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FROM 26TH JUNE TO 4TH JULY
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103rd TOUR DE FRANCE GRAND DÉPART
LA MANCHE Grand Départ
MANCHE -NORMANDY FROM 26TH JUNE TO 4TH JULY
CHERBOURG EN-COTENTIN UTAH BEACH Saturday 2nd july
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Sunday 3rd july
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL
ANGERS
SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH
« L’étape Grand Départ » - Cycling trip Le Mont-Saint-Michel > Utah Beach > Carentan
MONDAY, JUNE 27TH
Welcome desk opens at the Saint-Lô Equine Centre
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH International press centre open at the Saint-Lô Equine Centre THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH Tour de France 2016 teams presentation > Sainte-Mère-Église SATURDAY, JULY 2ND
Stage 1, Mont-Saint-Michel > Utah Beach
SUNDAY, JULY 3RD
Stage 2, Saint-Lô > Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
MONDAY, JULY 4TH
Stage 3, Granville > Angers 2
MANDY MANDY
CONTENTS THE TOUR DE FRANCE, OFFERING INVALUABLE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE, ENHANCING LA MANCHE’S APPEAL MANCHE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NORMANDY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ONE GRAND DÉPART, 3 STAGES THE GRAND DÉPART FORMAT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE GRAND DÉPART’S IMPACT IN FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MAP OF THE 3 OPENING STAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE TOUR DE FRANCE IN FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE 3 OPENING STAGES
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CYCLING TRIP - L’ÉTAPE GRAND DÉPART
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EXCEPTIONAL SIGHTS AT THE HEART OF GRAND DÉPART
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THE GRAND DÉPART HOSTED BY LA MANCHE, AN OBVIOUS CHOICE LA MANCHE AND THE TOUR DE FRANCE, 103 YEARS OF HISTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 FORCED LABOUR ON THE TOUR – A LEGENDARY ARTICLE. . . . . 19 A DREAM COMING TRUE FOR TOP CYCLISTS FROM LA MANCHE . . . 20 RACING IN LA MANCHE LA MANCHE BY BIKE
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A UNIFYING PROJECT FOR LA MANCHE LA MANCHE’S REGIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER PROJECTS. . . . 26 LA MANCHE TOWNS AND AUTHORITIES INVOLVED IN THE GRAND DÉPART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 THE BUDGET FOR THE GRAND DÉPART THE DETAILED BUDGET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 THE EXPECTED ECONOMIC BENEFITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 THE STEERING COMMITTEE
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TRAVELLING TO LA MANCHE-NORMANDY CONTACTS
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THE TOUR DE FRANCE, OFFERING EXPOSURE, ENHANCING Major sporting events offer an excellent opportunity for regional, county and local authorities to promote their areas and stimulate economic development. La Manche (most westerly of the five départements – or French counties – making up the Normandy
region) has chosen to make the most of the international exposure of the Tour de France by signing up to host the Grand Départ 2016, thus promoting the county, its areas of excellence and its exceptional heritage, all told increasing its renown.
LA MANCHE LA MANCHE IN FIGURES
La Manche evokes, on the one hand, 13 centuries of history, represented by the great island monastery of the Mont-Saint-Michel and, on the other hand, 70 years of freedom, represented by Utah Beach, one of the famed D-Day beaches of June 1944. This year, thanks to the Tour de France, La Manche is delighted to welcome the World for three intense days. This exceptional sporting event forms a vital part of France’s heritage and is deeply rooted in the hearts of La Manche’s inhabitants. We will make sure that we in La Manche do the Grand Départ du Tour de France proud!’’ Philippe BAS Former Minister Senator representing La Manche President of La Manche’s conseil départemental
500,000 inhabitants 355 km of coastline / 5,938 km² in area Length:
150 km, Width: 40 to 57 km
1st in France in terms of the overall distance covered
7,780 km 2 regional natural parks and 5 national nature reserves
by its network of county roads:
2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
LA MANCHE : ITS ORIGINS
The Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay The Vauban towers of La Hougue and Tatihou at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
The word ‘manche’, going back in time before the French Revolution, designated a sea channel set between two landmasses. For the French, the word was turned into a proper noun to apply specifically to what the British call the English Channel, dividing England from France. In 1790, during the Revolution, France’s départements (or counties) were created. The western Norman peninsula sticking out into the Channel, previously known as the Cotentin bailiwick, took on the name of La Manche.
15 metres in tidal range
(the difference between the water level at high and low tide) in the Bay of the Mont-Saint-Michel, giving the largest tidal variations on the European continent
La Manche is France’s leading agricultural county, its varied areas of production ranging from cattle-rearing and fruit and veg growing to fishing and shell-fish harvesting. In addition, the county boasts a major food-processing industrial sector. La Manche is also the top milk-producing area in France. The county’s agricultural economic fabric is dense and highly developed, made up in good part of small and craft businesses. On top of this, La Manche is renowned for its leading cutting-edge sectors linked to naval construction, nuclear energy and digital technology. It even decided, well ahead of the game, to prepare for the transition to renewable energies by supporting the development of marine energies.
The county is considered a pioneer in the field of renewables and aims to put its stamp on this domain at a global level. The third major economic sector for La Manche is tourism. The county’s range of landscapes and heritage has made it a remarkably well-known tourist destination. Its unspoilt coastline, over 350km in length, alternates between great coastal sites, bays, islands, capes, havens, creeks and long, sandy beaches. Inland is a mix of marshlands and pasturelands, the latter separated by ancient hedges and known as le bocage. La Manche also boasts the largest network of county roads in France – ideal for cycling!
For more information: www.manchetourisme.com
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G INVALUABLE INTERNATIONAL G LA MANCHE’S APPEAL NORMANDY this period so marked by economic and cultural globalisation. Normandy, an energetic region with an enviable way of life, a place full of culture and innovation, has enormous potential, not just in its overall attractiveness, but also in terms of development – just as with our tourist assets, the sky’s the limit as far as our economic assets are concerned!’’ Hervé MORIN President of the Normandy Region
Are you familiar with our region, renowned worldwide, with its many famous towns known not just in France but abroad too, Deauville, Cabourg, Honfleur, Étretat, Lisieux, Bayeux, Rouen, Giverny, Dieppe and Sainte-Mère-Église being the most celebrated? All these evocative names are connected with extremely positive notions in people’s imaginations. Few regions can boast of such recognition, a great advantage in
NORMANDY, AN INTENSELY ATTRACTIVE REGION Located between Paris and London, with 600km of coastline, Normandy occupies a great strategic position in the heart of northwest Europe, being close to a market of some 200 millions consumers. Thanks to its exceptional location, together with its remarkable way of life, its innovative economy, its highly competitive network of ports and its welcoming people, Normandy counts among the most widely recognised regions in the world, standing alongside the likes of California. Open to the world and to the future, Normandy has been making the most of its natural assets, both on land and out to sea, developing dynamic sectors, including the equine, the nautical and food-processing, plus, with an eye to the future, renewable marine energies. It also has strong industries aiming at excellence in areas such as space and aeronautics, car-making, biology, health and chemicals, energy production, luxury glass-making, cosmetics and perfumes production and plastics processing, all moving with the times in terms of research and innovation, which have been strongly invested in here, helping encourage Normandy to become a leader in other domains such as digital technology, materials and health applications…
Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo and Maurice Leblanc), for its fascinating history (so closely linked with the Vikings, Joan of Arc and the D-Day beaches of 1944), for its natural and architectural heritage (with the likes of the Mont Saint-Michel or the white cliffs at Etretat), and of course for its way of life and its gastronomy, including AOP-protected cheeses (Camembert, Livarot, Pont l’Évêque and Neufchâtel), Isigny butter and cream, speciality meats, apples, oysters, mussels (including wild Barfleur mussels) and scallops (Dieppe being the top port in France for this catch)... The Tour de France will allow the region to focus visitors’ attention on all these regional delights. All the more so as Normandy is a region devoted to cycling, counting many avid practitioners and champions such as, in the past, Jacques Anquetil, and today, Anthony Delaplace and Alexis Gougeard. So the three Normandy stages at the start of the 2016 Tour de France will provide the opportunity for staging a wonderful collective celebration and emphasising the region’s capacity for hosting events on an international scale… which already include the Deauville American film Festival , the Normandy Impressionist Festival, tall ships Armada gatherings, the World Equestrian Games (held in 2014), plus, coming up in 2017, the World Handball Championships. So there are plenty of rendez-vous in Normandy to put in your diary!
A generous, varied region, Normandy is also celebrated for its landscapes and colours, rendered so famous by great painters and writers (such as Claude Monet, Jean-François Millet, Raoul Dufy,
NORMANDY IN FIGURES 29,907 km², 600 km
5 départements
of coastline
(Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, Seine-Maritime)
4 REGIONAL NATURAL PARKS 1st French region for cattle rearing
1st French region for large ports Rouen, top European port for exporting cereals Le Havre, top French port for container traffic
1st French region for horse riding with 15 licence-holders for every 1,000 inhabitants
For more information: www.normandie.fr www.normandy-tourism.org 5
ONE GRAND DÉPART, 3 STAGES THE GRAND DÉPART FORMAT After starting in Yorkshire in England in 2014 and in Utrecht in Holland in 2015, the Tour de France 2016 Grand Départ returns to France, with three stages taking place in La Manche. Each Grand Départ makes a great impression, launching the start of the best-known cycle race in the world, which lasts three weeks in total every year. In 2016, La Manche and Normandy will be in the world’s spotlight over three days at the start of July, benefiting from the
broadcasting of the first stages in 190 countries around the globe, 60 of those countries covering events live. The Tour’s riders will crisscross the whole county of La Manche, from the three start towns, then crossing 137 communes (French parishes or municipalities) to reach two finish towns. There will be magnificent panoramas to enjoy along the route through La Manche, covering 435km in all, a record distance for a Grand Départ!
