2026 Tour de France program and race guide
The official Tour de France race guide and program ALWAYS SELLS OUT. It has all the info you need to watch the Tour de France in person or on TV. Here is how to find it.
Posted: 23 Oct 2025
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Where to cycle: Rhône-Alpes
Cycling accommodation review: Chalet Giettaz, French Alps
Need cycling accommodation in the Alps? Andy Hodges checked out Chalet Giettaz on Col des Aravis.
Read moreCycling accommodation review: The Nest, Les Gets
After a cold descent of Col de Joux Plane, Andy Hodges checked into The Nest at Les Gets.
Read moreCycling accommodation review: Alpine Velo Montalbert
Andy Hodges stayed at Alpine Velo's Montalbert chalet in the Tarentaise Valley on a recent trip through the French Alps.
Read moreBike hire in Morzine
News: High-spec road bike hire is now available from Tri4theAlps in Morzine.
Read moreUCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Meribel
The final round of the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Finals will be held in Méribel, August 23-24.
Read moreCycling accommodation review: White Eden Chalet, Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Andy Hodges parked his bike at the White Eden chalet, just south-east of Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Tarentaise Valley.
Read moreClimbing the Galibier, Alpe d'Huez and other cols in September and October
Reader Q&A: Andrew emailed to ask whether it was possible to climb the higher cols of the Alps well into September and October.
Read moreCycling the Dolce Via
We sent Jacqui Brown off to bike the 75km Dolce Via veloroute in the Eyrieux river valley of the Ardèche. Here's Jacqui's report.
Read moreRiding the Ardèchoise Cyclosportive
Adrian Brown rode the Ardèchoise Cyclosportive for us in 2016. His one-woman support team, his wife Jacqui, sent us this report from the road side.
Read moreLearn French while cycling in the Alps
Here's a great idea – French lessons in the Alps combined with Morzine cycling holidays and mountain biking.
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