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Summer sports: Tour de France

June 2010

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Lance Armstrong on Champs Elysees in Paris
Lance Armstrong on the Champs Elysees in Paris

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THE EVENT: Tour de France
With a total distance of 3,600km, the race to wear the leader’s yellow jersey is the world’s greatest cycling challenge. letour.fr

THE DATE: 3-25 July

WHERE: The Grand Départ is in Rotterdam this year, with Le Tour ending 450km away in Paris.

THE PLACE TO STAY: Cruise Hotel, converted from SS Rotterdam, the former flagship of the Holland America Line, harks back to the golden age of the ocean liner, with 1950s fittings. Short-break packages from £72. cruisehotel.nl

WHAT ELSE: Walk over the Erasmus Bridge to catch the latest art exhibition at the Kunsthal (kunsthal.nl), designed by renowned Rotterdam architect Rem Koolhaas.

GET THERE: British Airways flies to Amsterdam from London Heathrow, Gatwick and City with easy links to Rotterdam. Visit ba.com.

Posted by David Atkinson

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