Behind the scenes of the departure of the 3rd stage on Monday July 28

The Gacilly will welcome on Monday July 28, the departure of the 3rd stage of the Tour de France female 2025. A file which owes the exchanges between the mayor Jacques Rocher, Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France and David Lappartient, president of the Departmental Council of Morbihan and President of the International Cycling Union. A candidacy also supported by the experience garnered in recent years with the reception of stages of the Tour of the future in 2023 and the Tour de Bretagne in 2024.

“Huge benefits”

With its “18.3 million viewers in 190 countries and 42 million hours on European directs”it will be for the Gacilly a formidable « promotion » that will generate “Huge benefits” in terms of “Tourist and notoriety attendance”.

On Monday, July 28, the town of La Gacilly will be completed and difficult to access. “The parking lot facing the soccer field will host the advertising caravan. »» The Artemisia parking lot will be transformed into “fan zone”, or departure village, “Where will the animations be held before the start of the stage” which will lead the runners to Angers. “Access to the village will be open to women, it will take an invitation for men. »»

Team buses will be parked “At La Croix-des-Achers”.

In the center of La Gacilly, “In front of the florist, a podium will be installed where the teams will be presented. Animations, dedications … will be offered ”.

The halls will be reserved “Aux VIP”by invitation.

“The departure will be given place of the ironwork, at the Bout-du-Pont. »» In other words, the central axis of the Gacilly “Will be blocked”.

As for the car park of the rives of the Aff, near the factory, “It will be reserved for all shopping directors and officials”. And to quote, for all organizers and guides of the event, some “3,000 people”.

The public? He will be invited “To be parked outside the Gacilly. And we will set up a system of bus shuttles to drive them to the center. »»

Dictation to access VIP places

The event will be preceded by a set of entertainment that Frédéric Glon, municipal councilor and president of the Vélo Sport Gacelinien association, detailed. “At the end of March, we will welcome CM2, 6th and 5th students to Artemisia for the dictation of the Tour”a press article which will be read by Cyril Guimard, the former sportsman of the five-time winner of the Tour de France Bernard Hinault, “Gacilly licensee”. “The seven young people who have made the fewest mistakes will be invited to the departure area on July 28, with the VIPs”.

“At 100 days before the turn, on April 17, there is Marion Rousse, ex-champion of France cycling, French television consultant, will come to Brittany, and potentially in La Gacilly. »» It is also from this date that a “Large yellow jersey will be installed on the media library”. Moreover, “An emblematic place of the Gacilly will be illuminated in yellow”.

May 24 and 25, “The Tour Day” will be in full swing, while cycling races will be scheduled at La Chapelle-Gaceline. “We hope to have the tests of the women's cycling championship in Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine. »»

Finally, “We file a file to win the“ Ville à Vélo ”label”, as a city welcoming a departure or an arrival of the Tour de France, male or female. We have assets, the reception of the Tour de l'Avenir, the Tour de Bretagne, the development of a pump-track and a scheme of bicycle circuits facilitate everyday travel. We will soon install secure bicycle parking lots. »»

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