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Just for a laugh I looked it up on the interrail site and it takes 22-23 hours to get from Paris to Santiago by train, 3 departures a day, 3 changes.
Probably the best way from London would be to get the sleeper from Paris to Toulouse, leaving at 21:40, which gets you to Santiago at 20:32 the next day, via Narbonne and Madrid.
To catch that you would need to get the 2:30pm Eurostar, or first train to Dover and a ferry if you don't want to take your fork out.
It's not impossible, but the route planning is probably harder than for the race, and the additional time makes it impractical for most people.
Bilbao/Santander - Santiago looks like 9-10 hours, 1-2 changes, so not easy either, probably longer door-to-door.
There are direct flights from Gatwick and Stansted.