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No chance of leaving anything there
That's going to be interesting. I'd planned to wear a normal set of clothes/shoes and put them in a backpack or something to leave at the hotel. Do you know of any other options for bag drops? Ah, I missed your last paragraph.. 'consigne' is what I'll be looking for. Le pain in the butt all this logistics.
I've booked my bike on the Eurostar both ways so that should (better) be fine
hippy
Very basic and odd automated showers, but clean room and no problems with bike in the room (since there isn't really anyone manning the hotel). No chance of leaving anything there (unless you pay for the room whilst you're riding the event).
Get the breakfast at the hotel but then go into StQeY and there are loads of cafes there for 2nd breakfast, lunch, etc plus food available near the start. I assume you're starting sometime between 4pm and 5pm so that's perfect.
Bike with Eurostar could be interesting. Sometimes it can take up to 24h to get there (it's not guaranteed to be on your train). Would be worth looking into this in advance and maybe dropping it off a day early to guarantee it'll be there when you get there.
Dunno if there's an official consigne (left luggage) at the start this year (there was in 2011). I used that as I didn't have any other option.