here you can download the relevant file format for the daily route maps - GPX, TCX etc.. These can then easily be transferred to whatever GPS unit you are using such as a Garmin or Wahoo.

Don't have a GPS unit? No problem, just download our APP and it turns your Smart Phone into a GPS unit with turn by turn route navigation.

We also provide very detailed route notes which act as both information about the days cycling and back up to your electronic gadgets.

Live Tracking App

Pedal Britain Live Tracker app allows family and friends to see how well your progressing. The same tracker also helps us keep you safe and also ensure your following the route!!

Facebook Tour Groups

We will invite you to join a closed Facebook group for your specific tour. This enables you to get to know people before the holiday and provides a platform to share training experiences or any questions, concerns you may have before the tour.

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Evening Meals  - although group bookings will be made at local restaurants attendance is optional, however payment isn’t!!

Travel Insurance -  We highly recommend you take out insurance 

Transport to Start at St Malo or home from the End in Nice

Easy Bike Transfer  (Available for a Fee or Free if dropping & collecting)

Single Room Option  (Limited number available for a supplement of £500pp)

Cycle Hire  (Contact us to discuss options)

Travel logistics

Getting to the start - st malo.

Easiest way is via the overnight ferry which departs from Portsmouth at around 8.30pm on Friday evening arriving in St.Malo at 8.30am on Saturday - giving you the day to explore the town or surrounding area.

Estimated Cost - around £40 one way for foot passenger and reserved seat or £100 if you wanted a cabin (less if sharing)

Sadly direct flights to Dinard have been stopped since COVID. But there are still plenty of options:

Rennes  - You can fly direct from Gatwick and then get either the train or taxi from Rennes to St Malo (1 hour away)  

Paris - You can fly to Paris then either connect to Rennes by air. Alternatively you can catch the train from Paris to St Malo. Once in Paris another option is hiring a 'one way' car and drive to St Malo perhaps with an overnight enroute. 

There is a train station in St Malo and can be reached with 2 changes in around 6hr 30mins from London:

Euro Star from St Pancaras to Paris Gare du Nord, change here for train to Rennes, changing here for train to St Malo. Estimated cost for this is around £100 one way based on leaving London at 7.52 arriving St Malo 3.30pm on Saturday. Or of course you can travel up the day before and spend time in St Malo.

Getting Home

There are regular and relatively cheap flights from Nice Airport which is 10-15 minutes from the Centre in Taxi or there is a bus which takes 30 minutes. 

By Rail  

There are trains from Nice to London leaving around which take around 12 hours leaving Nice at 12.30pm with one change in Paris arriving into London St Pancras around 11.30pm - around £150-£170. With later trains you will need to stay overnight in Paris - cheaper but require accommodation.

Bike transfer

Getting your bike to st malo & from nice.

Update for 2023 Tours

Procedures for taking our vans full of equipment and bikes into the EU changed from  1st January 2022 . There are now many extra pieces of paperwork that we need to complete, but the one that affects customers joining our European tours is called an  ATA carnet .

This document details every item and piece of equipment that we take into the EU, for customs this has to be the same when we return to the UK and has to be completed for every van that we take to/from the EU.

We can still take bicycles, helmets and saddle bags over into the EU.

I'm afraid that we can no longer take your personal luggage .

A further restriction is  what we take out has to be exactly the same as what we bring back,  so there is no flexibility to offer one way transport for your bike. If that did happen then we would be subject to a 20% charge of the value of the bike.

Each ATA carnet is subject to a fee and also a security bond payment which is dependent on the value of the bikes that we are carrying over in each van. You will be requested 8 weeks prior to the trip to complete a customs declaration form that we use on the ATA Carnet. 

It is for this reason that sadly we can no longer take bikes to/from the EU for free and will have to charge  £50 per bike  to cover the additional charges (covers both ways) which is in addition to any charges listed below for bike transfers and will be added to your balance invoice. 

Option 1:  Customer Drop Off  / Collection

FREE of Charge

If you can bring your bike to our offices in Northamptonshire then we will take your bike  Free of Charge . No need to dismantle we'll take it fully assembled and safely secure it in the support vehicle for transporting to St Malo and Pedal Britain will bring your bike back from Nice.

Option 2:   Bike Collection or Delivery -  Pedal Britain Support Van

Cost for this service is £75.00 per bike - One Way to Start or From the End

On the Tuesday and Wednesday before a tour starts and in the week after a tour end, based on geographical location of clients that have signed up for this service, Pedal Britain's support van will come to an address of your choosing, which could be work, home or cycle shop to collect / deliver your bike. This means our van will transport your bike to St Malo for the start, and will bring your bike back from Nice then deliver to you in week after.

