Afraid on missing out on something important? Or you are just keen to have knowledge of La Grande Boucle? Read the best tips on what you won’t hear on television about tour the France.
Getting stuck in a crowd by the track somewhere in France is a different experience to watching the race on television where you have a perfect overview of how things unfold, you count the spacing, see who is leading, and you know about every duel and puncture, however asides getting stress up with matchless atmosphere, you will experience things the TV will never convey, for instance, the energy they put into the race, you will witness the cyclists tackle at high speed of a motorbike, how captivatingly fast the lead cyclists are, and how easy they rode pass the hill on the route you sweating like crazy to pass through. Only here will you understand that professional cyclists are an explosive cocktail of self-mortification, discipline and intense state of happiness.

Fan apparel and flags

The audience is usually split into hardcore fans who wear special costumes, and civilian spectators who could easily be mistaken for visitors to the Louvre at the beginning, but as the day wears on the difference blurs everyone who comes along gets sucked in by the atmosphere and wants to join the whirling vortex of excitement. This is crowned by the caravan of advertising floats, transforming the people along official route into a thousand of audience cheering the cyclist ultras. Get prepare because no matter how big the flag you take to France there will always be a bigger one right by.

Cyclists

This trip takes you along the beautiful tree-lined path of Canal du Midi, from ancient Roman cities to the shores of the Mediterranean coast. Take a leisurely ride on this ‘easy’ graded trip through the natural beauty of the Corbières area this an extraordinary opportunity to try out what is like to ride the routes of the stages where professionals battle it out, if you are athletic, you will enjoy the reception during heavy climbs as the big stars.

Benevolence

Tour de France is a huge national holiday in France, in which they turn blind eye to almost leaving your car anywhere, and don’t forgetting to stop off to sample the local French wine and delicacies! Some might even come to offer you a glass of their homemade wine free.

The darling of the tour

Seen from the sky and filmed by drones or helicopters, the tour route resembles a long ribbon winding its way through France’s stunning landscapes: the peaks of the alps, the beaches of the cote d Azur, the groves of Normandy will captivate you. The atmosphere is trilling even those who came for the first time often got swallowed up by it. Even though people come from different countries and often don’t understand each other, they are always able to communicate, simply because they want to

Food and drink

France the food paradise- like Eden before eve was tempted with the apple. Taking food with you sound like a punishable offence. In big cities this might sound cool, but in small mountain village be ready to get spoil with food and drinks by the shops and restaurants that are designed to accommodate a few hundred locals and not hordes of thousands. On top of that, experienced tour de france fans know that, besides having itinerary on them, they also need large supplies of food, drinks, toiletries, a chair, a blanket, a raincoat and a parasol.

Most borne event you will ever see live....I swear!

You wait for god knows how many hours, then when they pass in front of you, it's over in less than a minute. For all the road cycle fans, Best watch it at home.