Traveling to France for the Marmotte
Cormac
Posts: 18
Hi all,
I'm flying into Lyon for the Marmotte. I'm staying for 8 days, arriving on the Saturday before hand & flying back out the Sunday the day after. I'm debating whether to hire a car for the week (cheapest cost was €230) or get the train to Grenoble & then bus onto Bourg D'oisans. This works out a lot cheaper, about €55 for the train & bus....
I'm wondering has anyone travelled this route before by train/bus with a bike & how did they find it?
Thanks,
I'm flying into Lyon for the Marmotte. I'm staying for 8 days, arriving on the Saturday before hand & flying back out the Sunday the day after. I'm debating whether to hire a car for the week (cheapest cost was €230) or get the train to Grenoble & then bus onto Bourg D'oisans. This works out a lot cheaper, about €55 for the train & bus....
I'm wondering has anyone travelled this route before by train/bus with a bike & how did they find it?
Thanks,
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Get a train from Lyon to Grenoble. Then at the Grenoble bus station they have busses to B d'O. I did this in 2006 for the Marmotte and Etape.
When I have some time i'll find you the bus links. It's surprisingly good. socialist country and all so lots of "peoples' busses"When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.0 -
Done that journey many times... bus will take bikes as luggage no problem and is cheap and reliable, about €7 each way as I recall, one every 2 hours and takes about an hour and a half. Company is called VFD."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Cheers lads, I'm flying back the Sunday afternoon from Lyon at 16:40 the day after the Marmotte. That's my biggest gripe about getting the bus/train. I reckon I'll be knackered & it could be hassel lugging a bike around...0
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i've just decided i want to do it in 2011 but know nothing about it really so a few basic tips would be appreciated.
would driving down with a bike rack be easily doable?
where's the best place to stay? am i right in thinking that the start and finish aren't too far apart?
how difficult is getting accomodation and when would i need to be looking at booking?
how do i enter the event? i cant find an official site on google
cheers
gary"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
gsk82,
I'm sure I've read the info on other threads but briefly
Driving down is doable, bout 10hrs from Calais.
I stayed on top of Alp d'Huez, got tio book early. Start at base of Alp, finish on top and a small matter of 100 miles and 3 very large Cols imbetween.
Have a look at www.sportcommunication.info entries open end of November early December of the previous year
Hope that helps
PS. It's a fantastic event, start training and you should love it
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