In order to get eveyone and bikes and kit over to the Alps we hired a Transit LWB crew cab van from U drive. This gave us 6 seats and a whole van for everything else. We also took a second VW van which had 3 seats, allowing for all 8 of us to travel to the Alps along with 7 bikes. Since the cyclists would be cycling between the hotels we planned to leave the second van in Albertville, and use the Transit for the support crew, luggage and transporting Flo or Nick & Mitch’s solos depending on what they were riding.
The 2 vans loaded up we left Bristol late on Friday night arriving in Dover at about 3ish for the 4 am ferry to Dunkirk.
Our crossing was uneventful but gave time for some breakfast and a chat about the upcoming challenge. We arrived in Dunkirk about 7am local time.
We then spent a very long day on the French auto-routes, with a few stops along the way for coffee, food, fuel and to change drivers.
The drive seemed to take forever, we finally arrived in Albertville about 7pm
Time to check into the hotel, a quick shower and change and off for dinner.
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