Please make your way to Alpe d’Huez today or make use of our optional airport transfer from Geneva Airport where our team will meet you. The transfer takes 3 hours from Geneva. Please arrive today if you would like to do the Alpe d’Huez Time Trial (Grimpee de L’Alpe) tomorrow.

What about my bike?

You can bring your own bike as we have planned to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel. Bikes can be safely stored at the hotel.

Group airport transfers from Geneva Airport – £185 return

Today we offer one airport transfer which departs Geneva Airport at 14:00pm. When you make your booking, you can add this group airport transfer. Please book a flight that arrives before this time. You can book our group airport transfer for £185 for a return journey per person with luggage and bike.

Please contact us for a quote on a private airport transfer at another time from Geneva Airport or from Lyon Airport. Below you will find some guide prices for private airport transfers.

Geneva Airport

• 1 – 7 persons with bike boxes – £450 single journey/£800 return journey
• 8+ – Please contact us

Lyon St Exupery Airport

• 1 – 4 persons with bike boxes – £250 single journey/£500 return journey
• 5 – 8 persons with bike boxes – £300 single journey/£600 return journey
• 9+ – Please contact us

Our hotels

We offer 4 hotels for your stay in Alpe d’Huez with us:

• Hotel Pop Alp
• Hotel Le Dome
• Chalet La Belle Etoile (basic accommodation)

Your stay will be for 3 or 4 nights and will be on a bed and breakfast basis (Half Board at Hotel PopAlp). You will have an early breakfast on La Marmotte day.

For those of you who arrive on Thursday, you can take part in the Grimpee de L’Alpe. After lunch, descend to Bourg d’Oisans and from 16:00pm you can set your PB on the Alpe d’Huez climb during the official Alpe d’Huez TT, the Grimpee de L’Alpe.

Please see our transfers sheet for full transfer details

Friday arrivals

Fly into Geneva where our team will meet you. The transfer takes 3 hours from Geneva.

If you have not chosen our airport transfers, please make your way to Alpe d’Huez today or make use of our optional airport transfer from Geneva Airport where our team will meet you. The transfer takes 3 hours from Geneva. 

Group airport transfers from Geneva Airport – £185 return

Today we offer two airport transfers which depart Geneva Airport at 11:00am and at 16:00pm. When you make your booking, you can add this group airport transfer. Please book a flight that arrives before the transfer time. You can book our group airport transfer for £185 for a return journey per person with luggage and bike.

Private airport transfers

Please contact us for a quote on a private airport transfer from Geneva Airport or from Lyon Airport if you cannot make the times stated above. Below you will find some guide prices for private airport transfers.

What about my bike?

You can bring your own bike as we have planned to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel. Bikes can be safely stored at the hotel.

Guided ride

If you are on the earlier arrival, we will run a short and exciting guided ride down Alpe d’Huez, over the Balcons and back up the Sarenne departing Alpe d’Huez at 15:30pm.

This afternoon you can go to the expo to collect your race bib for tomorrow. In the afternoon and early evening, our tour leaders and bike mechanics are available for you. The rest of the evening is free for you to eat out in one of Alpe d’Huez’s many restaurants.

After breakfast and preparing the bikes, we will take you on a supported, guided ride that takes in the Vilard Reculas climb which is the easiest way to get back up to Alpe d’Huez. We will descend down to Bourg d’Oisans, ride along the valley floor and climb back up to Alpe d’Huez.

We’ll be back at the hotel in the afternoon for you to rest and get prepared for tomorrow. This evening our bike guides will do a race briefing to run through La Marmotte day logistics and of course the route.

The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Alpe d’Huez’s many restaurants.

We have an early start this morning. Early breakfast is arranged in the hotel restaurant.

You will descend the Alpe d’Huez climb down to Bourg d’Oisans. At the bottom our team will wait for you and you can hand your warm clothing that you used for the descent to them before you go into your start pen. 

The La Marmotte start is done in waves. You will be allocated a start pen with a time that you must enter the pen at, plus a start time. The La Marmotte is a race with one cut off point. You need to have passed the start of the Alpe d’Huez climb in Bourg d’Oisans before 18:15pm otherwise you will be eliminated from the race. If you’re eliminated, your bike will go on a bike trailer and you will be transported to the finish in Alpe d’Huez, or you can still climb Alpe d’Huez and finish in your own time.

Sportive Breaks offer two private feed stations today. The first is on the Col du Galibier and we are also present on the final climb up to Alpe d’Huez to give you energy and encouragement for the final stretch.

Once you finish in Alpe d’Huez, there’s no need to worry as your accommodation is located close to the finish.

This afternoon and early evening we’ll assist you with re-packing your bikes ahead of travel.

The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Alpe d’Huez’s many restaurants.

In the evening we’ll have a few drinks at a local bar to celebrate your achievement.

After breakfast, we offer our optional transfer back to Geneva Airport.

Geneva Airport Transfers:

Transfer 1: Depart Alpe d’Huez at 07:00am (for flights departing after 12:30pm)
Transfer 2: Depart Alpe d’Huez at 10:00am (for flights departing after 15:30pm)

Please do not book any flights that depart before 12:30pm. If your flight departs earlier, please consider booking a private transfer.