GRANDS DÉPARTS DOWN THE YEARS > Brittany / 2008 > Monaco / 2009 > Rotterdam (The Netherlands) / 2010 > La Vendée / 2011
> Liège (Belgium) / 2012 > Corsica / 2013 > Yorkshire (England) / 2014
> Utrecht (The Netherlands) / 2015 > La Manche-Normandy / 2016 > Düsseldorf (Germany) / 2017
FIRST IMAGE, FIRST THRILLS… So the cyclists embarking on the 103rd Tour de France will gather at the foot of the ‘Wonder of the Western World’ [as the Mont-Saint-Michel is known in France] on Saturday 2 July 2016. The two initial stages, set entirely in the county of La Manche, will form the opening sequence, containing all the ingredients for a totally engrossing show. First there’s the stunning setting that La Manche provides. Then comes the rare chance to place the finishing line at Utah Beach (in the parish of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont), for a projected sprint finish that will pay homage to the memory of the Allied soldiers who landed on these Normandy D-Day beaches in June 1944. The following day, the race will set off from Saint-Lô, La Manche’s county town, while the final stretch, up the painfully steep slope of La Glacerie just south of the port of Cherbourg-enCotentin, will force the race favourites to reveal just how strong their current form is. Add to this the start of the third stage from the spectacular port of Granville and this opening trio of days should offer up some first-class images…’’ Christian Prudhomme Director of the Tour de France
During the three weeks of the Tour de France, great memories mount up: expressions of intense joy make you forget the tears of distress; the mountain stages leave their mark; a handful of fiercely fought-over sprints stand out; and the podium prize presentations on Paris’s Champs-Élysées bring solemnity to the whole show viewers have followed, a show packed with emotions. Yet after all the drama is over, it’s often the opening images of the Tour that I recall with particular fondness. We, as something akin to theatrical directors of the Tour de France, have to pay great attention to the overall sets of the Grand Départ. It’s evident that the Mont-Saint-Michel will provide a sublime backdrop for our athletic actors, the cyclists in the race, as we watch the beautiful scene of the pack setting off on the Grand Départ.
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THE GRAND DÉPART’S IMPACT IN FIGURES 1 million spectators expected Countries and regions of origin:
From France:
Normandy, Brittany, Pays de la Loire Region, Paris Region
From abroad:
Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Belgium, Holland
25% foreigners 13hrs of live coverage on France Télévision (French national channels)
190 countries broadcasting footage of the Tour
137 communes
(French parishes and municipalities) crossed
435km covered,
representing 12.5% of the total Tour de France route for 2016
20 to 25 millions euros of direct economic
benefits expected in the county of La Manche
© A.S.O - B.Bade
Source : A.S.O.
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Mont-Dol
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Pontaubault
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St-Domineuc D137
Tinténiac
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D924
St-Malo
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Ryes
Bayeux
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Coutances
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Gold Beach
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Montmartin-sur-Mer
D355
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N13
D972
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N13
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THE TOUR DE FRANCE IN FIGURES
MEDIA COVERAGE 650 media outlets covering events: 3rd most covered sporting 120 television channels – 70 radio stations – 400 newspapers and event in the world (after the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup)
1st most covered annual sporting event in the world 190 countries broadcasting
around the world, of which 60 broadcasting live
2 billion TV spectators
and radio listeners around the globe each year, accumulated across the whole Tour
12 to 15 millions spectators along the Tour route’s roadsides
magazines – over 50 major internet websites providing coverage too! 2,000 journalists, consultants and photographers
2,000 journalists,
consultants, photographers
3.6 million spectators each afternoon on France Television alone
38.7% audience share
22 teams 198 professional racing cyclists
Source : A.S.O.
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TOURING WITH THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2016 4,500 professional followers of the Tour:
organisers – professional cyclists and their team staff – media representatives – Tour partners – technical teams – Tour ‘caravan’
1,500 room
reservations per night
The Tour ‘caravan’:
120km in length – 180 promotional vehicles – 22 teams - 600 further followers in the Tour ‘caravan’ 13 million gifts given out
STAGE 1: SATURD MONT-SAINT-MICHEL > UTAH BEACH 188km
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D900
Tourville-sur-Sienne
Agon-Coutainville
Trévières
St-Jean-de-Daye
St-SauveurLendelin
St-Malode-la-Lande
Blainville-sur-Mer
Om aha Beac h
N13
Isignysur-Mer
N174
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Ste-Marie-du-Mont
La Sensurière
Neufmesnil e
Bretteville-Plage
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Baie Grandcamp- Pointe du Hoc Maisy des Veys
Chefdu-Pont
Doville
Surville Bretteville-sur-Ay
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Bocage
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St-Sauveurle-Vicomte
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Cap de Carteret
A bay stretching across over 40,000 hectares S ubject to the biggest tidal range on the European 2.5 million visitors a year
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Le Ham
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Listed, along with its Bay, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Quinéville
Valognes
Pointe du Rozel
Grande-Île
Île de Tatihou
St-Vaast-la-Hougue
D902
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A truly exceptional sight, recently reverting to an island
Pointe de Saire
Quettehou
N13
Flamanville
M A NCHE
Pointe du Moulard
Réville
Vauville
Cap de Flamanville
Barfleur
D901
Tourlaville
Varenne
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Pointe de Barfleur Phare de Gatteville
St-Pierre-Église
Egrenne
Querqueville
Anse
Cap Lévy
CherbourgOcteville
D901
Beaumont-Hague
Vire
Rocher du Castel-Vendon
D34
candidate, along with the other Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches (Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword), to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site www.utah-beach.com www.ot-baieducotentin.fr www.saintmariedumont.fr www.ccbdc.fr
Gradient view across Stage 1: 1,400m
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DAY 2ND JULY 2016 SPORTING INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE from the sea to create a breakaway, splitting the peloton, or pack, into several groups. Then the crossing of the Cotentin Peninsula towards La Manche’s eastern coast should calm things before the arrival at Utah Beach, which will no doubt be fought over by sprinters. It should be the perfect opportunity for one of them to don the Yellow Jersey.“
The opening kilometres will bring to the fore the beauty and exceptional qualities of the Bay of the Mont-Saint-Michel. Then, as the cyclists cross the submersible road from Bricqueville-sur-Mer to Lessay, the boldest among them could perhaps gain an advantage from the winds blowing in
Thierry GOUVENOU Sports Director of the Tour de France
TOURIST POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE
HEUGUEVILLESUR-SIENNE Sienne Haven, one of eight such havens tucked into the western coast of La Manche
UTAH BEACH LESSAY With a medieval abbey, plus a 1,000-year-old fair held annually in September
SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE
SAINT-PAIR-SUR-MER
KM
AVRANCHES
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Le Scriptorial, a museum dedicated to the Mont-SaintMichel’s manuscripts in this historic hilltop town set high above the great bay
GRANVILLE A dramatic corsair port where world-famed fashion designer Christian Dior was born as one of the town’s museums recalls
CHAMPEAUX Its coastal road along the cliff tops north of the MontSaint-Michel described as ‘France’s most beautiful kilometre’
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL The Mount and its Bay, jointly designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the bay subject to the largest tidal variations in continental Europe
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One of the five D-Day Landing Beaches of 6 June 1944, with a major Second World War museum on the site
GOUVILLE Its beach huts given colourfully painted roofs
The Airborne Museum, dedicated to the US paratroopers who landed around this historic village on D-Day Official location for the introduction of the Tour’s cycling teams
STAGE 2: SUNDA SAINT-LÔ > CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN 182km
SAINT-LÔ
Cap de la Hague St-Germaindes-Vaux
Pointe Jardeheu
Omonville-la-Rogue
Rocher du Castel-Vendon
de
Biville
Vauville
SiouvilleHague
Vasteville Héauville
La Dielette
Virandeville St-Martinle-Gréard
Anse de Sciotot
Brix
Quettetot Pierreville
Pointe du Rozel La Mare-du-Parc
Surtainville
Le Vrétot Sénoville
St-Lô-d'Ourville
Varenguebec
PrétotSte-Suzanne
Denneville Neufmesnil St-Rémy-des-Landes Lithaire D650 Surville Mont Glatigny La Haye- Castre
Bretteville-sur-Ay Bretteville-Plage
St-Germainsur-Ay
Vesly
D900
St-Germain-Plage
D903
Montsurvent
Gouville-sur-Mer
Montmartin-sur-Mer Annoville
Ouville
Bréhal Île Longue
Bréville-sur-Mer Donville-les-Bains D971E Pointe du Roc
Coudeville Anctovillesur-Boscq
Granville D973
Jullouville
Ver Le Loreur
St-PierreLangers
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Thar
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D9
MontaiguLes-Bois
Condésur-Vire
Caumontl'Éventé
Fervaches
37
Beauchamps
A84
Rouffigny
Montbray
E3
Beaumesnil
D524
Fontenermont
CoulouvrayBoisbenâtre
Campeaux Le Tourneur
St-MartinDon
St-SeverCalvados
