The Tour de France will stop in Vire on July 10, this global event is getting people talking, the town of Vire Normandy wants to create excitement, by setting up monthly meetings. » It all starts on January 11, at the Halle Michel Drucker (MJC) we offer cycling fans the opportunity to meet Jean-Paul Ollivier, Guillaume Martin, Vincent Barteau, “The theme of the evening, They tell the story of the Tour” indicates Régis Picot events assistant. At the start of the year, Jean-Paul Ollivier, who came to the book fair, was nicknamed, “Paulo la science” by Gérard Holtz, with a total of 43 books on cycling, then 23 books on the tour. The journalist, France 2 commentator, has what it takes to fill the public with numerous anecdotes. The meeting will be followed by a signing session.
Guillaume Martin, who changed teams on January 1st, will talk about his life as a pro cyclist who began in 2016, and his experience of eight tours of France, 3 tours of Spain and a tour of Italy. Remember that in 2011 Guillaume Martin won the Jumelage de Vire prize with the VC Saint-Hilaire jersey. The 3rd speaker, Vincent Barteau, the highlight of his career in 1984, “It was my first Tour de France by chance I won the 5th stage”, he put on the yellow jersey which he would wear for twelve days.
The meeting will be followed by a signing session.
Practical: 5:30 p.m., reservation by email on [email protected] (free), (tel 02 31 66 90 04)
Note that on February 28 (8:15 p.m.), Daniel Mangeas will speak at the Basselin cinema.
Photo and text: Guy Vallée
France
