Le Tour De France 2012

Running from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22th 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

*9 flat stages *4 medium mountain stages - one with a summit finish *5 mountain stages - two with a summit finish *2 individual time-trial stages *1 prologue *2 rest days

Once again this year there is a key stage for our visitors to see the Tour, a fabulous and testing changing route with two cols (Stage 14) from Limoux through Lavelanet to Foix.

Click here to view the official Tour De France website (multi-lingual): www.letour.fr

For further information on room availability and our proximity to the route, please contact us using the "contact us" button from the menu or clicking on the following link: enquiries@maisonderoquefort.com

Recent Tour de France stages in the Ariège-Pyrenees

In the past 4 years two stages of the Le Tour De France passed within a short drive of La Maison De Roquefort.

On Wednesday 16th July, 2008 Stage 11 of Le Tour climaxed with a thrilling sprint at the foot of the famous Chateau de Foix, with ARVESEN Kurt-Asle of the TEAM CSC SAXO BANK winning in a photo finish.

Staying with us to catch Le Tour 2008 were Robert & David Ferre from the USA and the Marshall family from Australia (picture below left). We would like to thank them all for the fun and excitement they brought to the whole occasion. On Thursday 17th July, Stage 12 kicked off from Lavelanet, with the peloton (159 riders) packed tightly together as they settled into the 182 km ride ahead. Mark Cavendish forged ahead to win his third stage of the 2008 Tour at Narbonne.

E’Tape de Tour

In 2007, a week before the official Tour race came through the region, Foix staged the E’Tape de Tour. Over 8,000 amateur cyclists had the chance to complete one of the most gruelling stages of that year’s race (see picture below). Five riders stayed at La Maison de Roquefort the night before. Congratulations once again to all of them from Kay and Mike for completing the 196 kilometres in style. It was a pleasure to be so directly involved with the E’Tape de Tour and to share in your preparation and excitement.