VilledieuLes-Poêles
ChérencéE401 le-Héron
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St-Vigordes-Monts
Ste-Cécile
St-Martindes-Besaces
Domjean
Pont-Farcy
Percy
41
A84
N174
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D999
E401
Giéville
Montabot
La Colombe
Sept-Vents St-Amand
Torignisur-Vire
Brectouville
Tessy-sur-Vire
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Fleury
Sartilly
D999
Villebaudon
Gavray
La HayePesnel
Dr
Foulognes
Rouxeville SAINT-LÔ
St-Gilles
Notre-Damede-Cenilly
Hambye
Le MesnilRogues
La Lucerned'Outremer
N174
Le Mesnil-Opac
Abbayede-Hambye
D924
Folligny Hocquigny
St-Pair-sur-Mer
So
St-Denisle-Gast
Sie nn e
Balleroy
La Luzerne
Champ-du-Boult Le Gast
Vire
Cérences
Bricqueville-sur-Mer
PontHébert Hébécrevon
Cerisyde-Bonfossé Montpinchon la-Salle Le Mesnil-Herman Lauriolle
CHERBOURGEN-COTENTIN
Le MolayLittry Vaubadon
Baudre
Roncey
Lengronne
Rubercy
Bernesq
St-Clair- Cerisysur-l'Elle la-Forêt
Canisy
D7
D971
Cavigny
St-Samson-
Nicorps
Lingreville
Grande-Île
Camprond
Quettrevillesur-Sienne
Muneville-sur-Mer
Montreuilsur-Lozon
Marigny
Carantilly
Coutances
Saussey
Pointe d'Agon
Îles Chausey
Montcuit
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Bricqueville
Tournières
la Meauffe
D972
St-Pierrede-Coutances
Regnéville-sur-Mer
Feugères
Formigny
Trévières
Ste-Marguerited'Elle
Le Hommetd'Arthenay
leMesnilEury
Om aha Beac h
C A L V A D O S
St-Jean-de-Daye
Tribehou
Taute Les Champs-
St-SauveurLendelin
Monthuchon
Tourvillesur-Sienne
Agon-Coutainville
A ure
Colombières Vouilly
de-Losque
Servigny
St-Malode-la-Lande
Blainville-sur-Mer
Raids
St-Laurent-sur-Mer Longueville N13
N174
Ancteville
La Violette
Isignysur-Mer
St-Hilaire- St-Pellerin
D900
Munevillele-Bingard
Le Bringard
Anneville-sur-Mer
St-Sébastiende-Raids
Vaudrimesnil
Geffosses
e Vir
D971 Petitville
Sainteny
es Sèv
Périers
D2
Brévands
Carentan
St-Patricede-Claids
La Feuillie
Pirou-Plage
MANCHE
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Vierville-sur-Mer
La Cambe
M A N C H E
Laulne
Le Buisson
Pirou
GéfosseFontenay
Vierville
Le Plessis-Lastelle Méautis
Créances
Printania-Plage
Pointe
Grandcamp- du Hoc St-PierrePointe et Raz Maisy du-Mont de la Percée
Baie des Veys
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Armanville-Plage
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St-Jores
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Chefdu-Pont
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Doville
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Neuvilleau-Plain
Rauvillela-Place
Its national stud set right in the centre of town / A major Normandy equestrian centre
St-Germainde-Varreville
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Ravenoville
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St-Sauveurle-Vicomte
St-Jeande-la-Rivière
Lindbergh-Plage
HauttevilleBocage
Îles St-Marcouf
Ravenoville-Plage
St-Marcouf
Le Ham Ste-Colombe
Les Gougins
Montebourg
Flottemanville
D2
Colomby
Le Valdécie
Barneville-Carteret
St-Georgesde-la-Rivière
Lieusaint
Les Perques
Baubigny D650 Les MoitiersHatainville d'Allonne Carteret Cap de Carteret Barneville-Plage
N13
Bricquebec
Transformed from ‘Capital of Ruins’ to ‘Sport Horse Capital’
Quinéville
Valognes
Négreville
MANCHE
AumevilleLestre
St-Martind'Audouville
Rauville-la-Bigot
St-Germainle-Gaillard
Le Rozel
St-Joseph
St-Vaast-la-Hougue
Videcosville
D902
N13
Dou
Fortifications / Bearing scars from Second World War bombings
Pointe de Saire
Île de Tatihou
Quettehou
Saussemesnil
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Les Pieux
Le Vast
CHERBOURG EN-COTENTIN
D650
Helleville Tréauville Benoîtville
Flamanville
Cap de Flamanville
La Manche’s administrative capital set in the heart of the county
Montfarville
Théville
Digosville
N13
Barfleur
D901
Tourlaville
ÉqueurdrevilleHainneville
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Ste-Croix-Hague
Anse
Pointe de Barfleur Phare-de-Gatteville
St-Pierre-Église
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Beaumont-Hague
Névillesur-Mer
Cosqueville
Cap Lévy UrvilleGrande Rade de Nacqueville Fermanville GrévilleCherbourg-Octeville Anse du Brick Hague Querqueville
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Vire
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Baie Escalgrain
Lo zo
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Auderville
Le BenyBocage
D674
D577
Étouvy
Le MesnilRobert
La Papillonnière
Vaudry
Vire
D512
Viessoix
D524
St-Germainde-Tallevendela-Lande-Vaumont
D577
Presenting a newly-created municipal authority – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
A port protected by the largest historic man-made harbour wall in the world
O pen to England and Ireland, notably via its ferry The largest yachting marina in La Manche services
La Cité de la Mer, a major maritime visitor centre set in the former Transatlantic Passenger Terminal – The Titanic made its French stop here
In a key area for the development of renewable energies, especially marine energy
4 km
www.ville-cherbourg.fr www.cuc-cherbourg.fr www.cherbourgtourisme.com www.citedelamer.com
Gradient view across Stage 2: 2,430m
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AY 3RD JULY 2016 SPORTING INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE
12 m LA GLACERIE (entrée)
CHERBOURG
136 m km 180,5 - (1,9 km à 6,5%)
169 m EN-COTENTIN
Côte de La Glacerie
The Tour provides challenges for all the different types of racing cyclists. After a stage geared to sprinters, here’s one for strong attackers and chasers with their eye on the final overall rankings. At the end of this stage, having crossed Cherbourg-enCotentin, La Glacerie’s steep slope (14% in parts) should create some significant gaps in those rankings. Before that climax, the pack will discover the verdant Vire Valley and ride up and down the bobbly hills of the bocage normand, terrain suited to hardened chasers, allowing them to show off their stamina in front of their numerous fans. Then beyond the little city of Coutances, around Portbail and Les Pieux, tension should mount bit by bit as the race reaches La Hague, followed by Cherbourg’s magnificent harbour, before that final, testing ascent of La Glacerie.“
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Thierry GOUVENOU Sports Director of the Tour de France
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TOURIST POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE
BARNEVILLE-CARTERET With the seaside resort of Cap de Carteret, a great place for a coastal walk looking out towards the Channel Islands
MONTPINCHON CONDE SUR VIRE In the Vire Valley, where former towpaths and railway lines have been transformed into cycling greenways, or voies vertes (275km in La Manche)
KM
HAMBYE
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Hambye Abbey, a major religious foundation dating back to the 12th century
COUTANCES Its historic town centre dominated by the 13th-century cathedral, a Norman Gothic gem Jazz sous les pommiers, a jazz festival whose name recalls La Manche’s many apple orchards
SAINT-LÔ Known as ‘Capital du cheval’, a major equestrian centre
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CHERBOURGEN-COTENTIN La Cité de la Mer, a major maritime visitor centre set in the former Transatlantic Passenger Terminal – The Titanic made its French stop here Host of the official Tour de France dinner the evening before the Grand Départ
SIOUVILLE With a beach much loved by surfers and other water sports aficionados
STAGE 3: MONDAY 4TH JULY 2016 GRANVILLE > ANGERS 222km
GRANVILLE A seaside resort nicknamed ‘the Monaco of Northern France’
The Iles Chausey Archipelago, plus fast ferry links to the Channel Islands
Beaches and harbours subject to the largest tidal ranges on the European continent
Top seashell-catching port in France (specialities include Chausey lobster and whelks)
Musée
Christian Dior, dedicated to the great French fashion designer, born here
The historic Haute-Ville, or upper town, perched on its dramatic ridge high above the sea
A former corsair port / Home port of Le Marité, the last remaining terreneuvier français built expeditions off Newfoundland, Canada
for
fishing
www.ville-granville.fr www.musee-dior-granville.com
SPORTING INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE finishes in the Loire Valley, in Anjou’s capital city of Angers; as it ends, minds will be turning to the mountainous summits of the Massif Central far to the south, to which the Tour’s cyclists will be moving on just 48 hours later…’’
As soon as the peloton leaves Granville for Villedieu-les-Poêles, it’ll head along hilly roads well suited to cyclists wishing to mount attacks and breakaways. After a time, the cyclists will leave the county of La Manche via its southern frontier. This stage
Thierry GOUVENOU Sports Director of the Tour de France
TOURIST POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE STAGE
GRANVILLE Musée Christian Dior in the Villa les Rhumbs, childhood home of the great fashion designer Chausey Archipelago, France’s largest archipelago at low tide, boasting 365 islands and islets visible at low tide, but just 52 at high tide
SAINT-HILAIRE-DU-HARCOUET
VILLEDIEU-LES-POELES
On the Véloscénie national cycle route linking Paris to the Mont Saint-Michel by bike
Copper-crafting town, notable for its bell foundry and copper-making workshops
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CYCLING TRIP « L’ÉTAPE GRAND DÉPART » BE THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THE ROUTE SUNDAY 26TH JUNE CYCLING TRIP LE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL > UTAHL’ÉTAPE BEACH GRAND DÉPART 26.06.16
This year, Amaury Sport Organisation (or A.S.O., organiser of the Tour de France), in conjunction with the Association du Grand Départ and the regional and county cycling associations (les comités départemental et régional de cyclisme), is proposing an exceptional bike ride that is open to all. Entitled L’Étape Grand Départ, the idea behind it is to enable amateur cyclists from around the world to try out the opening stage of the 2016 Tour de France a few days before the official professional race sets off. The programme then is to follow the legendary stage Le MontSaint-Michel > Utah. Participants can opt from three different levels of length and difficulty, choosing the route to suit their abilities.
