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ITINERARY
RACE TRACK TOUR DE FRANCE

21 stages / 11 different race tracks (some visited more than once)

Estimated kilometers: between 900 and 1,000 (559 to 621 Miles)
Equivalent to traveling from New York City to Myrtle Beach South Carolina

This itinerary may be altered, especially depending on the weather. A heat wave calls for bicycling in the early morning, taking a midday train on non-race days, and bicycling again in the evening to compete connections. We’ve been battered by heat waves the past two summers, which were unusually hot, precisely on the days we chose to ride, so we are due for more normal weather.

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JULY 3, 2010 TO JULY 25, 2010

Date	Track	Bicycle Route
3^rd	*Longchamp* (Paris)	Stage 1: round-trip by bicycle 20km
4th	*Chantilly* (North of Paris)	Stage 2: After races, cycle to Compiègne. 50km
	by train.
5^th	*Compiègne*	Stage 3. After races, cycle to Creil: 50km. Take train
		back to Paris.
6^th	Train to west Paris suburb.	Stage 4. Cycle west direction of Deauville. To Evreux. 80km
7^th	*Lisieux* Late-afternoon-evening,	After Stage 5
8^th	*Clairefontaine*	Stage 6 Lisieux to Deauville 35km
9^th	*Deauville*	Stage 7: bicycle along boardwalk and then to races 10km. Train back to Paris Or option to remain in Deauville for another day’s racing.
10^th	*Enghien*	Stage 8: Commute from Paris. 35 km Or we stay in Deauville and bicycle around coast of Normandy.
11^th	*Maisons-Laffitte*	Stage 9: Commute between Paris and Maisons-Laffitte, 45 km rd trip.
12^th	*Chantilly*	Stage 10: commute one way (return), 40 km
13^th	rest
14^th	*Longchamp*	Stage 11: Commute to Longchamp 20km
	(Grand-Prix de Paris: Groupe 1 Classic)
15^th	*Maisons-Laffitte* or *Enghien*	Stage 12: commute from Paris, 45km
16^th	*Chantilly* or rest
17^th	Train to Laval (west)	Stage 13: packed dirt bicycle-path over old railway route, slow going, Laval to Renazé (50km) search for housing.
18^th	*Senonnes-Pouancé* (this is a real bush track, with only on-track wagering and no simulcasting)	Stage 14: before races, Renazé to Senonnes 20km, and then after races, Senonnes to Chateaubriant 35km
19^th	*Chateaubriant*	Stage 15: begin long journey, direction Vichy. 75km Chateaubriant-Angers. We’ll be cycling with the sun at our back.
20^th	No racing:	Stage 16: along Loire, try Angers to Tours. 100km or stop at beautiful castles along the way, filling up with classic Saumur and Chinon wines.
21^st	No racing:	Stage 17: Keep going towards Vichy. Number of kilometers depend on weather.
22^nd	*Vichy*	Stage 18: explore region around Vichy. Kilometers to be determined.
23^rd	*Vichy*	Stage 19: Morning, explore region around Vichy. Kilometers to be determined. Evening train back to Paris. (With option to remain one more day in Vichy)
24^th	*Enghien*	Stage 20, commute from Paris. 35km
25^th	*Maisons-Laffitte*	Stage 21, commute between Paris and Maisons-Laffitte.

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