Anyone else doing the Tour de Paris on July 21st,  this year?  I have read good reviews of it, and it fits in my July calendar, so I registered.  Kicked for the 110k.  Hope to see some of you there!

Did the 110k route last year - it was a pretty good ride.  I like some of the nice touches I have only seen there like unmanned water stops between the normal rest stops.  They dropped some water and a sunshade in the event you run out of water between stops.  This was nice as it was definately hot!!
 
Don't know if I'll make it this year - but here is my link to last year's course:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99761736
 
Be sure to get your pic taken with your bike in front of the Eiffel Tower!
 

I can pm you the motel list from my packet, tomorrow. I will be driving up from McKinney early Saturday morning. Hope to get there in time for pancakes!

PM sent and I will post it here too.
 
 
Register
 
REGISTRATION
 
Adult Registration :  $25 Early Bird (through June 22nd)
 
$30 – July 20, 2012
 
$35 – Day of Event – July 21st
 
Ages 12 & Under :  $10 / $12 / $15
 
Tandems : $35/$45 / $55
 
REGISTER ONLINE or Mail your entry to: 8 West Plaza, Paris, Texas 75460
 
Make Checks Payable to: Visitors and Convention Council
 
The following Hotel rates plus tax are available to 2012 Tour de Paris riders:
 
$89.99 at the Holiday Inn (903) 785-0088 3025 NE Loop 286, 75460 Paris
 
$69.99 at the Comfort Inn (903) 785-0089 3035 NE Loop 286, Paris, Tx 75460
 
$89.00 Hampton (903) 784-6536  3563 NE Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$55.00 Room at the Ramada Inn (850) 212-0670  3560 NE Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$80.00 Suite at the Ramada Inn (850) 212-0670  3560 NE Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$65.00 Single at the Days Inn (903) 784-8164 2650 N. Main, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$75.00 Double at the Days Inn (903) 784-8164 2650 N. Main, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$69.95 One Queen at America’s Best Value Inn (903) 785-5566  3755 N. E. Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$79.95 Two Queen at America’s Best Value Inn (903) 785-5566 3755 N. E. Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460
 
$79.95 King at America’s Best Value Inn (903) 785-5566 3755 N. E. Loop 286, Paris, Texas 75460

We'll be there on the tandem!

I'll be there on a Cruzbike Silvio.   :-)

I saw a couple trikers, a velomobile (yellow coroplast), John and Ken, and a LWB Rans I didn't recognize.  I think everyone else from RBENT took a shorter route than the 110K but I wouldn't swear to it.  I did the 110K, and was regretting it at about 90k!  I coulda been back in the A/C, having a burger by then, if I had gone the shorter route...
 
Still it was a great ride, and I have a full write up complete with the obligatory Eiffel Tower pic on my blog.  Enjoy!

I did see a larger guy on a red? Catrike...we said hi on my way to the 110k start line.  I was curious if you had been one of the kind folks lining the streets of town yesterday, cheering the riders on, esbee...I knew you'd just had hip replacements done this summer, so wasn't expecting to see you riding much yet.  But next year, you will have to say hi to my husband Dave--he gets to do TdP next year!