Mont-Saint-Michel / Utah Beach / Carentan
Arrivée / Finish
MONTEBOURG Parcours - Route
44 km
Utah Beach
Bayeux
CARENTAN LESSAY
Parcours - Route
80 km
Saint-Lô MA NC H E
Coutances
CALVADOS
M A N C H E
Annoville Îles Chausey
Granville
Pointe du Grouin Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel
Vire
Champeaux Avranches
Saint-Malo
ORNE
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL
Open to all, and accessible to those with handicaps For further information and to register, go to the Grand Départ website and look under the section ‘Etape Grand Départ’
Départ / Start
Ravitaillement complet / Feeding zone
The 3 route options: Grand route: 189km (Mont-Saint-Michel – Utah Beach - Carentan) Intermediate route: 80km (Lessay – Utah Beach – Carentan) Short route: 44km (Montebourg – Utah Beach – Carentan) L’Étape Grand Départ will lead the participating cyclists along roads also used by motorised traffic. To ensure the smooth running of this event, 300 volunteers will help signal the way and ensure safety along the whole route. The Étape du Grand Départ Village will be set up in Carentan, on Place du Grand Valnoble square. Here, participants will find car parks and secure bicycle parking facilities, shuttle buses, numbered jackets and more.
LÉGENDE / THE KEY
Cherbourg en-Cotentin
Parcours - Route
189 km ILLE-ET-VILAINE
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EXCEPTIONAL SIGHTS AT THE H CARENTAN
Main Press and Media Centre (for Stage 1) and location for l'Étape Grand Départ Village From 26th June to 2nd July 2016
© M. Lerouge
Located south of Utah Beach, the town of Carentan is known in Normandy as ‘Capital of the Marshes’, in reference to the marshes all around. A gateway to the Cotentin Peninsula to the north and close to the wide Baie des Veys to the east, Carentan lies in the midst of the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Natural Regional Park. Carentan, with its medieval past, its port in the heart of town and its unique canal bridge, designed by Charles Lavigne and evoking a wooden vessel, offers plenty of historical interest. All told, the town’s architecture is remarkable, with some fine 16th and 17th century houses.
PLACE DU GRAND VALNOBLE On 2nd July 2016, this square in Carentan will play host to the Press and Media Centre for Stage 1 of the Tour de France.
SAINT-LÔ
Welcome Centre and Main Press and Media Centre From 27th June to 1st July 2016
SAINT-LÔ EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AND NATIONAL STUD
© OTI Saint-Lô
From 27th June 2016, this centre will house the Welcome Centre and International Press and Media Centre, veritable nerve centre of the Grand Départ du Tour de France in La Manche. Saint-Lô’s National Stud (the Haras National de Saint-Lô) forms a glorious architectural ensemble, dating from the 19th century, set around a magnificent courtyard. Cradle of the Selle Français breed, a sport horse par excellence that still dominates here, the stud takes in stallions of other breeds too.
SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE Host of the official ceremony presenting the Tour de France’s cycling teams 30th June 2016 On 30th June 2016, all the participants involved in the Tour de France 2016 will gather in this historic spot for the ceremony to present the cycling teams. The event will be open to all. On the night of 5th to 6th June 1944, the first waves of American paratroopers jumped from planes flying over Sainte-Mère-Église. In fact, through that night, 15,000 soldiers were dropped over the village and its surroundings. By dawn on 6th June 1944, Sainte-Mère-Église was under the control of the American army, the paratroopers being quickly joined by reinforcements just landed on Utah Beach. Thanks to the paratroopers’ actions, the village was the first in France to be liberated thanks to airborne action.
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HEART OF THE GRAND DÉPART preceding D-Day. The museum is the largest in Europe dedicated to American paratroopers, specifically those of the 82nd and 101st Divisions, who played such a vital role at the outset of the 1944 Normandy landings. In 2015, the museum welcomed just over 206,000 visitors, making it the leading museum in La Manche dedicated to war remembrance tourism. A fourth building will soon be added to the three existing ones set in the museum’s grounds. In the first edifice, the Waco Building, the focus is on the use of gliders during the Normandy landings, visitors viewing displays set around a real WACO glider, which they can even board. In the second building, a real C-47 used in June 1944 features large, giving its name to this edifice. Here, the displays centre around preparations for D-Day and the plane drops over Normandy. Since 2014, the displays in a third building, named Operation Neptune, plunge visitors into the heart of the Battle of Sainte-Mère-Eglise and its aftermath, using hyper-realistic contemporary technologies. Finally, the fourth building, the Ronald Reagan Conference Centre, opens in May 2016.
AIRBORNE MUSEUM The Airborne Museum stands in the heart of Sainte-Mère-Église, opposite the bell tower on which US paratrooper John Steele famously remained dangling from his parachute for some time during the night
CHERBOURGEN-COTENTIN
Host of the Official Dinner of the Tour de France The Transatlantic Passenger Terminal, now transformed into La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg’s major maritime visitor centre 1st July 2016
In September 2015, Cherbourg’s Gare Maritime Transatlantique, or Transatlantic Passenger Terminal, was voted French people’s third favourite monument. It will play host to the official dinner held the evening before the first stage of the Tour de France 2016.
LA CITÉ DE LA MER La Cité de la Mer on Cherbourg’s seafront is one of Normandy’s unmissable family attractions, dedicated to mankind’s adventures under the oceans. Touring around it, you can board Le Redoutable, the largest submarine open to visitors anywhere in the world, and admire the 17 tanks making up the Pôle Océan area, packed with sea life thanks to 1,200 colourful fish swimming inside them. In the Espace Titanic, learn how the magnificent, ill-fated ocean liner made its French stop in Cherbourg in 1912, shortly before its sinking by an iceberg. Relive the events from its stop here until the tragic accident.
SAINTE-MARIE-DU MONT / UTAH BEACH
LA GLACERIE HIPPODROME L’Hippodrome de la Glacerie, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s racecourse, will be transformed, on 3rd July 2016, into the Press and Media Centre for Stage 2 of the Tour de France 2016.
Stage 1 Finish 2nd July 2016
MUSÉE DU DÉBARQUEMENT Created in 1962 beside the exact spot where American troops landed on 6th June 1944, the Utah Beach Museum pays homage to the 836,000 Allied soldiers who risked their lives in freeing Western Europe from the Nazis from June 1944. With over 3,000 m2 of exhibition spaces and ten major chronological display areas, the museum evokes the German Occupation, the enemy forces in place on the evening before D-Day, the Allied strategy and the events of 6 June 1944 in the Utah Beach sector. The star exhibit is an authentic Bombardier B26 plane, displayed in a hall specially designed for it, with two flight simulators you can try out. Admiring the beach outside the museum, visitors will understand the strategic choice of this massive Norman strand and the reasons for the military and technological successes achieved at Utah Beach. 17
Gustave Garrigou
Tony Martin
THE GRAND DÉPART IN LA MANCHE AN OBVIOUS CHOICE LA MANCHE AND THE TOUR DE FRANCE, 103 YEARS OF HISTORY Twenty-three editions of the Tour de France have visited La Manche to date. Among the six towns in La Manche to have hosted the Tour, it’s Cherbourg that can claim the oldest links with the race and the peloton has stopped there 17 times. The first occasion was in 1911, the celebrated Gustave Garrigou going on to win the Tour that year. Other than the odd time when the Tour has reached as far as the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, two finishes have taken place in the hilltop town of Avranches, above the Mont-Saint-Michel. The second of these, in 2002, has remained etched in fans’ memories, as
the confident Australian Bradley McGee announced his victory on the very morning of that stage. The recent history of the Tour de France in La Manche has been particularly memorable for the two arrivals at the foot of the Mont-Saint-Michel. It was in 1990 that the Belgian Johan Museeuw became the first to have his name as a cycling winner linked with the ‘Wonder of the Western World’. Twenty-three years later, during the 100th edition of the Tour de France, the German cyclist Tony Martin won the time-trial held here.
