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Violene Violene Saubert Post Count: 2 Msg: #1 27 weeks ago, July 2nd 2009 | I want to go to Paris in July to see the Tour de France. | I know that it will end in the Champs Elysees. I saw the avenue on a visit on champselysees.org, and it seems like a nice place to see it. The avenue is big, do you think I will see the Tour de France ? And if I don\'t see it do you think that they will show it on the website ?  Mell Mell Post Count: 15453 Msg: #2 26 weeks ago, July 3rd 2009 | Hello Violene |  I dont know the answers to your questions, so hopefully somebody else does. But, in the meantime here is a link to the 2008 Tour de France thread. Tour de France 2008 Mel Mell Mell Post Count: 15453 Msg: #3 26 weeks ago, July 3rd 2009 | www.letour.fr and the great www.cyclingnews.com have up to the minute live updates, but I'm not so sure about live images. Those can be found on many sites though. Eurosport and ARD/ZDF (German TV) have sites with live webcasts. The C-E is a great place to see it because they thunder up and down the C-E a number of times, so you'll see the cyclists several times. At 60 km/h though, because the last stage traditionally ends in a mass spurt and they'll do their best to let no one go solo, so it'll be a challenge to recognize any individual cyclists. They will have big screens up with images from the motorcycle cameras, so it's possible to see most of the action anyway. Come very early: the C-E is huge, but the crowd coming to see this is even huger :-) If you're going to come especially for the TdF the last stage is a good shout of course, but I say from experience: try and find a mountain stage and watch the cyclists 'crawl' uphill at a 'piddly' 20 km/h (you and I would die even trying that speed for a few meters), it's great to see them coming along in little groups, slow enough to recognize them. Or an Individual Time Trial, preferably also uphill. You then know ahead of time which cyclist is coming along when. Oh and as a fan: all you spectators out there, do NOT stand on the road in front of the cyclists, jumping out of the way at the last second and certainly do NOT run along with them! Every year stages are messed up by plastic fans who try to get on camera, making cyclists fall or stall. And don't pour water over the cyclists unless they ask, they usually hate it. Please. Mell Mell Post Count: 15453 Msg: #4 26 weeks ago, July 3rd 2009 | The last post was by my boyfriend. :) | Landlord Kirsten & Steve Vaughan Post Count: 1 Msg: #5 26 weeks ago, July 8th 2009 | Hello Violene | 2 years ago my wife and I were in Paris to see the end of the TDF. It is crowded howver you will see the race easily. Lots of folks show up very early and set up a camp. We walked up and down the Champs Elysees, the one item that I didn't realize was the speed they go by. I would suggest watching the race at the end where they make the turn you'll see racers better. Violene Violene Saubert Post Count: 2 Msg: #6 26 weeks ago, July 8th 2009 | Hello all! | Thank you for all your answer! I will enjoy the final of the Tour de France on Champs Elysees! I'm really exited! T Rev Trevor Knowles Post Count: 27 Msg: #7 25 weeks ago, July 14th 2009 | Why not go and see it in an outlying suburb where they might actually be racing! | Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 7 | ||||||||||||||||
