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my plan is start the stage one route on friday (4/7/14) morning, camping some where in the dales on friday night, continuing on the route on the saturday untill find a good vantage point to watch them come through, then finish the route.
was just wondering if anyone has any experience about when the roads are closed to traffic/cyclists in relation to when the tour comes through?
is my plan possible?
olly
From experience in France, closure to motor traffic is about 2 hours ahead of caravan. The gendarmes are remarkably relaxed about people riding on the route after it's "closed", at least mid-stage. For bikes we were OK until about 20 mins ahead when they sweep the route. Once the caravan comes through there are a succession of vehicles so you wouldn't want to be on the route anyway. Whether the Uk police will act in the same way is harder to say.
Edit - tour caravan is about 90mins ahead of the riders. There is a lot of hanging around, but it's worth it.