LA MANCHE TOWNS THAT HAVE HOSTED THE TOUR
LA MANCHE CYCLISTS IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE Going as far back as the Tour de France’s first edition, many cyclists from La Manche have distinguished themselves, notably Raymond Delisle, who won two stages and had the privilege of winning the coveted Yellow Jersey in the 1970s. Other cyclists from the county to have featured are: Georges Heneaux (1906), Alcide Rivière (1909, 1911, 1913 and 1914), Camille Bière (1910, 1926 and 1927), Jules Lebreton (1921 and 1922), Henri Touzard (1923 to 1930), Eugène Léveillé (1923), Jean-Claude Hautot (1923), François-Camille Lepenant (1925), Georges Dever (1929), Félix Lebuhotel (1959 to 1961), Raymond Delisle (1965 to 1977, winning 2 stages, and the Yellow Jersey in 1976), Raymond Lebreton (1966), Charly Rouxel (1973 to 1978), Philippe Durel (1978 to 1980), Gérard Macé (1979), Jean-Claude Bagot (1984 to 1994), Thierry Marie (1985 to 1996, 8 stage victories, Yellow Jersey winner in 1991), Amaël Moinard (2008 to 2014), Anthony Delaplace (2011 to 2015), Julien Fouchard (2012) and Mikaël Chérel (2012, 2014 and 2015).
> Cherbourg (17 times) > Avranches (4 times) > Le Mont-Saint-Michel (2 times) > Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (2 times) > Granville (1 time) > Saint-Martin-de-Landelles (1 time) 2016 will provide a great first for the towns of Saint-Lô and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.
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LES FORÇATS DE LA ROUTE FORCED LABOUR ON THE TOUR – A LEGENDARY ARTICLE DRAFTED IN COUTANCES
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lbert Londres will remain a reference for all journalists. A committed reporter, he became interested in the Tour de France, denouncing the ruthless physical demands imposed on cyclists at the time, in what he called the “tour of agony”, and rules that were sometimes surreal (The Road Convicts and Tour de France, tour of agony”. He is the instigator of one of the most vivid legends of the Tour de France: the birth of the “Road Convicts” at the Café de la Gare in Coutances. It was the story of how the Pélissier brothers quit the Tour: a story that could have been lost had it not been for Albert Londres’ formidable pen. It is 27 June 1924. The talent of Maurice Ville, Henri and Francis Pélissier is unanimously recognised – Henri had won the previous year Tour in 1923; the cyclists were also known for their frequent massive protests particularly against the organisers. Now at the beginning of this 1924 Tour, they recognise the fact that Ottavio Bottechia, a young prodigy, is going to overshadow them. They throw in the towel during the Cherbourg-Brest Stage under the pretence of some rule they consider improper. They stop at the Café de la Gare in Coutances. Albert Londres is a journalist with “Petit Parisien”, the newspaper rivalling “Auto” that happens to be the organiser of the event. He turns around in Granville sensing that he might be on to something and joins the racers sitting at a table at the Café. There is quite a crowd around, a very subdued crowd “No one said anything. They just stared, jaws dropping, towards the back of the room. Three jerseys were sitting in front of three bowls of hot chocolate”. The Pélissier brothers pour out their hearts to the journalist and empty their bags as well, showing the cocaine they sniff and pills they pop in order to “make it”. - Is this a sudden impulse? - No, says Henri. We’re no dogs… Why did they throw in the towel? Because a race marshal wanted to check how many jerseys Henri had when he started the race, because racers must have the same number on arrival. - Why? - Because it’s the rule. Not only must we race like madmen, but we must also freeze or suffocate. […] You have no idea what the Tour de France is about, says Henri, such torture. And Jesus ‘Way of the Cross’ only had fourteen Stations – ours has fifteen. […] You haven’t seen us at the bathhouse when we finish. Do come: it’s well worth it! Once the mud is
washed away, we are as pale as a shroud, emptied out from diarrhea and we faint in the water. At night in our room, we dance away like Saint Vitus instead of sleeping. […] When we get off our bikes, we fall right through our socks and our trousers; nothing sticks to our body. - And our flesh, says Francis, doesn’t stick to our bones anymore. - And our toenails, says Henri, I lose six out of ten. They die a little more at each Stage. […] What we wouldn’t do to mules, we do to ourselves. We are no lazy bones so, in God’s Name, stop pestering us. We are ready to accept suffering, but don’t humiliate us! […] I have a newspaper on my abdomen, I left with it and so I have to cross the finish line with. If I throw it away, I’ll be given a penalty. If we are dying of thirst, before we stick our bidon under running water, we must make sure that it isn’t somebody who, fifty meters away, is pumping it. Otherwise: a penalty. You want to drink; well then you do the pumping yourself. One day they’ll stick lead in our pockets because they will have decided that God didn’t make men heavy enough. If we go on along that route, there will soon only be “hoboes” left and no more artists. Sports have gone raving mad!
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The Tour Director, Henri Desgranges, answered in the rival newspaper: “Who are these convicts? Two ill-prepared cyclists who feel beaten.” And so the legend of the “Road Convicts” was born on this Friday in June 1924 in Coutance, at the Café de la Gare, a legend that outlived the Café.
Café de la Gare in Coutances, Cotentin Peninsula
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A DREAM COMING TRUE FOR TO ANTHONY DELAPLACE Born in Valognes on 11 September 1989, he began taking his cycling seriously at the age of 13. Joining the AS Tourlaville club, he went through his early racing stages there (minime, cadet and junior stages in French), before heading over the regional frontier to Brittany for two years of training, having been spotted as a special young talent. His experience here opened the doors to professional teams: Saur Sojasun in 2010, then Bretagne Séché Environnement in 2014.
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It all seems a bit unreal! I honestly didn’t think La Manche would have the means to host an event on the scale of the Tour de France. I just didn’t think it would ever be possible. Maybe one stage, yes, but three days of racing in La Manche, and on top of that a finish in Cherbourg, just 10km from where my parents live – I couldn’t have dreamt of anything better. The Tour de France is the greatest cycle race on the planet. It’s really hard to gain a place on the Tour. But to take part in a Grand Départ on home turf, that’s a childhood dream of mine! I’ve raced in the Tour de France for five years in a row now. If in 2016 I’m lucky enough that my team is selected and that I’m chosen to race for it, that would surely be the greatest moment in my career!’’
MIKAËL CHÉREL From Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët in the south of La Manche, Mikaël Chérel was born on 17 March 1986. When he turned professional, he joined the ranks of the Française des Jeux team in 2007, moving on to AG2R La Mondiale in 2011. Having raced twice in the Tour de France, twice in the Giro d’Italia and three times in the Vuelta a Espagna, he’s very much hoping to defend the honour of La Manche in 2016, on home territory.
© AG2R LA MONDIALE Pro Cycling Team
La Manche is a land of cyclists, just like the whole of western France in fact. There are loads of races laid on for amateur and young cyclists around here. It’s fair to say that La Manche is a very dynamic cycling county. I know well how the county council supports sporting events here and I imagine that they have the means to pull off the great challenge of hosting the Tour de France. Of course we have magnificent landscapes to show off, with the Mont-SaintMichel acting as a majestic starting point. It would be a dream to participate, although in this sport you have to see how things go from day to day. I know that if I were selected, I’d have lots of supporters lining the roadsides and to race around lanes that I know so well would be truly fantastic.’’
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OP CYCLISTS FROM LA MANCHE AMAËL MOINARD Born in Cherbourg on 2 February 1982, he began professional racing in 2005 with the Cofidis team, before moving on to the BMC team in 2011. Amaël has seven Tours de France under his belt, plus three Giro d’Italia and two Vuelta a Espagna.
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With the first stage in La Manche, if there’s a wind blowing across the Carentan marshes, that might encourage a breakaway group and a nervy, dangerous finish, but whatever happens, it should make for a fine show. As regards the second stage, I think a lot of the riders will be surprised by the slopes and by what a hard slog the route will be. Everyone will find the last leg up La Glacerie’s slope a challenge. This finale may prove a triumph for chasers, sprinters who are also good at climbing, for aggressive attackers, or just for plain climbers. That said, the course overall that day may suit attackers! That’s the beauty of cycling, when the outcome is so unpredictable.’’
ARNAUD COURTEILLE Arnaud Courteille, born on 13 March 1989 at Saint-Hilaire-duHarcouët, got into cycling from the age of 7, at the Roue d’Or Teilleulaise. He then joined the Vélo Club de Saint-Hilaire-duHarcouët in his second junior year, followed by the UC Nantes Atlantique in 2008. He turned professional when he became a member of the FDJ team in 2011, and he remains a part of that outfit.
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La Manche has so many special qualities for hosting the Grand Départ du Tour de France. For a start, from the aesthetic point of view, La Manche can certainly offer beautiful landscapes and the shots of the Mont-Saint-Michel and the D-Day Landing Beaches from the helicopter will be matchless. Next, at the organisational level, I’m sure that it’ll be a big success. La Manche has already hosted the Tour and has proved its ability to turn the event into a great celebration across the county. Finally, there’s no doubting that the county authorities and the local crowds will all play their part. There’ll be loads of people along the roadsides as the Manchois love their cycling.’’
