Day 1

SUN July 18 › Bienvenidos en Espana!

Our trip starts at Toulouse airport where our staff will be there to welcome you before the short transfer to our hotel in Vielha just over the border in Spain.

After lunch in the hotel we'll have our orientation meeting, build up the bikes then it's time for our first ride. From the hotel in Vielha we'll head down the valley towards the French Border then turn off onto a single track road that takes us to Artiga de Lin with some spectacular views of the highest peaks in the Pyrenees.

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Day 2

MON July 19 › Port de Bales

Our vantage point with Orbea-sponsored marquis tents will be situated on a prime spot close to the summit of the HC climb to the PORT DE BALES.

Form the hotel in Vielha, we'll climb over the Col de Portillon before dropping down to Luchon and the valley that stretches to Mauleon-Barousse where we start the final climb up to the Port de Bales.

Have a cool drink, picnic lunch and then enjoy an exciting afternoon including LIVE Satelite TV coverage in English!

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Day 3

TUE July 20 › Col d'Aubisque

The Basque fans will be out in force today and expect huge crowds to line the COL d'AUBISQUE. To get an early start we'll take the vans over to Bagneres de Bigorre and ride from there.

Our vantage point teams know the COL d'AUBISQUE really well from previous years and will have our tents set up on one of the prime spots on the climb.

After the race we have an easy ride down the Col de Soulor to our hotel situated half-way down the col.

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Day 4

WED July 21 ›The Double!

Two classic Pyrenean climbs are on the agenda for today: Luz-Ardiden and Hautacam!

Who can forget Luz-Ardiden where lance got his handlebars caught in a spectators handbag and crashed, only to jump back up and go on to take the stage victory.

Or Hautacam in 2000, where Lance crushed the opposition, taking 3.5 minutes out of Jan Ullrich on his way to the yellow jersey.

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Day 5

THU July 22 › The Tourmalet

Our vantage point teams will have staked out a top spot close to the summit of the TOURMALET so we can enjoy an exciting afternoon with LIVE satellite TV coverage in English.

From our hotel in Aucun we have just a short 20km ride up the valley to Luz St Sauveur where we start the climb to TOURMALET with 1000's of fellow cyclists.

Watch out for the blue & white Orbea tents that signal our vantage point some 10 miles later, close to the summit!

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Day 6

FRI July 23 › The 4-Col Ride!

Our final ride and it's certainly a challenging one! We start with the little known climb up Hourquette d'Ancizan with an average grade of alomost 8% over 10km. Next up is the famous Col d'Aspin - enjoy the descent of the Aspin, it's one of the best in the Pyrenees.

From the bottom of the Aspin we head through Arreau and onto our next climb - the Col d'Azet-Val Louron, a beautiful climb with stunning views from the top.

For those who still have one more climb in their legs there's the option to ride the HC climb up to Pla d'Adet where George Hincapie won in 2005.

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Day 7

SAT July 24 › Au revoir

End of our trip and final transfer to Toulouse airport.