Discover the Dauphine 2024

Included with your tour

• 4 nights at hotel La Masion Rouge
• Daily breakfasts and evening meals
• All taxes are included
• Return airport transfers from Geneva international airport
• Daily guided rides with Mike our tour leader. 
• The services of our bike guide and bike mechanic
• Detailed itinerary
• ABTA protected

Day One: 5th June 2024 > Arrival & Warm-up ride

Arrival day. We will meet you in Geneva airport at 11 AM. The transfer to Chambery normally takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you wish to book a private transfer, please contact us via the link to book.

You will have time to check in, have some lunch and set your bike up. A mechanic will be on hand should you have any issues setting your bike up. We will then enjoy a steady 30 - 40km warm-up ride taking you through local vineyards and along the lakeside. 

Day Two: 6th June 2024 > La Chartreuse

After breakfast at the hotel, we will head out for our first day in the mountains. The route will take you over the Granier to Lake Aiguebelette. Here, you will have some stunning views of the Savoie mountains behind the beautiful waters of the lake. Today you will also ride a HC climb that was featured in the 2017 Tour de France, Relais de Chat. 

Today's ride: 110km. Elevation: 2600m

Day Three: 7th June 2024 > Col de la Loze

Today's ride will start after a 45-minute transfer to Albertville, offering the perfect start location for an epic ride. You will take on the famous mountain pass, standing at 2304m the Col de la Loze is the seventh highest mountain pass in France. The climb featured in the 2020 and 2023 Tour de France. At the top you will be rewarded with some stunning views and some serious bragging rights for completing the mighty Col de la Loze. 

Today's ride: 130km. Elevation: 3000m

Day Four: 8th June 2024 > Tour of the Bauges mountains

Bauges mountains stretch from Annecy to Chambery. Starting from the hotel, today's route will take you through part of the Bauges mountains including climbing the Col du Ferene. This climb featured in the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine on stage 6 and the 2001 Tour de France on stage 10. 

Tonight, we will have dinner as a group to celebrate the trip's achievements. 

Day Five: 9th June 2024 > Departure

To make sure we can fit in plenty of riding on this trip please (where possible) book a later flight so you can join us on our final ride. The route will be 45 km and 800m of elevation heading towards Granier and back to the hotel. 

Airport Transfer 

We will leave in the afternoon at 3 PM for evening departures from Geneva. 

How to book

Please make your booking by clicking on the orange button at the top of the page. Please ensure that you select the correct amount of tickets. When you book, we will require full payment to confirm your place.

Travel advice

Before you travel, check the ‘Entry requirements’ section for Belgium and France's current entry restrictions and requirements. For UK travellers information can be found here. For other countries, please check with the relevant local authorities.

Travel Insurance

For details of specialist sports travel insurance for our travel packages, please visit our insurance page. You must ensure that your travel insurance policy covers you to participate in cycling events in Belgium and France. Please remember to insure your bike for foreign travel.

Minimum numbers

At Sportive Breaks virtually all our trips are guaranteed to run. Some of our guided cycling tours, warm weather cycling weeks and weekenders however require a minimum number of participants to enable us to operate them. 

We reserve the right to cancel any holiday where this minimum number is not achieved. You will be advised before your booking is accepted of the minimum number applicable to your holiday unless the trip is already guaranteed to run. Failure to achieve the applicable minimum number does not, however, oblige us to cancel. 

Trip status labels

• No label -> The trip is not subject to minimum numbers, so is guaranteed to go ahead.

• Available -> Open for bookings. Please hold off with booking flights.

• Guaranteed Departure -> You are free to book your flights and other travel arrangements.

• Limited Availability -> Guaranteed to depart but only a few places remain.

Once the minimum number has been reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to Depart'. Once a trip is guaranteed to depart you are free to book your flights and make other travel arrangements. If the trip status is ‘Limited’ then we have only a small number of spaces available for booking. If you are unsure about the trip status, please email or call our office. 

We will notify you of cancellation for this reason by the date by which full payment of your trip cost must be received by us (normally 12 weeks before departure). 

Please note that we will not be liable for any costs, expenses, or losses you incur (for example, in respect of flights) because of the cancellation of any trip due to lack of minimum numbers. You are accordingly recommended not to incur any non-refundable expenditure until you have received confirmation that your trip is guaranteed to operate or after the deadline for cancellation for this reason if later.

By Air:

Most international airlines fly into Geneva International Airport (GVA). The transfer from the airport takes about an hour and a half but can be longer due to rush hour traffic.