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS FROM LA MANCHE César Bihel (UC Bricquebec) Auber 93 Pierre Gouault (VC Saint-Hilaire) Auber 93 Maxime Renault (VC Avranches) Auber 93 Nicolas Lefrançois (ES Torigni) Team Novo Nordisk
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RACING IN L La Manche and cycling share a long and passionate history. The county provides cyclists of all different types with a varied, vast, beautiful playground. Mountain bikers can try out more or less challenging trails, from the Sélune Valley in the south to the Pointe de la Hague in the north, always enjoying magnificent settings. Cyclo-cross is also hugely popular in La Manche, notably thanks to the trails at Lanarvilly and Flamanville. The latter hosted the 2013 final of the French National Challenge, attracting the greatest practitioners, such as Clément Lhotellerie, Arnold Jeannesson and Francis Mourey. Then on 30 December 2015, the same venue organised the final of the French Cyclo-cross Cup. Lastly, La Manche draws in professional cyclists with its road races like the Duo Normand. The county is often subject to strong wings and the hilly terrain can provide some surprising variations in altitude on a cycling outing, offering young cycling enthusiasts a good training and encouraging the development of major champions.
COMITÉ DÉPARTEMENTAL DE CYCLISME DE LA MANCHE 1st County Committee of France Number of cycle clubs: 36 Number of riders holding a licence : 1,950, of whom 165 are women - 590 under the age of 18 - 1,360 over the age of 18 ans (passcyclisme open, loisirs, nature) Cycling referees : 54, of whom 9 are women Coaches: 164, of whom 40 are women
CYCLING EVENTS IN LA MANCHE Every year, 269 cycling events are organised around the county. Among the most important are: the seven races in the Trophée de la Manche (on road and on mountain bikes), the Grand Prix Cycliste Juniors Fernand Durel at Gavray, the
Grand Prix Michel Lair at Octeville, Les Trois Jours de Cherbourg, La Saint-Laurent de Montpinchon, Le Duo Normand, La Polynormande, the Tour de la Manche Cycliste and then the Tour de Normandie.
UCI EUROPE TOUR RACES CLASSED 1.1 LE DUO NORMAND
Le Duo Normand is a cycle race created in 1982 that takes place every year in autumn at Marigny. As its name indicates, this race has the distinctive feature of being a time-trial by teams of two, run on a 54.3km-long route. From 1999 up to 2013, the famed professional cyclists Chris Boardman (UK) and Jens Voigt (Germany) held the record, of 1 h 04’ 47‘‘. Luke Durbridge (Australia) and Svein Tuft (Canada) put an end to this 14-year unbroken record when they completed the trial in 1 h 04’ 10‘‘, in 2014.
LA POLYNORMANDE La Polynormande is a cycling road race around Saint-Martin-deLandelles. Created in 1980 by Daniel Mangeas, it takes place end July or early August, depending on the year. The first edition actually took place on Sunday 17 August 1980 and was won by Bernard Thévenet. Originally classed as a post-Tour rally, La Polynormande was upgraded in 2003, becoming an event that counted towards the Coupe de France (or French Cup). Cyclists start from the historic hilltop town of Avranches. After c. 5km, the racers join the cycling circuit at Saint-Martin-de-Landelles, which is 13.5km long, and do eight laps of it in a row. The slopes of La Vallée and La Pigeonnière separate the wheat from the chaff among the cyclists. 22
LA MANCHE RACES CLASSED AS ‘ÉLITE NATIONALE’ LE TOUR DE NORMANDIE The Tour de Normandie is one of the only French races held in stages, across a week, that features on the UCI Europe Tour calendar, and that going back to 2005. Originally created in 1939, it wasn’t organised again for many year, until being revived in the 1950s, for just four editions. Then from 1981 it became an annual event open to amateurs. However, all changed with the 1996 edition, as the race stepped up a gear, turning into a professional event. Since then, it has succeeded in revealing some major talents: Thor Hushovd (World Champion in 2010), Johan Van Summeren (winner of the Paris-Roubaix race in 2011), Jens Voigt and Christophe Riblon (both of the last two winners of stages on the Tour de France).
LE TOUR DE LA MANCHE The Tour de la Manche is a cycle race created just after the war, in 1946. It takes place around La Manche every year, in the spring. The first edition was organised by the Cherbourg press and the AS Cherbourg sporting association. It took place in two stages, over a total of 378km. A prize of 80,000 francs was fought over by 45 competitors. The first stage, from Cherbourg to Avranches, was won by Maurice Bocquet in a sprint. The second stage saw Maurice Diot win at Octeville and he was declared overall winner. A certain Louison Bobet would come 12th in the race; he would become one of France’s greatest-ever cyclists. Up until 1955, the Tour de la Manche continued as a professional race. After a ten-year gap, it was revived as a race reserved for amateur cyclists.
LE GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-HILAIRE This semi-professional race takes place in Saint-Hilaire-duHarcouët on the ninth Sunday in the year and marks the start of the cycling season. The year 2016 has seen the Vélo-club
Saint-Hilaire organise the 62nd edition of the event, the results counting towards the awarding of the Trophée de la Manche.
LES TROIS JOURS DE CHERBOURG Les Trois Jours de Cherbourg is an event that takes place around Cherbourg-en-Cotentin every year in September, across three days. The race is classed as Élite Nationale. It’s reserved for amateurs.
LA GAINSBARRE ET LA GISLARD
takes place mid-April in coastal Portbail and is ranked Élite Nationale. Le Souvenir Andre Gislard race, known more simply as La Gislard, is a cycling competition also created by André Quentin, this one in 1996, and it takes place in the same week as La Gainsbarre.
La Gainsbarre is a cycle race created in 2004 by André Quentin in honour of the cult French singer Serge Gainsbourg who, in 1989, presented a cheque for 100,000 francs (c. €15,000) to La Haye-du-Puits’s cycling club. The race
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LA MANCH THREE THEMED VÉLOROUTES FOR FANS OF CYCLING TOURISM AND OVER 1,000KM OF SIGNPOSTED TRAILS In western Normandy, the county of La Manche boasts portions of three themed national cycle routes that are accessible to a whole range of cyclists: La Véloscénie, a route linking Paris to the Mont-Saint-Michel; the D-Day Landing Beaches to the Mont-Saint-Michel route; and the Tour de
Manche (a Cycle West project). Certain sections of the national trails may not be wholly completed yet, but these cycle routes are all easy to follow through La Manche, allowing cyclists to enjoy the beauty of the county’s landscapes and the richness of its Norman heritage at their own pace.
LA VÉLOSCÉNIE FROM PARIS TO THE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, ‘A GREAT SHOW OF A CYCLE ROUTE’, 450KM IN LENGTH! Going from the heart of Paris to the foot of the Mont-Saint-Michel, this véloroute crosses 4 French regions and 8 départements (or French counties), guiding cyclists to major French heritage sites along the way (notably the Eiffel Tower, Chartres Cathedral, the Norman spa town of Bagnoles-de-l’Orne and the Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay). The different sections present different levels of difficulty, some suitable for families, some for more experienced cyclists. Parts are on dedicated cycle tracks or greenways free from motorised
traffic, other parts are on roads shared with motorised traffic. The section through La Manche takes cyclists through apple and pear orchards and typical Normandy hedged pasturelands known as bocage, mainly following a greenway set along a former railway line. Riders pass through the picturesque villages of Barenton and Ducey and the breathtaking landscapes of the Mortain waterfalls and Sélune Valley before enjoying the finest spectacle or all, the Bay of the Mont-SaintMichel. It’s possible to link onto further Cycle West routes or the D-Day landing beaches cycle route. For further information: www.veloscenie.com
FROM THE D-DAY LANDING BEACHES TO THE MONT-SAINTMICHEL,‘ALONG A HISTORIC ROUTE’ 230KM IN LENGTH! This cycle route links the world-famous D-Day Landing Beaches to the Mont-Saint-Michel. You can in fact choose from three starting points: Utah Beach in La Manche; or Arromanches’s Gold Beach or then Omaha Beach, both in the county of Calvados. All end with a grandiose finale at the foot of the MontSaint-Michel. From the town of Carentan on, cyclists can see many significant spots in the Battle of Normandy that followed D-Day and enjoy fine views of the marshes and bocage, the likes of the Marais du Cotentin, the Mortain waterfalls and the Roche de Ham in the Vire Valley standing out. The route alternates between greenways and quiet country roads.
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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
For further information: www.debarquement-montsaintmichel.com
CYCLE WEST, LE PETIT TOUR DE MANCHE, ‘AN ANGLO-FRENCH ROUTE’ 450KM IN LENGTH! The Petit Tour de Manche cycle route encourages cyclists to head from Brittany over the Channel to southwest England, crossing through La Manche. Along this section of the trail, riders can discover the Mont-Saint-Michel and its PETIT TOUR DE Bay, Cherbourg’s huge man-made harbour, MANCHE the Cotentin Peninsula’s rolling hills and
marshes, the medieval châteaux of Bricquebec and SaintSauveur-Le-Vicomte and more. Then there’s the option of a stopover on the Channel Island of Jersey, off the Normandy coast. The route in La Manche is mainly along easy greenways without motorised traffic, taking cyclists through verdant bocage pasturelands and beside the spectacular coast. For further information: www.tourdemanche.com
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HE BY BIKE ACCUEIL VÉLO ACCREDITED ACCOMMODATION An Accueil Vélo establishment guarantees that cycling tourists will find accommodation: Under 5km from an official cycle route Providing specifically adapted facilities suitable for cyclists, such as a bicycle shelter and a bicycle repair kit Offering a warm welcome, hosts providing useful information and advice for cyclists (for example on local cycle trails and the weather) Proposing, in certain cases, additional services of use to cyclists such as: luggage transfer, facilities for washing and drying clothes, bike hire or bicycle accessories hire, bicycle washes and more
Be they running hotels, chambres d’hôtes (B&Bs), campsites, or holiday lets (gîtes): 57 accommodation providers in La Manche have been accredited with the Accueil Vélo label.