No need for dismantling we'll take it fully assembled and safely secure in the support vehicle for transporting. 

Option 3:   Bike Collection or Delivery  -  Transport Partner

If you happen to fall outside the geographical area being covered by the support van prior to the tour then do not despair we have an alternative solution.

On the Monday before a tour starts we'll arrange for our trusted transport partner to collect your bike from an address of your choosing, which could be work, home or cycle shop and deliver your bike to Pedal Britain.

Clients will need to securely package up their own bike in a Medium size (150 x 22 x 90 cm) cardboard bike box. A local bike shop will for free or small fee provide a suitable box and much of the packing material you will need for this. Pedal Britain will bring your bike back from Nice and return your bike to you the same way in the week after a tour ends.

We cannot via this service accept helmets or any day bags packed inside the boxes.

Bike Transfer Service: Both Ways

Total Cost is  £150.00  per bike 

Terms & Conditions of Bike Transfer Service

• Pedal Britain cannot be held responsible for any damage that occurs in transit - although we will obviously take great care of bikes in transit
• Where a third party is being used Pedal Britain cannot be held responsible for any damage in transit
• We recommend that you have insurance in place to cover you for any accidental damage or theft during transit

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Tour champion Vingegaard still hopes to be in ‘top shape’ for this year’s race after bad crash

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard pedals on his way to win the fifth stage of the Tirreno Adriatico cycling race, from Torricella Sicura to Valle Castellana, Italy, Friday, March 8, 2024. Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is back on his bike a month after the bad crash that left him with a collarbone and several ribs broken, and the Danish rider aims to compete this summer at cycling’s biggest race. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP, File)

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PARIS (AP) — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is back on his bike, just a month after a bad crash that left him several broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

And the Danish rider is still hoping to compete at this year’s Tour, which starts in seven weeks.

“I feel good, it’s improving day by day,” Vingegaard said in a video released by his team, Visma–Lease a Bike. “I still have some things to recover from, but it’s going better and better. Of course I hope to be there at the start of the Tour de France. We don’t know exactly how my shape and how my recovery will go, but I will do everything I can to get there in my top shape.”

Vingegaard was hospitalized in Spain last month following the crash that involved other top riders during a chaotic Tour of the Basque Country. He also sustained a broken collarbone and a pulmonary contusion during the accident, which came less than three months before the start of the Tour de France on June 29.

He was back in the saddle on Tuesday.

“This is the first time back on the bike for me riding outside, and it’s really nice to finally be able to ride like normal again,” Vingegaard said in the video, standing by his bicycle. “Finally to be able to ride on the road is really amazing and I’m really looking forward to taking the next steps.”

Before the crash, Vingegaard had been considered one of the top favorites at the Tour again alongside his rival Tadej Pogacar, who is aiming for a Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double this year.

Vingegaard was hardly moving when he was put into an ambulance wearing an oxygen mask and neck brace after the crash with less than 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) remaining in the stage. The pileup also took out Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel, along with several other riders, many of whom needed hospital treatment.

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Luke Rowe, who helped 3 leaders win the Tour de France, will retire at the end of the season

Britain's Luke Rowe competes in the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start and finish in Marseille, southern France, on July 22, 2017. British cyclist Luke Rowe, who played a role in five Tour de France victories for three different leaders, will retire at the end of the season. The 34-years-old Rowe, a good classic rider, has been riding with the team which was then known as Sky since 2012. He took part in eight consecutive editions of the Tour de France. Credit: AP/Claude Paris

LONDON — British cyclist Luke Rowe, who played a role in five Tour de France victories for three different leaders, will retire at the end of the season, his Ineos Grenadiers team said Friday.

The 34-year-old Rowe, a good classic rider, has been with the team which was previously known as Sky since 2012.

He took part in eight consecutive editions of the Tour, helping Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to victory, often in the role of road captain.

Rowe had signed a new 2-year contract to remain with Ineos Grenadiers through to 2025 but decided to bring forward his retirement by a season after getting injured in a crash during the E3 Saxo Classic in March.

“I’ve had an amazing career and I have absolutely no regrets," he said. “But the last 18 months have been testing in different ways and with this latest crash and resulting injury, it just feels like now is the right time to bow out, head home to Wales and spend a bit more time with my family.”

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Rowe says he still hopes to race again this year, “with the Tour of Britain being my dream race to end on.”

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Luke Rowe rode in eight Tour de France races between 2015 and 2022

• Published 3 May 2024

Luke Rowe is to retire from professional cycling a year early at the end of the 2024 season, following his latest injury.

The 34-year-old Welsh rider had a contract until the end of 2025 but has confirmed this will be his final season in the men's World Tour peloton.

