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Riding from Bedoin on Race Morning? I think you'll be able to cycle up until shortly before the publicity caravan arrives, which will get to the bottom at about 1.30. They'll shut the road from Bedoin to cars by about 9am if it is the same as the last couple of times. There'll be no problem...

To Projectheresy I agree with Stani re good rides around Sault / Ventoux. 2 suggestions: Ride the Gorges de la Nesque from Villes-sur-Auzon, on the west side, to the top, and then to Sault, on the east side. It is not a proper mountain pass (there aren't any in Provence) but it looks like...

Reply to Workingclasshero Re driving up Ventoux the day before: You can do that, and it's the only normal way you'll be able to get near the top without literally miles of walking, which your child can't do. You'd have to leave early the day before to get high though. Problem is, without a...

About watching on Ventoux Went in 2000 (Armstrong v Pantani) and 2002 and will this year. Also been to Dauphine a few times since. You may not need to get up before sun, but that depends where you start from. Your route is fine, but from Bedoin, on the race route, might be better...