The Spring Classics 2008 - Holidays - Graham Baxter Sporting Tours

We have been running trips to the Spring Classics for many years now, and our expert knowledge means that you will always get close to the action.

Choose from the Tour of Flanders, The Amstel Gold Race, or the Queen of the Classics, Paris - Roubaix.

The Spring Classics Week tour will take in the Tour of Flanders, Gent Wevelgem and Paris Roubaix.
Bikes may be brought, giving cyclists the chance to ride parts of the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix courses.

The Amstel Gold trip also includes the option to ride a "Cyclo Sportive" mass participation event over the race course.

All trips use luxury coaches, which begin their journey in the north of England and makes pick-ups at various locations en-route, before making the short sea crossing from Dover to Calais.

Action from the 2004 Tour of Flanders (Copyright photo)

Our 3 nights trip to the Tour of Flanders will allow you to see the start in Brugge, then see the race at numerous locations, including the feeding station, and the famous cobbled climbs, including the Murr de Grammont.
The trip features a 3 nights stop in Ghent with no overnight travelling and the option to bring your bike and ride the Tour of Flanders Cyclo.

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3 Nights in Ghent (No overnight Travelling) - Sorry, this trip is fully booked

What one of our clients on the 2004 trip to the Tour of Flanders had to say:
Dear Graham and Team,
There can be no better way to spend a (cycling related) weekend than the trip we just enjoyed with you to Flanders. The layed back but always in control atmosphere leads to everyone enjoying themselves, but also achieving individual goals in their own way. From the pick-up by coach, through the choice of hotel and location, to the support on the Flanders Cyclo event, and then the numerous times we had quality views of the actual race on the following day - everything was spot on.

The trip out to the 140 Km 'Wielertoeristen' cyclo Tour of Flanders on the Saturday, and the support Jonathan gaves us on the ride was great. Everytime you felt you could really do with a fresh bidon in between the official Ronde feeds, there was the Sporting Tours minibus.

Staying in Ghent for the first time in a while was fantastic. I had forgotten how lovely a town it was, and also how easy after a hard days ride it is to get a meal. Even after our late evening arrival on the Friday it was possible to find somewhere nice to eat. When my clubmate Dennis Clarke was unable to do the cyclo due to a recent injury, he found Ghent an absorbing place to spend a day in.

As far as the trip out to see the main event on the Sunday, the Sporting Tours organisation was incredible. Getting to the start and four other places on the route. It was great to sample the atmosphere in the early stages at Museeuw's home town of Gistel, where his fan-club were going mad, and we could see the speed of the bunch. At Doorn/Oodenaarde we got to see a fast flat cobbled section, but I have never been so close to the action. The bar we stopped at over the top of the Kwaremont was a great find, enabling us to catch up on a few Belgian beers we hadn't yet tasted, watch the race unfold on TV as it sped towards us and be ready outside in time for it to make another live appearance. Then on to the ultimate vantage point, where we were able to see the winning moves on the Muur de Gramont, and continue watching the race to its climax on the huge screen in the village centre.

I think you will be picking more of us up from this neck of the woods next year, as our tales and photos have whetted appetites amongst our clubmates, and Dennis and I are already questioning whether we can find the time to include the Ghent-Wevelgem and Paris Roubaix options next time around.

Many thanks, and congratulations on a superbly organised trip,

H. Blackburn
Guildford

Coming just a week after the Tour of Flanders, Paris - Roubaix or 'The hell of the north', as it is known is one of the toughest races on the calendar, and has long been a favourite with our clients.

We are running two different trips this year, a day trip, or for the really adventurous, a 3 night trip staying in Valenciennes on which you may bring your bike and actually cycle the latter part of the course the day before the race itself!

On both of the trips, you will see the race several times, including the start, several locations along the route such as the infamous Forest of Arenberg, and the finish on the velodrome at Roubaix.

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Day Trip

3 Nights with bikes

We will be operating a trip to the Amstel Gold Race which also gives you the chance to ride a Cyclo Sportive mass parcicipation event over the Amstel Gold route which takes place the day before the race.
It is run on similar lines to the Tour of Flanders cyclo with 6 different distances and thousands of cyclists taking part.

The trip includes 3 nights B&B in Valkenburg at the 4* Grand Hotel Voncken.

IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE YOUR ENTRY TO THE CYCLO-SPORTIVE RIDE YOU MUST ENTER BEFORE 15TH DECEMBER 2007

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3 Nights in Valkenburg

Action from the 2004 Liege Bastogne Liege (Copyright photo)

The third in our trio of Spring Classics is Liège - Bastogne - Liège. This is held in the hilly Ardennes region of Belgium, and the succession of tough climbs always produces a worthy winner.

The trip includes 3 nights in Liège at the Hotel Ibis.

Bring your bike!
Again this year the trip allows you the option of bringing your bike, with an organised ride over part of the race route on the Saturday. Find out for yourself just how tough those climbs are!

You will see the riders team presentation on the day before the race, as well as our usual extensive coverage of the race itself.

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3 Nights in Liège

Sorry, this trip is fully booked

The Spring Classics Week tour will take in the Tour of Flanders, Gent Wevelgem and Paris Roubaix.

Bikes may be brought, giving cyclists the chance to ride parts of the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix courses.
You will also have the chance of visiting the Paris Roubaix team presentation, and of course, our expert knowledge of the Spring Classics will ensure you see as much of the action of all the races as possible.

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Spring Classics Week

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