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If you want to be close to the monsters, Tourmalet, Aspin, Aubisque then you should be a bit further west. Velopyrenees is well into the mountains near Col de Bales. Outside the French holiday season mid Jul - August it is easy to find accommodation in small hotels, everyone likes cyclists. The regional tourist offices have all the hotel info.
I have done both versions of the Raid Pyreneen booking hotels a day in advance for a group of six, or on the fly when going solo. The touriste route with 28 cols in 10 days was the best trip ever. Choose any section of this west of Prades and you can't go wrong.
Top tip: if you stay at Hotel Tech in Arrens, eat somewhere else.