Rowe has been with Ineos Grenadiers, formerly Team Sky, for the past 12 years and has established himself as one of the leading super-domestiques in cycling.

As well as multiple top-10 finishes in the Classics, he rode in eight successive Tour de France races, helping Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to victory.

“I’ve had an amazing career and I have absolutely no regrets," said Rowe.

"But the last 18 months have been testing in different ways and with this latest crash and resulting injury, it just feels like now is the right time to bow out, head home to Wales and spend a bit more time with my family.

“I’ve got so many amazing memories and have loved every part of being a professional cyclist.

"I’ve been incredibly lucky to spend all 13 years as a pro bike rider with one team, and it’s been a team who has supported me 100% through the good times and the bad."

Luke Rowe helped close friend and fellow Welshman Geraint Thomas win the Tour de France in 2018

Rowe is recovering from injury in a crash during a one-day race in Belgium in March that is likely to rule him out of another Tour de France, although he is targeting the Tour of Britain as a final race in a glittering career.

“I am working with the team and doctors to try and get back on the bike, with the Tour of Britain being my dream race to end on. It would be pretty special to end my career racing around the UK in front of home fans," he said.

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'Fearless and gritty'

Rowe began his career on the track, becoming a three-time British madison champion with three different team-mates before joining then Team Sky in 2012.

“Luke is a massive part of what makes this team so special," said Ineos Grenadiers chief executive John Allert.

"He has been here since the early years and has played a huge part in our biggest wins and some of the most iconic moments in the team’s history.

“Not only is Luke a fearless, gritty, powerhouse of a racer who can read and control a race like few other riders, he’s a fantastic personality and team-mate off the bike too."

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Xi Jinping begins first European tour in five years in France

Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Europe in five years, which is likely to be dominated by Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as economic strains between Beijing and Brussels.

The first stop will be France, with Xi due to hold talks in Paris on May 6 with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, before travelling south to the Pyrenees.

After that, he will travel to Serbia and Hungary, two countries that have maintained close ties with Russia despite its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

According to Matt Geracim, the assistant director of the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, the Chinese president is travelling to Europe with three goals: “repairing relations in Europe damaged by China’s support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, blunting the EU’s economic security agenda vis-a-vis China, and showcasing Beijing’s strong ties with its stalwart partners Serbia and Hungary.”

Here is all you need to know about Xi’s European tour, which continues until Friday.

The big picture

Beijing and Paris are marking 60 years since diplomatic relations were established, with France the first Western country to formally recognise the People’s Republic of China on January 27, 2024.

But the trip also comes amid a deteriorating global security climate, with the war in Ukraine now into its third year and at least 34,683 Palestinians killed in Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

France has said those two conflicts, particularly Ukraine where Beijing has professed neutrality but not condemned Moscow for its full-scale invasion, will feature prominently in the talks.

“Exchanges will focus on international crises, first and foremost the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East,” the Elysee Palace said in a statement ahead of the visit last week.

Macron has recently emerged as one of the most hawkish of the EU leaders on the continent’s security, and he will be urging Xi to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. In an interview with the Economist newspaper published last week, the French president argued the war was existential for Europe.

“If Russia wins in Ukraine there will be no security in Europe,” he said. “Who can pretend that Russia will stop there?” What security would there be, he asked, for neighbouring countries: Moldova, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and others?

To underline the unity of the European position, von der Leyen will also join Monday’s discussions, which are due to get under way just after 11am (09:00 GMT).

As well as the Ukraine war, Europe is also concerned about Chinese business practices and has initiated an investigation into China’s subsidies for electric vehicle manufacturers, amid concerns such payments are undermining competition and harming European companies.

Macron told the Economist that he would also convey to Xi why Europe needs to safeguard its own manufacturers and industries.

Ahead of Xi’s departure last week, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Beijing was ready to “work with France and the EU to take this meeting as an opportunity to make the China-EU relations more strategic, stable, constructive and mutually beneficial, promote steady and sustained progress in China-EU relations, and contribute to the prosperity of both China and Europe and a peaceful world.”

Following Monday’s summit, Marcon and his wife, Brigitte, will host Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to a state banquet.

On Tuesday, Macron will take the Chinese leader to the Pyrenees mountains, where he made regular trips to see his grandmother as a child. The two couples are also expected to take a cable car up to the summit of the 2,877-metre (9,439 ft) Pic du Midi, a dark sky reserve.

After wrapping his trip in France, Xi will head to Serbia where he will arrive in Belgrade on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy for talks with President Aleksandar Vucic. Three people were killed when Washington said it accidentally struck the compound during the NATO air campaign against Serb forces occupying Kosovo, in an event that triggered outrage and protests in China.

China has since emerged as the biggest single source of investment in Serbia, which is not a member of the EU, and prior to the trip Lin, the MOFA spokesperson, referred to the two countries’ ties as “ironclad”.

