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3 Nights in Ghent, No overnight travelling - Sorry, this trip is fully bookedFriday 4th April: Saturday 5th
April: Sunday 6th
April: Return home, taking the 13.30hrs sailing to Dover, arriving London 16.00hrs, Birmingham 19.00hrs, Manchester 21.00hrs, Leeds 22.00hrs.
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Day TripSaturday 12th
April: Sunday 13th
April: 3 Nights in Valenciennes - Bring your bike and ride the cobbles!No overnight travelling Friday
11th April: Saturday
12th April: Sunday
13th April: Monday
14th April:
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Our bike carrying coach will make collections at Leeds, Manchester,
Birmingham, London and service stations on the motorway networks used.
We take a 16.30hrs sailing from Dover to Calais, and arrive in Ghent
20.30hrs, where we spend 3 nights B&B at the central Hotel Ibis
Kathedraal.
Our bike
carrying coach will make collections at Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham,
London and service stations on the motorway networks used en route to
Dover, for an afternoon sailing to Calais and early evening arrival
in Valenciennes for 3 nights accommodation and 2 evening meals at the
Hotel Campanile.
Friday
18th April:
Today you will have the opportunity to ride your own Amstel Gold
Race and ride the Amstel Gold Cyclo sportive event. There are 6
distances
to choose from (50km, 100km, 125km, 150km, 200km, 250km) and they
all start and finish from Valkenburg. The event is part of the UCI
Golden Bike series (
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3 Nights in Liège
Friday
25th April
Arrange your own flight with budget airline www.bmibaby.com or www.flybmi.com from
either London Heathrow, Nottingham East Midlands, Leeds Bradford or
Edinburgh to Brussels airport (Belgium).
Alternatively contact ourselves
for other flight details. At 17.00hrs you will be met by our rep who
will show you to the awaiting transport that will take you to Liege
where we shall spend 3 nights on bed & breakfast basis at the centrally
located 3* Hotel Ibis.
Saturday 26th
April
There will be an organised bike ride over part of the Liege Bastogne
Liege route, together with the opportunity to see the riders team presentation.
Sunday 27th
April
You will be able to walk from the hotel to the start in Liege after
which we shall take you to numerous sightings of the race, including
the steep hills of the Cote St Roch, Cote de Wanne, Cote de Wanneville,
Cote de La Redoute and the finish in Ans.
After a leisurely breakfast you will have the morning at leisure in Liege. We will leave Liege at 13.00hrs and return to Brussels airport for your return flight. We will arrive at Brussels airport at approx 14.45hrs in time for the flybmi flights back to the UK, which all have afternoon flights leaving between 16.40hrs and 17.20hrs.
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Flanders,
Gent Wevelgem and Paris - Roubaix
Sorry,
this trip is fully booked
For
2008, we will again be offering clients the chance to spend a week
at the Spring Classics, and see 3 fantastic races, Tour of Flanders, Gent
Wevelgem, and Paris - Roubaix.
Friday 4th April:
Coach travel from UK to Ghent or coach transfer at 13.00hrs from
Brussels airport to Gent, where we spend 6 nights on bed & breakfast
basis at the excellent 3* Hotel Novotel.
Saturday 5th
April:
There will be the option of taking part in either the 140km or 70km Tour of
Flanders cyclo event that follows the latter part of the race route including
all the famous climbs. For those not bringing bikes the day will be at leisure
in the city of Ghent.
Sunday 6th
April: TOUR OF FLANDERS
We shall take you to the beautiful city of Brugge for the signing
on & start of the Tour of Flanders. Using our expert knowledge
of the region we shall see the race at numerous locations, including
the famous cobbled climb of the Murr de Grammont.
Monday 7th
April:
We
hope to repeat last years program where we visited the Eddy Merckx
factory and met the great man himself in the morning and in the
afternoon we had a bike ride through the Flanders countryside.
Tuesday 8th
April:
Last year we met up with the Liberty Seguros team and had the privilege
to ride with them. We hope to meet up with one of the pro teams and
have a morning ride with them. In the afternoon we shall visit the
Tour of Flanders museum in Oudenarde.
Wednesday 9th
April: GENT - WEVELGEM
Using our expert knowledge of the region we shall see the race at numerous
locations, including the famous cobbled climb of the Kemmelberg.
Thursday 10th
April:
Travel from Ghent to Valenciennes (France) where we spend 4 nights on bed,
breakfast & evening meal at the 4* Hotel Novotel. Those with bikes can
ride from Ghent to Valenciennes.
Friday 11th
April:
We shall ride the latter part of the Paris Roubaix course. It is also the day
the pro teams survey the route so you are likely to see them during the ride.
Three years ago we rode through Arenberg forest with the Mapei team and we
also met Domo and CSC during the ride. Last year we also met the team training
over the Paris Roubaix course.
Saturday 12th
April:
Excursion to Compiegne for the Paris Roubaix team presentation. Here you will
get to meet all the riders taking part in Sundays Queen of the Classics.
Sunday
13th April: PARIS - ROUBAIX
You will be taken to the start in Compiegne, after which using our expert knowledge
of the race route you will see a number of pave sections including the forest
of Arenberg and the finish on the Velodrome at Roubaix.
Monday 14th
April:
Return travel to the UK and overseas clients will be taken to Brussells airport.
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| PRICES... | |
| COST: DEPOSIT: |
£1100 £300 + Insurance if required |
| SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT: | £400 |
| TRAVEL
INSURANCE (Recommended): Our Travel Insurance only covers UK residents. (+ 50% premium for over 70's) Overseas clients must organise their own Travel Insurance. |
£46 |
| GRAHAM
BAXTER SPORTING TOURS CYCLING KIT OFFER: |
£70 |
Click Here for Graham's report and photos from the 2002 Spring Classics Week.
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