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For further information: www.manchetourisme.com
A UNIFYING PROJEC Sport, through its wide appeal, acts as a great stimulus to a region’s touristic and economic development. La Manche, in order to make sure that the Tour de France’s impact is lasting and to build on the experience for the future, has put together a global marketing strategy for the county, along with helping
organise the actual event. It has brought together all the diverse players and stakeholders involved in this key project for the year 2016 and is acting as the driving force for many further events around the county both before, during and after the Grand Départ.
LA MANCHE’S REGIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER PROJECTS
Crédit photo : La Manche Libre / François Monier
In order to bring together the many initiatives planned around the Grand Départ in La Manche, the Association du Grand Départ launched a widespread invitation to regional bodies to tender projects at the end of 2015 (from 8 October to 18 December). Numerous Manchois responded. In total, 280 dossiers were received, representing over 500 projects, as some bodies proposed more than one. The two themes that had to be taken into consideration – namely cycling and Normandy – were well integrated into and brought out in the dossiers. The invitation was open to all, with the understanding that each project had to be a collective enterprise involving a minimum of 10 people. The bodies that presented projects were extremely varied (notably communes – parishes and municipalities –, cultural associations, school authorities, sports clubs and festival committees) and the whole of La Manche and Normandy was represented. The range of projects proposed has been wide-ranging, including: exhibitions on the history of the Tour de France in La Manche, the gathering of testimonies or accounts from the past, giant wall paintings, cycle races for both the able-bodied and
the handicapped, innovative to whacky cycling events, light shows in Normandy’s colours in the participating towns, art projects by sixth-formers, even special tournaments in oldpeople’s homes. The projects will stretch out as far as October, so that there will be a whole series of events across La Manche before, during and after the Grand Départ. On the very first day of the Grand Départ, all the county’s towns will host festive and musical events, picnics, even coverage on giant screens. The overall aim of inviting people and bodies to tender bids for their projects has been to help develop a whole range of local initiatives and events so that right around the county the people of La Manche and visitors can make the most of this great rendez-vous of summer 2016. The people of Normandy, becoming active participants in this major event, have thus been invited to make clear their pride in hosting the world’s leading annual sporting event. The Association du Grand Départ will ensure the highlighting of local events and their promotion via its internet website and social networks. For further information: www.tourdefrance-manche.fr/animations
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CT FOR LA MANCHE LA MANCHE TOWNS AND ASSOCIATED AUTHORITIES INVOLVED IN THE GRAND DEPART Since the official announcement that La Manche would host the Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016, spurred on by the Conseil Départemental de la Manche (La Manche County Council) and associated local authorities, the county is preparing to provide the best possible welcome in the best of conditions for the top cycle race in the world. Beyond the sporting event itself, the whole county will feel the effects of the Grand Départ. That the third most important sporting event in the world should be passing through La Manche is a source of great regional pride that will also enhance the sense of community in the towns, local authorities and parishes actively participating in the event, as well as among the inhabitants of La Manche generally. The aim, therefore, is to work closely in partnership with the 137 communes (French municipalities, local authorities or parishes) in La
Manche through which the Tour de France will pass, and with the mayors of the towns hosting stage starts and finishes, and also with the presidents of joint local authorities hosting stages. Every municipal team is springing into action to put its town on the best footing, uniting all its players (be they inhabitants, cycling clubs, cultural organisations, etc) in organising projects associated with the event. The success of an event on such a massive scale, that reaches out so widely across the county, is bound up with the full involvement and coordination of the towns concerned, the overall coordination being handled by the Grand Départ’s steering committee. From January 2015, this steering committee, set up in the form of an association, has enabled extremely close cooperation between the participating authorities, French State services and the organisers of the Tour de France.
TESTIMONIES Welcoming the Tour de France presents a great opportunity for the Cotentin area, providing it with a fantastic chance to become more widely known as a tourist destination and to put to the fore its qualities and its know-how. This focus will also enable us to demonstrate our ability to organise major events on an international scale. In addition, it fulfils
our desire, looking beyond the Tour de France, to see Cherbourg-en-Cotentin recognised as a place that is full of skilled people and possibilities. Everyone here will cherish unforgettable memories of the Tour de France passing through this, a land of cycling.’’
For the first time in the history of the Tour de France, one single town will first be crossed by the legendary race, then, just two days later, will host a stage start – that’s Granville. This honour will provide a wonderful opportunity to strengthen
the reputation of our area, to enhance its image and to attract new tourist visitors. The main players in the authority – the councillors and its other driving forces – are gathering together to plan numerous related, unifying projects!’’
Benoît ARRIVÉ Mayor of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Dominique BAUDRY Mayor of Granville
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THE BUDGET FOR A GRAND DÉPART THE DETAILED BUDGET
HOW MUCH DOES A GRAND DÉPART COST?
Administration and human resources
12% Fees to Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.)
A BUDGET OF € 5,005,000 (inclusive of all taxes)
46%
Communication & supporting local events
29% Logistics, facilities and events organisation
13%
THE COLLECTIVE FINANCING OF THE GRAND DEPART Conseil départemental de la Manche
€1,204,350
The Normandy Region
€1,300,000
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
€180,000
The town of Saint-Lô / Saint-Lô Agglomération
€180,000
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Sainte-Mère-Église / Carentan / CC Baie du Cotentin
€144,000
CC Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel / Mont-Saint-Michel
€144,000
The town of Granville / CC Granville Terre & Mer
€108,000
Participation in communication & supporting local events by the Conseil Départemental de la Manche
€1,469,650
Commercial profit (from partnerships and hospitality)
€275,000 Total produced
€5,005,000
THE EXPECTED ECONOMIC BENEFITS The estimated number of spectators expected in the département, or county, of La Manche from 29 June to 4 July 2016 is 1 million. Impact studies on previous Grands Départs show that for every €1 invested, €4 to €5 are spent by the accredited participants and spectators in the host areas (in accommodation, restaurants, purchases in local food shops, souvenir shops and news agencies, in media, transport, petrol and so on…). For La Manche in 2016, the estimated total of the immediate economic benefits for the local economy lies between 20 and 25 million euros. In addition, the recognition gained from hosting the Tour and the exceptional media coverage lead automatically to an
upsurge in the number of loyal tourist visitors (for Normandy, estimated to come mainly from the Paris region and the northern regions of France, plus from Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands), as well as attracting new visitors, mainly from abroad, from the likes of Russia and Asia. Furthermore, the wide-reaching media coverage also highlights areas of excellence in other domains in the county, emphasising the area’s true dynamism. On top of that, from 1956 to 2015, Normandy was split into two regions, but what with the recent reorganisation of the French regions, this will be the first time a single, reunified Normandy will host such an important international sporting event
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THE STEERING COMMITTEE ORGANISATION
THE HISTORY OF LA MANCHE’S CANDIDACY ctober 2010: first meeting between Christian Prudhomme O and Jean-François Le Grand. Discussions held over the potential candidacy of the Département (County) of La Manche and the area of Sud-Manche to host a stage of the Tour de France in 2013 and to host a Grand Départ.
Wednesday 10 th July 2013: a 33km time-trial is held between Avranches and the Mont-Saint-Michel, as part of the 11th stage of the Tour. 9 th December 2014: official announcement at the Abbey of the Mont-Saint-Michel that La Manche will host the Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016, and a total of 3 stages.
F ebruary 2011: the Département of La Manche officially submitted its candidacy with the Tour de France organiser, A.S.O., to host a Tour stage in 2013 and to organise the Grand Départ in 2017. At that stage, 2017 had been mentioned as being the first available year for La Manche hosting the Grand Départ.
January 2015: creation of a steering committee and of the Association Grand Départ 26 thJuly 2015: official passing of the baton from Utrecht to La Manche on the arrival of the Tour de France on Paris’s Champs Élysées.
W ednesday 24th October 2012: after several working meetings, the announcement of a stage in La Manche during the Tour de France 2013 is confirmed in Paris during the presentation of the 2013 Tour’s route.
20 th october 2015: presentation of the official Tour de France 2016 Route at Paris’s Palais des Congrès (Convention Centre)
GOVERNANCE The Association Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016 Manche-Normandie* was created under the aegis of the Conseil Départemental de la Manche (La Manche County Council) to oversee the project’s coordination. The steering committee, presided over by Jean-François Le Grand, is the intermediary of choice and main channel for all the stakeholders and participants involved in the project. In particular, it ensures the smooth working relationship with Tour organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), oversees
coordinated action on communication across the different layers of local authorities involved and encourages initiatives on the ground around the county. *Founder members : Conseil départemental de la Manche, Région BasseNormandie Ex officio members: Ville de Saint-Lô, Communauté Urbaine de Cherbourg, Ville de Granville, Commune de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Commune du MontSaint-Michel
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PROMISING A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE! La Manche is a green garden bordered with blue, a land of contrasts swept by the winds, bathed in a low, sharp golden sunlight that imparts an air of eternity. The natural setting here is exceptionally beautiful, the coasts beating to the rhythm of exceptional tides. La Manche has remained wild and unspoilt, its varied landscapes framing its magnificent monuments, reflecting the richness of its terroirs. Here it’s all about harmony, authenticity, modesty too. But it was written in the stars that one day the history of La Manche and of the Tour de France would cross paths. We are so proud to be able to provide such a sumptuous setting for this great cycle race, to be able to put on a warm and passionate welcome for the Tour de France, and also to be able to offer La Manche this glamorous event it so deserves.’’
