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Annecy will bid for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games!
The town in the French Alps near the Swiss border offering a
lakeside setting was elected by the French Olympic Committee today
(march 18th 09) after an intensive evaluation process. It handily defeated rivals
by receiving 23 votes against 10 for Nice and 9 for Grenoble.
Pelvoux failed to earn a single vote.
The President of the French Olympic Committee, Sérandour Henry,
announced the result at 11:58am local time in Paris.
“The city of the lake” is designated as the
Applicant City to the IOC ... Annecy 2018, c'est parti!”
Annecy has been pursuing an Olympic bid
nomination for several years – first intending to bid for the 2010
Winter Games. However, France had been focusing on hosting a Summer
Games in Paris, most recently losing the 2012 bid to London. Now,
France is aiming for a Winter Games.
It's looking ever more likely that we could very well have skiing at
the Olympics in 2018 coming from Chinaillon or the Valley De
Bouchet!
As of
today, Annecy is certainly the French favourite.
See their website here linked from the bottom of the 'accommodation'
page.
The
Tour De France stopped in Grand Bornand for the 4th
time on July 14th and 15th 2007 and will make a 5th visit on
22nd July 2009.
In 2007, the tour came over the Col De La
Colombiere on Saturday afternoon at the end of the stage, passing
by the door of the apartment. It then set off the following
morning for a further mountain stage. Details for 2009 will be
available soon!
Bourg-en-Bresse > Le Grand-Bornand
Saturday 14 July 2007
- stage 7 - Distance 197.5 km |
Km 35 |
Côte de Corlier |
Ascent of 5,9 km at a 5,5% gradient |
Km 122 |
Côte des Petits-Bois |
Ascent of 7,1 km at a 4,4% gradient |
Km 134 |
Côte Peguin |
Ascent of 4,3 km at a 4,1% gradient |
Km 183 |
Col de la Colombière |
Ascent of 16 km at a 6,7% gradient |
Le Grand-Bornand > Tignes
Sunday 15 July 2007
- stage 8 - Distance 165 km |
Km 15 |
Col du Maraiss |
Ascent of 3,8 km at a 4,1% gradient |
Km 21 |
Côte du Bouchet-Mont-Charvin |
Ascent of 1,6 km at a 7,6% gradient |
Km 46 |
Col de Tamié |
Ascent of 9,5 km at a 4% gradient |
Km 99 |
Cormet de Roselend |
Ascent of 19,9 km at a 6% gradient |
Km 137 |
Montée de Hauteville
(route du Petit Saint-Bernard) |
Ascent of 15,3 km at a 4,7%gradient |
Km 163 |
Le Lac (Tignes) |
Ascent of 17,9 km at a 5,5% gradient |
For more details contact www.letour.fr
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