2022 Etape du Tour de France

Travel Itinerary

Friday

Please make your way to your chosen hotel today at Serre Chevalier / Briançon. We have a wide selection of hotels available. Don’t forget travel insurance – Please visit our insurance page.

If you are making use of our airport transfer service, please give us your flight arrival details. We have arranged coach transfers at various times throughout the day from the airport. Please note, flights are going to be in high demand on this date, so we advise you to book early to guarantee a flight seat and a good price.

Our first transfer will be at approximatly 10.30am & our last transfer from the airport departs at 19:30, so please make sure your flights land far enough in advance of this time for you to go through passport control and collect your bags.

If you have rented a bike from us then it will be available for you on arrival – Bike rental options – £140 for a Giant Carbon bike with Shimano 105 and from £198 for Shimano Ultegra – More information here

2022 Etape du Tour entry

Depending on your arrival time your entry will be available to collect from the EXPO and registration area where you will also be able to have a look around

If you have booked an ‘Entry Only’, you will also be able to collect from the Expo today

Saturday – EXPO and registration

After breakfast, please make your way to the EXPO and registration area where you will be able to collect your Etape du Tour entry have a look around. Our mechanics are available this morning for any last minute bike issues. After this, you’ll have some time to take a short ride and make sure your bike is in full working order for the event on Sunday.

We offer guaranteed entry into the Etape du Tour at a price of £99 if booked with a travel package. Don’t forget that you need a medical certificate to take part in the Etape du Tour – We offer an Online medical certification service – More information here

Car drivers shuttle – Very important

For those of you who are driving, we provide a service where you can drive your car to l’Alpe d’huez, park it up for the night and take our coach back to your hotel at Serre Chevalier / Briançon on Saturday night. The coach will leave at 15.00 from the finish location. After tomorrow’s Etape, you can finish and then ride back to your hotel à l’Alpe d’Huez very close to the finish line.

Sunday – L’Etape du Tour 2022

We anticipate a 07:00/08:00 start for the Etape, so we have organised early breakfasts at all hotels so you can get to the start early to ensure everyone is lined up in the right pens for the start. The organisers allocate pens according to likely finish time and historic Etape performance, therefore faster riders start nearer the front and the slower riders at the back. Please note, we have no influence over your starting pen. The Etape du Tour is a closed road sportive. There will be water stops en-route and mechanical assistance provided by SHIMANO. Along the route, there are certain times that you must have passed certain spots. Before to leave, please bring your luggage at the reception of your chosen hotel. A Sports Tours representative will organize your luggage transfer in your next hotel at Alpe d’Huez. Spectators will benefit from our shuttle service the access to the finish line.

Sports Tours International food and assistance points

Especially for Sports Tours international riders there will be 2 additional food and assistance points on the route which give you better access than at the normal feed stops. many of our riders actually use just our feed stops and avoid the official ones.

Day bag service

We offer the option to give us a bag which we will make available for you on the day. Depending on the 2022 route, this will be at one of our feed and assistance points or at the finish.

Monday – Departure day

After breakfast we will start running transfers back to the airport. If you are making your own way home, you will need to leave the hotel mid morning. Our earliest airport transfer is at 05.30 for flights departing after 10:00.