Cycling provides excellent lessons in life, in humility, in giving yourself new challenges. It sets you on a narrow path requiring self-denial and sacrifice. The rider racing along takes on the difficulties he encounters and vanquishes them, faces his fears and overcomes them, and scorns exhaustion to triumph over it. He obeys a single code, to push himself to the limits, never giving up. The Tour de France is a monument to a sport that every year produces a chapter in its own history to add to our shared heritage. It offers a heady mix of beauty, thrills, passions, dreams and amazing performances. It counts as part of every French person’s heritage and spreads our country’s renown all around the world. We may all, collectively, be wedded to the bicycle, but each of us also has our secret, personal history linking us to the Tour – our childhood friend, or the spark that lights up our children’s eyes, that makes their hearts grow wings every month of July!
Jean-François LE GRAND Membre Honorary Member of Parliament President of the Association du Grand Départ 2016 in La Manche
Jean-François LE GRAND, Honorary Member of Parliament / President of the Association du Grand Départ 2016 in La Manche
© A.S.O.
Christian PRUDHOMME, Director of the Tour de France
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PARTNERS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS OF THE GRAND DÉPART For the first time in the history of the Tour de France, the authority in charge of hosting the Grand Départ has asked the specialist major sports events organiser, the company Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) to take on a partnership
role in order to help rally together all the local players involved with the Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016. As a result, the status of Supporter of the Grand Départ 2016 has been created.
TWO MAJOR PLAYERS IN NORMANDY’S ECONOMY HAVE JOINED US
BRITTANY FERRIES BOARD FOR THE GRAND DÉPART OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2016 A European shipping company and tour operator with Breton roots, Brittany Ferries promotes exceptional places, routes, cultural activities and leisure in each of its destinations, namely France, the U.K, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. By associating itself with the Tour de France, Brittany Ferries will in 2016 be supporting the most beautiful cycle race in the world. It seems the most natural of collaborations, between two organisations that share the same taste for travel, discoveries and authenticity. By becoming an official Supporter of the Grand Départ 2016, Brittany Ferries is committing itself, alongside Amaury Sport Organisation and the Association du Grand Départ du Tour de France Manche Normandie, to supporting the most popular annual sporting event in the world. Le Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016 will start on 2nd July from the emblematic Mont-Saint-Michel in the county of La Manche. The following day, the racers are awaited in Cherbourg. Its artificial sea wall makes this the largest harbour in Europe and, what with its strategic location close to southern England, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin also happens to be one of the main ports served by Brittany Ferries.
disembark in its ports. Its activities match those of the Tour de France in many ways, which introduces France to people from abroad too, the legendary race also putting the French regions and their heritage to the fore, at the same time as encouraging the best values in sport, such as a belief in competition and giving of one’s best.
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER If the Tour de France is the very essence of a massive popular festival, in the sense that it brings together men and women from all walks of life and all nationalities, drawn together by a passion for cycling, then it has found a very suitable partner in Brittany Ferries. The British public from across the Channel should come in droves, its passion for the Tour de France growing each year, what with the Grand Départ starting in Yorkshire in 2014, and with the Tour victories of Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and of Chris Froome in 2013 and 2015.
SHARING A PASSION
A pioneering company, Brittany Ferries has shown a distinct taste for conquest and discovery! It’s also proud of its roots in northwest France and has proved a loyal employer in the ports it serves, like Cherbourg, Ouistreham (near Caen) and Le Havre in Normandy. It plays an active role in promoting the regions in which it works, participating in their economic development, allowing millions of passengers to embark and
As with the riders in the Tour de France, the workers at Brittany Ferries are motivated by passion. The shareholders and employees, 2,500 men and women, of whom 1,700 are French sailors, share the same values promoted by the Brittany Ferries brand, of forging links, sharing and creating a different notion of travel.
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The Coopérative des Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin has its headquarters at Sottevast, in the northern part of La Manche. With Christophe Levavasseur as president and JeanFrançois Fortin its managing director, this cooperative groups together 780 farms and 1,100 members dotted all around the county. All told, they produce 400 million litres of milk a year, processed on three industrial sites, Sottevast, Valognes and Tribehou. The cooperative has a turnover of €335 millions, selling a large range of products, such as butter, cream, UHT milk, fromage frais and faisselle, either under its own brand, or for distribution brands for the
French market and for export markets across the whole of Europe. The Valognes site creates hard cheeses while that at Tribehou specialises in AOP Isigny cream and butter. The cooperative is strengthened by a distribution network consisting of 110 branches spread across the country and is market leader in out-of-home catering for milk-based products, of which it is 100% owner. In March 2014, the turnover of the France Frais network, proprietor of the brand Campagne de France, reached €1.435 billion, with 3,437 employees. The consolidated turnover for the Groupe MLC stands at €1.663 billion, with 4,279 employees, plus the producer-shareholders. The Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin are a major economic and social player in the region. At the end of 2015, they announced a programme of investments amounting to over €170 million in the construction of a factory at Carentan for making milk products for babies for the Chinese market as well as developing the Réseau France Frais.
HOSPITALITY PROGRAMME So that the companies involved in the Grand Départ 2016 should be able to allow their clients and associates to enjoy the highlights of the Grand Départ, L’Association du Grand
GAMME
Départ, in conjunction with A.S.O., has put together a hospitality programme. These special hospitality services will allow for total immersion in the event, in privileged conditions.
GAMME
‘INTRODUCING THE TOUR DE FRANCE TEAMS’
HOSPITALITY EVENT ‘LE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL IN YELLOW’
Thursday 30th June 2016
Saturday 2nd July 2016
Sainte-Mère-Église - Airborne Museum, 5pm-10pm
GAMME
Mont-Saint-Michel, 10am-5h45pm
GAMME
HOSPITALITY EVENT ‘OFFICIAL DINNER OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE
HOSPITALITY EVENT ‘UTAH BEACH, MUSÉE DU DÉBARQUEMENT #1’
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin - Cité de la Mer, 7pm-11pm
Utah Beach - Musée du Débarquement, 12 noon-18pm
Friday 1st July 2016
Saturday 2nd July 2016
GAMME
HOSPITALITY EVENT ‘UTAH BEACH, MUSÉE DU DÉBARQUEMENT #2’ Saturday 2nd July 2016
Utah Beach - Musée du Débarquement, 12 noon-6pm
For further information www.tourdefrance-manche.fr/hospitalite
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TRAVELLING TO LA MANCHE-NORMANDY Portsmouth Poole
Rosslare (Irlande)
Aurigny
Cherbourg
Diélette Sercq Guernesey
Utah Beach
RN13
A13
Carteret RN174
Jersey
Saint-Lô
A84
Caen
40
Granville
Le MontSaint-Michel
Avranches
Saint-Lazare
Paris Montparnasse
A84 TGV
Rennes
BY TRAIN
BY ROAD FROM PARIS AND ITS SURROUNDING REGION
Train line PARIS / Gare Saint-Lazare - CHERBOURG. Train line PARIS / Gare Montparnasse - GRANVILLE. www.voyages-sncf.fr Train line PARIS - RENNES (via TGV high-speed train), then change onto a bus Rennes - Le Mont-Saint-Michel www.keolis-emeraude.com
Via the A13 motorway, PARIS - CAEN, 240km then CAEN - CHERBOURG via the RN 113 road: 123 km or CAEN - SAINT-LÔ via the A84 and RN 174 (75 km – using Sortie/Exit 40)
FROM RENNES, BRITTANY, AND ITS SURROUNDING REGION Via the A84 motorway RENNES - AVRANCHES (83km) Then the A84 et RN 174 AVRANCHES - SAINT-LÔ (70 km – using Sortie/Exit 40)
BY BOAT
FERRY LINKS FROM THE UK Poole - Cherbourg Daily services year-round. Crossing times c. 4hrs 15mins From May to September, rapid crossings in 2hrs 15mins
FROM THE CHANNEL ISLANDS From April to September, daily crossings from Jersey, Guernsey and Sercq to Granville, from Jersey to Carteret, and from Guernsey and Aurigny to Diélette. From October to March, services at weekends (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays), plus, during regional French school holidays, between Granville and Jersey. www.manche-iles-express.com
Portsmouth - Cherbourg Daily services year-round. Crossings by traditional ferry in c. 4hrs 45mins. Rapid ferry services available April to October. www.brittanyferries.com
INTERNET @leTour_laManche @MancheTourisme Tour de France Manche 2016
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NOTES
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Association Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016 dans la Manche Maison du Département - 98, route de Candol 50050 SAINT-LÔ Cedex
Tour de France Manche 2016 @LeTour_LaManche @letour_lamanche #TDFmanche
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