“The bombing remains a significant topic for Chinese officials, who use it to support narratives that question the values of liberal democracies,” Stefan Vladisavljev, programme director at Foundation BFPE for a Responsible Society wrote in an online analysis. “For Serbia, the visit presents an opportunity to strengthen its position as China’s main partner in the Western Balkans.”

Xi will then travel on May 8 to Budapest, the final stop on his European tour.

There he will meet Hungarian President Viktor Orban, the most Russia-friendly leader in the EU.

Hungary, whose policies have raised concern among other EU members, has become more closely aligned with Beijing and Moscow and recently signed a security cooperation agreement with China that allows Chinese police officers to work in areas where there are large populations of ethnic Chinese or which are popular with Chinese tourists, according to Zoltan Feher is a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub.

Reports on such Chinese police stations have raised alarm in other parts of Europe, particularly among exiles and dissidents.

Hungary is also part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which it joined in 2015, and the two men are likely to discuss the ongoing construction of the high-speed rail between Budapest and Belgrade.

Ukraine war

Macron has spoken increasingly about the need to develop Europe’s own security architecture rather than rely on NATO and the US.

He has even suggested that France would be willing to send its troops to Ukraine, if Russia broke through the front lines and Kyiv asked for assistance.

China has long maintained it is neutral in the war, but Beijing and Moscow have deepened their ties since the full-scale invasion began, and Putin is expected to visit China this month.

Macron will be hoping to persuade Xi of the need for China to get more closely involved in efforts to secure peace as Switzerland organises a peace conference next month to discuss a 10-point plan put forward by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of 2022.

The Swiss say they have already invited more than 160 delegations, but it is not clear whether Beijing, which has also put forward a proposal for peace talks and deployed its own envoy in the region, will attend.

Russia has repeatedly dismissed the process, and insists a precursor for negotiations is that Kyiv give up the 20 percent of its territory that Russia currently occupies.

“We must continue to engage China, which is objectively the international player with the greatest leverage to change Moscow’s mind,” the French newspaper Le Monde quoted an unnamed diplomatic source as saying.

Human rights

Chinese state media have been reporting breathlessly on Xi’s arrival in Paris; the streets decorated with Chinese and French flags and groups of Chinese nationals welcoming their president.

But campaigners for Tibet and Xinjiang, where the United Nations says China may have committed crimes against humanity in holding some 1 million ethnic Uighur Muslims in re-education camps, were also out on the streets of the capital.

The EU imposed targeted sanctions on certain Chinese officials and companies over Xinjiang in March 2021, prompting anger in Beijing.

Human Rights Watch says while the French president did not raise the issue publicly on his visit to China last year, he should do so while Xi is in Paris and call for the release of those arbitrarily detained or imprisoned including Ilham Tohti, an Uighur economist who was awarded the Sakharov Prize, Europe’s most prominent human rights award in 2019.

The human rights organisation said Macron should also raise the issue of Tibet, where some 1 million Tibetan children are being placed in boarding schools and separated from their language and culture, and Hong Kong, once the most free territory in China but now subject to two draconian security laws.

“President Macron should make it clear to Xi Jinping that Beijing’s crimes against humanity come with consequences for China’s relations with France,” Maya Wang, the acting China director at Human Rights Watch said in a statement. “France’s silence and inaction on human rights would only embolden the Chinese government’s sense of impunity for its abuses, further fuelling repression at home and abroad.”

On April 30, Macron was pictured at the Elysee Palace with Penpa Tsering, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile, on the sidelines of a ceremony to honour former Senator Andre Gattolin, a longtime supporter Tibet, who was awarded the Legion d’Honneur.

Penpa Tsering presented the French president with a signed photo of his 2016 meeting with the Dalai Lama and “urged him not to forget Tibet”, according to a report the Central Tibetan Administration.

“We understand that the agenda between the two presidents will be dense given the many international crises such as in Ukraine and in the Middle East, but this must not be done at the expense of exchanges on human rights, which are in a deplorable state throughout the country as well as in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet, where a latent conflict has been going on for over 60 years and poses a threat to regional and international security,” Vincent Metten, the EU policy director for the International Campaign for Tibet said in a statement.

In Freedom House’s 2024 report on Freedom in the World, Tibet’s overall score was zero out of 100; the lowest in at least eight years.

Maryse Artiguelong, the vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), said: “The conflict in Ukraine highlights the threat posed to international order and security by authoritarian regimes such as Russia and the People’s Republic of China. Their aggressive foreign policies and repressive domestic policies are inextricably linked: Anyone who does not oppose China’s human rights violations risks one day facing its aggressive foreign policy.”

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