stag weekend. paris-roubaix???
greggbaker
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Getting married in August and need to decide what I want to do for my stag do. Don't fancy getting smashed out of my head in some censored nightclub surrounded by 17 year old dickheads wanting a scrap or paying £50 for some slapper to sit on my lap. Obviously love cycling and want to do something cycling related. Not all coming are into cycling (why are we even friends lol) so can't do a cycling participation event but a weekend in England or Europe watching a race followed by a few beers sounds good. Thought about wiggo at the Paris roubaix but having only watched races in England or at a velodrome don't know where to start. Any ideas or advice gratefully received specially from people who have been to these races.
Cheers guys
Gregg
Cheers guys
Gregg
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Weekend in gent, train to watch race at geraardsbergen where there are loads of bars on the hill as well as a beer tent.
The Belgians go nuts for Flanders! Which would probably make it better for a stag do than roubaix IMHO but I've never been to roubaix.
None of my mates were into cycling but all enjoyed the spectacle. A beer tent and some chips kept them happy.
You could liven things up by running a sweep stake on potential winners and each drawing a rider out of the hat. We all brought casquettes at a souvenir stand so my mates could cheer for riders they had never heard of, riding for a team they had picked based on the colour of the hat or the ridiculousness of then team name!
At the end of the day it's your stag do and if you want to go then your mates will go with you, that was my theory anyway. It's also lead to a bit of a tradition of all of us arranging stag dos at bizarre sporting events that no one really knows anything about too. All good fun.
Having said that, nightlife in the north of France is not amazing and bars outside the centre close at 8 and don't open on a Sunday. That's fine by me, but for a stag weekend...
If your heart is set on Paris-Roubaix you might be better basing yourself in Tournai (20km from Roubaix) in Belgium as it's good for a night out, but near enough that you can watch the action the next day.
Having said that, nightlife in the north of France is not amazing and bars outside the centre close at 8 and don't open on a Sunday. That's fine by me, but for a stag weekend...
If your heart is set on Paris-Roubaix you might be better basing yourself in Tournai (20km from Roubaix) in Belgium as it's good for a night out, but near enough that you can watch the action the next day.
Having said that, nightlife in the north of France is not amazing and bars outside the centre close at 8 and don't open on a Sunday. That's fine by me, but for a stag weekend...
If your heart is set on Paris-Roubaix you might be better basing yourself in Tournai (20km from Roubaix) in Belgium as it's good for a night out, but near enough that you can watch the action the next day.
Having said that, nightlife in the north of France is not amazing and bars outside the centre close at 8 and don't open on a Sunday. That's fine by me, but for a stag weekend...
If your heart is set on Paris-Roubaix you might be better basing yourself in Tournai (20km from Roubaix) in Belgium as it's good for a night out, but near enough that you can watch the action the next day.
These guys look good.
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We did just that last year. A bunch of people to Ghent. Rode the sportive, had a few beers in the square.Catch the tram into ghent late afternoon with a meal. Watched the pro race on sunday, good near the oude kwaremont as they go around three laps.