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Yeah some dude did the giro and tour last year.
Would get up super early on race day each day.
Sounds like fun.But the tour takes big roads, I'd rather get off the main roads and into the countryside.
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Has anyone tried riding the route of the Tour de France whilst it's happening?
A family friend did something I think they called "one day ahead" where they did the route one day a head of the Tour. It was pretty tough apparently. I will look to see if they have a page or blog that's still active.
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Here's the original page http://onedayahead.co.uk I don't know if they were the first to do it, but it now looks like a regular thing: http://www.beforethetour.com
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Has anyone tried riding the route of the Tour de France whilst it's happening? I'm thinking it would be great to ride the closed roads a few hours before the race begins/ the inevitable catch of my lone breakaway
I might attempt to ride the Abbeville - Le Harve and Livarot - Fougeres stages before catching the St Malo ferry back to the UK.