Etape du Tour entry.

johnjohn3423

Hi,

I cant find it on the website (http://www.letapedutour.com) but does anybody know what time today the online entry opens at?

lazycyclist

Last year, I think it opened at either 1100 or 1200 French time, so 1000 or 1100 here - I can't remember exactly but i will be checking for the next couple of hours!

lazycyclist

I checked the french version out of curiousity and it's open via www.asochallenges.com if you speak french. Am in a queue with a waiting time of over 300 mins

johnjohn3423

If you open the page in Chrome it will translate it for you. Waiting time 552 minuts

lazycyclist

34 mins for me, just waiting for my internet connection to be cut with 1 min to go...

letape

There was no problem getting an entry on line last year. I entered about a week after the entry was open and even a few months later I was still able to enter the second Act; although there were two Acts to choose from last year.

Koobcam

"More than 15 minutes" right now...

johnjohn3423

After a long 15 minutes I was able to enter, through the Chrome translated French page. Hope I filled it in right.

lazycyclist

Yeh got mine, after a long wait, a page crash and re-entry! Tehn booked my flight to Geneva, rang the Aer Lingus helpdesk after to book the bike on and am told they are full and won't take any more bikes. Typical.

nigelhic

Anyone hiring a bike in France? Must be plenty of options, right? Thought hiring a bike for 2-3 days had to be cheaper and less hassle than taking it with you. Especially for me with a bulk standard bike, chance to get a nice full carbon, will need all the help I can to get around. Newby to cycling anyone seen any Annecy-Semnoz specific training plans yet.

Any must do sportives before the Etape, Wicklow 200, etc.

kilns

Has everybody booked their accomodation up for the etape?

I have just booked into a campsite, which is perfect and meets all the needs

johnjohn3423

Im going to go with this crowd http://www.trail-seekers.com/.

irlgw

kilns wrote: »

Has everybody booked their accomodation up for the etape?

I have just booked into a campsite, which is perfect and meets all the needs

Some of the sites I found box you in for the whole week. I found a B&B 15k from Anncey and the rates are similar to the campsites! Will try to find a few more sites sites in the area.

Have a roof tent for the jeep and will park up on Alp D'huez after the etape. Still need a plan for watching the stage on ventoux. Leaving Ireland on 29th june to drive down and going to stay until the finish. Idea is to cycle 100k a couple of the days as we cross france. Hopes its good irish weather on the day of the etape:cool:

kilns

irlgw wrote: »

Some of the sites I found box you in for the whole week. I found a B&B 15k from Anncey and the rates are similar to the campsites! Will try to find a few more sites sites in the area.

Have a roof tent for the jeep and will park up on Alp D'huez after the etape. Still need a plan for watching the stage on ventoux. Leaving Ireland on 29th june to drive down and going to stay until the finish. Idea is to cycle 100k a couple of the days as we cross france. Hopes its good irish weather on the day of the etape:cool:

I have booked via Eurocamp, the have mobile homes and tents and even the tents have proper beds in them

nooneuno

kilns wrote: »

I have booked via Eurocamp, the have mobile homes and tents and even the tents have proper beds in them

Hi Kilns,

I'm looking to book into a camp also. Can you PM me the location?