Tour de France: The Alps and Alpe d’Huez VIP Race Access

Overview

Welcome to the exciting second week of the 2027 Tour de France in the Alps. Your guides will meet you at the Annecy train station at 11:00 AM, and with the peloton resting in Haute-Savoie, a one-hour shuttle carries you to Megève for lunch. After introductions and a bike fitting to set you up for the week, roll out on a warm-up ride through the Alpine hills to the Côte de Domancy, a climb averaging 9.4% that the pros will race twice before tomorrow’s Stage 10 finish in Sallanches. Back in Megève, settle into the five-star warmth of Le M de Megève, then wander the cobbled lanes of the chic ski village that will be home for the next three nights. This evening, we’ll gather for drinks as your guides preview the race days ahead, followed by your welcome dinner.

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The race roars back to life after the rest day, and you’ll ride a piece of Tour history before the peloton arrives. You’ll climb the Category 2 Col des Aravis, which has featured in the Tour de France more than 40 times. The road stretches 10.5 miles with gradients ranging from 2 to 6%, easing you in as you wind through mountain villages, and at the summit, on a clear day, Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, fills the view before you. Back at the hotel, freshen up before a private shuttle whisks you to the exclusive Relais Étape hospitality area for Stage 10. It puts you close to the action as the stage unfolds, with live coverage on the big screens, a specially catered lunch, and an open bar. When the publicity caravan rolls through in a blaze of color, step out to catch souvenirs, then add your voice to the cheers as the riders fly past with the yellow jersey on the line. Dinner is on your own tonight, with Megève’s bistros yours to discover and your guides happy to share their favorites.

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It’s Bastille Day, and the Tour celebrates with a brutal 15,580 feet of climbing in just 93 miles. This morning, you’ll earn your place at the finish, riding to Les Saisies hours before the pros as fans line the road and the summit comes alive. With VIP passes, you’ll roll through the final stretch on closed roads, cross the official finish line to cheers from the fans already waiting, and step onto the Tour podium for a photo worthy of a champion. Then hand your bike to your guides, change into fresh clothes, and settle in for lunch as the tension builds toward the race’s arrival. From an exclusive VIP open-top bus, with an open bar and big screens tracking every attack, you’ll have a front-row view as the contenders battle up the final Alpine summit finish in a showdown for yellow. Once the stage is won, you’ll ride down to Flumet for the last climb home to Megève, with the cheers still ringing in your ears. Tonight, we’ll gather for a celebratory dinner to relive the day’s decisive moments and toast France’s national holiday from the heart of the Tour.

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As the peloton races out of the Alps toward Valence, you’ll head south over two of the Tour’s great Alpine passes. A 90-minute private shuttle brings you to La Chambre and the foot of the Col du Glandon, 13 miles at an average of 6.9% and the start of the week’s biggest day of climbing. From the summit, push on to the neighboring Col de la Croix de Fer, the climb that opened the queen stage of the 2026 Tour, then drop back to the Glandon for a crêpe before the long descent into the Oisans valley. If the legs are willing, ride all the way to Les Deux Alpes, or take the gondola up from Venosc for a quintessential Alpine finish. Chalet Mounier, your home for the next two nights, greets you with a warm family welcome and sweeping mountain views. Dinner is on your own tonight, and your guides will point you toward their favorite tables in town. Rest well, because tomorrow belongs to the great Alpe d’Huez.

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Today brings the climb every cyclist knows by heart, and you’ll ride it alongside one of the most decorated riders in women’s cycling. Lizzie Deignan—Trek Travel ambassador, former world champion, and winner of the first women’s Paris-Roubaix—joins us for the day. After breakfast, descend into the valley to Le Bourg-d’Oisans and the foot of Alpe d’Huez, where 21 numbered hairpins, each bearing plaques that honor the Tour’s stage winners, carry you toward the summit. No mountain resort has hosted more Tour de France stage finishes, and in 2026 the race finished here on back-to-back days for the first time. At the top, celebrate every hard-won hairpin with summit photos and sweeping views, then pause for a group lunch as Lizzie shares stories from nearly two decades in the professional peloton. Afterward, descend the wild Col de Sarenne, the back road the pros climbed for only the second time in Tour history in 2026, before riding home to Les Deux Alpes or taking the gondola up for an afternoon in the hotel spa. Tonight, we’ll gather for drinks with the mountains as a backdrop, then sit down together to a hearty Savoyard farewell dinner, raising a glass to every climb conquered and the shared miles that made this week at the Tour your own.

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One last ride into the high mountains rounds out your week at the Tour with a short spin to Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans for a final viewpoint over the valley, with the glaciers of the Écrins rising beyond. For a slower start, take your time over breakfast and soak up a final morning in the mountains. You’ll say farewell to your guides at the hotel at 11:00 AM, and a private shuttle will bring you to the Grenoble train station by 12:30 PM. Please do not book a train departing before 1:00 PM.