Olympic flame in Rennes this Saturday June 1: where and what time to see it?

Olympic flame in Rennes this Saturday June 1: where and what time to see it?
Olympic flame in Rennes this Saturday June 1: where and what time to see it?

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Brian Le Goff

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May 31, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.

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55 days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame will be in Rennes, Saturday June 1, for its 22nd stage, after leaving Saint-Malo the same morning.

THE start of the relay will be collectivewith Anne-Laure Viard as captain, and will take place in Cesson-Sévigné, at 4:45 p.m., at the whitewater stadium. The scenario provides for a parade in a nine-seater canoe, a guard of honor, then a descent of the rapids in a raft.

She will then travel the Vilaine on a hovercraft, loaned by the Rennes firefighters, and an oar, before being landed on the beaches of Baudwhere entertainment is planned from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Times and places of passage:

  • Between 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.: avenue François Château, avenue Aristide Briand.
  • Between 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.: quai Dujardin, quai Chateaubriand, rue Jean Jaurès, rue Edith Cavell, place du Parlement de Bretagne.
  • Between 5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.: Place de la Mairie, rue d’Orléans, place de la République, quai Duguay Trouin, pont de la Mission, quai Saint-Cast, rue de Brest (tour des Horizons).
  • Between 6 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.: rue de Brest (between Tour des Horizons and rue Victor Le Gorgeu, rue Victor Le Gorgeu, Robert Poirier stadium.
Map of the Olympic flame route in Rennes, Saturday June 1. (©City of Rennes)
  • Between 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.: avenue du Professor Léon Bernard, avenue Gaston Berger, boulevard Saint-Jean Baptiste de la Salle.
  • Between 6:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.: rue Capitaine Palicot, boulevard Marbeuf, rue Louis Guilloux.
  • Between 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m.: rue Louis Guilloux, mail François Mitterrand, place de Bretagne.
  • Between 7 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.: Boulevard de la Liberté, Rue d’Isly and Esplanade Charles de Gaulle.

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