Crowds at the top of Lookout Mountain near Golden, CO during the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge

As the 2011 road-cycling season wraps up, the pro cyclists are already making travel plans for preseason training camps and team presentations. Fans and less serious riders are also making plans, but for things like fun rides or gran fondos, local races, or race-viewing trips. And, of course, VSV is putting together plans for a variety of fun travel programs, including everything from private groups in Provence to our classic Tour programs in July.

Looking back at this past season, one of the highlights was the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The event attracted a stellar field, the best ever for a 1st-time American event. And massive crowds welcomed the stars to Colorado, including the three podium finishers from the recently finished Tour. The public interest helped VSV sell-out two race-viewing programs for the USAPCC, with plans for expanded offerings in 2012.

The TDF route for 2012 reverses course and spends more time in the Pyrenees, before a long final time trial in Chartres. For VSV guests, this allows us to offer a great nine-day program, starting with five nights in the Pyrénéees, all in the same 4-star hotel. We’ll then fly up to Paris, taking in the nearby final time trial and then the grande finale on the Champs-Élysées.

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