lourdes It is a city that has always intrigued me. It is often difficult to find an empty room, whether the tour arrives around or not. Except for hotels with more modern facilities, which opened in recent years, there is always a place in old hotels. cross on the head Getting out of bed and sleeping took you years before you were born.
The sixth stage of the tour roamed near Lourdes, but residents were amused as it passed the city’s residents. alternative way The evacuation of the rest of the organization as well as all the coaches and team cars with the arrival of the race and the Cauterets, which allows you to get from the starting point to the finish line quickly and without having to go to the ports, was watched in a magnificent stage at the Grande Boucle with accredited vehicles, promotional caravan and hundreds of vehicles. fans who don’t want to miss the excitement.
traditions
In Lourdes, as this Thursday, you can find the way of the grottoA woman carrying a cross on her back, at least one and a half feet tall, where tradition says miracles happen. Instead of the bicycle-specific wheelchairs that have become common in other cities, there are wheelchairs in hotel lobbies and in lanes reserved for the disabled on the streets.
Lourdes forms what we might call the Tur triangle in the Pyrenees. pau And tarbes. Pau was a city of trouble, in the hard years of doping it was inauspicious with rest days because there was always a positive. The news came in the middle of the meal, to ask for the bill with full plates and to go on sentry duty in a hotel, a useless sacrifice, because nothing was accomplished and unless the person concerned came out and showed his face.
Rasmussen case
In fact, around 2007, under the pressure of doubts about clean wheat in the yellow jersey, he escaped from the kitchen of the hotel, got into a car and left the Tour with a ‘swimsuit’ in his suitcase minutes ago. The gendarme came with an arrest warrant. it happened michael rasmussen, a Danish runner who followed the event for several years as a special ambassador for a newspaper in his country. Married to a Mexican woman, Rasmussen speaks perfect Spanish and does not deny himself the sins of youth and appeals to runners who are still growing professionally so that they do not fall into the same temptation.
Pau is the most beautiful of the three cities, worthy of a weekend getaway, with the best shops, a magnificent castle and even a car track, remembered in cycling terms because it was everywhere there. Julian Alpahilippe won a time trial in 2019 and dreamed of winning a Tour again, which the French had failed to do since 1985. And unfortunately for them, they are still the same four years later.
Then there is Tarbes. It may not be the most elegant in terms of stones and architecture, but it’s a definite value because its restaurants close at Seville time and you don’t hear the phrase ‘désolé, la kitchen est fermée’ (sorry, the kitchen is closed). ) Asking if they can give you something to eat around 8:45 pm, as in the north of France, saves you the pressure and risk of going to bed hungry. And this is a complete success after a passionate day with a bike stage that will be remembered for a long time.
lourdes It is a city that has always intrigued me. It is often difficult to find an empty room, whether the tour arrives around or not. Except for hotels with more modern facilities, which have opened in recent years, there is always a place in old hotels. cross on the head Getting out of bed and sleeping took you years before you were born.
The sixth stage of the tour roamed near Lourdes, but residents were amused as it passed the city’s residents. alternative way The evacuation of the rest of the organization as well as all the coaches and team cars with the arrival of the race and the Cauterets, which allows you to get from the starting point to the finish line quickly and without having to go to the ports, was watched in a magnificent stage at the Grande Boucle with accredited vehicles, promotional caravan and hundreds of vehicles. fans who don’t want to miss the excitement.
traditions
In Lourdes, as this Thursday, you can find the way of the grottoA woman carrying a cross on her back, at least one and a half feet tall, where tradition says miracles happen. Instead of the typical dedicated bike lanes that proliferate in other cities, there are wheelchairs in hotel lobbies and in lanes reserved for the disabled in the streets.
Lourdes forms what we might call the Tur triangle in the Pyrenees. pau And tarbes. Pau was a city of trouble, in the hard years of doping it was inauspicious with rest days because there was always a positive. In the middle of the meal, news came to ask for the bill with full plates and to go on sentry duty in a hotel, a useless sacrifice, because nothing was accomplished, the far less impressed person came out and showed his face.
Rasmussen case
In fact, around 2007, under the pressure of doubts about clean wheat, the yellow jersey escaped from the hotel kitchen, got into a car and left the Tour with a ‘swimsuit’ in his suitcase minutes ago. The gendarme came with an arrest warrant. it happened michael rasmussen, a Danish runner who followed the event for several years as a special ambassador for a newspaper in his country. Married to a Mexican woman, Rasmussen speaks perfect Spanish and does not deny himself the sins of youth and appeals to runners who are still growing professionally so that they do not fall into the same temptation.
Pau is the most beautiful of the three cities, worthy of a weekend getaway, with the best shops, a magnificent castle and even a car track, remembered in cycling terms because it was everywhere there. Julian Alpahilippe won a time trial in 2019 and dreamed of winning a Tour again, which the French had failed to do since 1985. And unfortunately for them, they are still the same four years later.
Then there is Tarbes. It may not be the most elegant in terms of stones and architecture, but it’s a definite value because its restaurants close at Seville time and you don’t hear the phrase ‘désolé, la kitchen est fermée’ (sorry, the kitchen is closed). ) Asking if they can give you something to eat around 8:45 pm, as in the north of France, saves you the pressure and risk of going to bed hungry. And this is a complete success after a passionate day with a bike stage that will be remembered for a long time.