Route of the Tour de France 2020 in Lyon. Screenshot of the Tour website.
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Lyon welcomes the arrival of the 14th stage and the start of the 15th stage of the Tour de France this weekend of September 12 and 13. Route, traffic, parking, gatherings … All the info here.
For its 14th stage, the Tour de France will cross the finish line this Saturday, September 12 in downtown Lyon, after a 15 km journey through the city. It is also from the capital of Gaul that the riders will set off this Sunday, September 13 for their 15th stage. If the arrival and departure will be behind closed doors, it will be possible to encourage cyclists along the route in and around Lyon, while respecting barrier gestures and the obligation to wear a mask. To allow runners to cross the city in all serenity, the prefecture has taken measures to ban traffic and parking of cars, bicycles and pedestrians in many streets of Lyon. Some of them take effect this Friday, September 11 at 1 p.m.
The course
This Saturday, September 12, the Tour de France will start from Clermont-Ferrand towards Lyon, 194 km away. The course will not be easy. It will start gently in the Puy-de-Dôme but the runners will quickly break their teeth on the Monts du Forez. The Col du Béal, its 1390 m altitude and its 5.6% slope await them firmly. The relief on the descent will be short-lived since cyclists will have to continue on the Côte de Courreau (1062 m above sea level) and its slope of 5.7%. Before joining the Rhône, the Tour will be able to rest a little while crossing Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains and Chazelles-sur-Lyon. After having crossed Duerne, at an altitude of 807 m, the runners will descend to Tassin-la-Demi-Lune for a 15 km urban course in Lyon.
Last obstacles before the end, the Côte de la Duchère and its 5.6% slope and the Côte de la Croix-Rousse with its 4.8% slope. Once in the city center, the runners will cross the finish line on the Quai Jean Moulin, near Cordeliers. The caravan should arrive shortly before 4.30 p.m., followed by cyclists who will cross the line between 5.45 p.m. and 6.15 p.m.
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The next day, Sunday, September 13, the Tour will start from the Palais des Sports, in Gerland, to join the real start of the 15th stage, in Chassieu. The caravan will be from 10:40 am avenue Jean Jaurès, in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. The runners will join him there at 12:25 for the fictitious start. The actual start will be rue Jean Mermoz in Chassieu, which the caravan will join at 11:05 am, followed by the cyclists at 12:50 pm. The Tour de France will start in the direction of the Grand Colombier, in the Ain, better known under the name of “Pyramide du Bugey” and which rises to an altitude of 1501 m. Here too, the stage will start slowly with the crossing of the Isère by Pusignan, Pont-de-Chéruy, Crémieu and Morestel in particular. After around a hundred relatively quiet kilometers, the route will become much more difficult with the Montée de la Selle de Fromentel (1174 m) and the Col de la Biche (1325 m), both with slopes of more than 8%. Finally, the cyclists will set off to storm the 7% slope of the Grand Colombier and cross the finish line at the top.
Traffic and parking bans
To allow the passage of cyclists in the capital of the Gauls, the prefecture banned from this Friday September 11 at 1 p.m. the circulation and parking of cars and bicycles in many streets of Lyon.
The vehicles will be banned on the following routes:
- From Friday September 11 at 8:30 p.m. to Saturday September 12 at 10 p.m.:
- the Jean Moulin quay (direction South / North)
- Place des Cordeliers between rue Claudia and quai Jean Moulin
- the Wilson bridge
- the Jules Courmont quay (direction South / North)
- the Lafayette bridge
- Saturday September 12:
- Quai Jean Moulin (direction North / South) from midnight to 10 p.m.
- Quai Jules Courmont (direction North / South) from midnight to 10 p.m.
- Quai André Lassagne from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Herbouville lesson from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Avenue de Birmingham from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- boulevard des Canuts from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- the rise of Esses from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Georges Clémenceau bridge from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- rue Hénon from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- rue Philippe de Lasalle from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- avenue du 25e RTS from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- From Saturday September 12 at 4 p.m. to Sunday September 13 at 4 p.m.:
- avenue Jean Jaurès, south of avenue Tony Garnier
- Jean-Pierre Chevrot street
- allée Pierre de Coubertin, south of rue du Vercors
- Sunday, September 13:
- avenue Leclerc, chaussée Ouest, direction South / North from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- avenue Tony Garnier, part between avenue Jean Jaurès and avenue Debourg from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- avenue Berthelot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- avenue Jean Mermoz, avenue Berthelot in Bron from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pedestrians will not have the right to travel on the following axes either:
- Saturday September 12 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m .:
- the Jean Moulin quay
- the Jules Courmont quay
- Sunday, September 13 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m .:
- avenue Jean Jaurès, south of avenue Tony Garnier
- avenue Tony Garnier, between rue du Vercors and avenue Jean Jaurès
- Jean-Pierre Chevrot street
- allée Pierre de Coubertin, south of rue du Vercors
The parking vehicles (cars and bicycles!) will be prohibited on the following axes:
- From Friday September 11 at 1 p.m. until Saturday September 12 at 7:30 p.m.:
- Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse, part between Montée des Esses and Rue Phillippe de Lasalle
- Louis Chazette square
- quai André Lassagne, all along the course except on the building side, between rue Eugénie Brazier and rue Alsace Lorraine
- Quai Jean Moulin (also on the central islets)
- rue de l’Arbre sec, rue du Bât d’Argent and rue Joseph Serlin, parts between rue de Garet and quai Jean Moulin
- Place des Cordeliers, between Quai Jules Courmont and rue de la République
- Quai Jules Courmont (also on the central islets)
- rue Antoine Salles
- rue Childebert, rue de Jussieu, rue Thomassin and rue Stella, parts between rue Grolée and quai Jules Courmont
- rue Ferrandière, part between rue du Président Carnot and quai Jules Courmont
- rue Gentil, part between rue de la Bourse and quai Jean Moulin
- rue Grolée
- rue Président Carnot, part between rue Saint-Bonaventure and quai Jules Courmont
- avenue de Birmingham
- boulevard des Canuts, part included between rue Jacques Louis Hénon and the rise of the Boucle
- Herbouville course
- ascent of the loop
- climb of the Esses
- rue Hénon, part between rue Philippe de Lasalle and boulevard des Canuts
- rue Philippe de Lasalle, part between boulevard de la Croix Rousse and rue Hénon
- 25th RTS Avenue
- avenue de Lanessan, part between avenue de Champagne and avenue du 25e Régiment de
Senegalese Tirailleurs - place Valmy
- Burgundy Street
- rue Marietton, part between Tassin and boulevard de la Duchère and part between place Valmy and pont Clémenceau
- boulevard de Balmont
- boulevard de la Duchère, part between rue Marietton and Boulevard de Balmont
- avenue de Champagne, part between boulevard de Balmont and avenue Lanessan
- From Saturday September 12 at 2 p.m. until Sunday September 13 at 4:30 p.m.:
- allée Pierre de Coubertin, south of rue du Vercors
- avenue Tony Garnier, part between avenue Jean Jaurès and avenue Debourg
- avenue Leclerc, road direction, direction South / North
- avenue Berthelot
- avenue Jean Mermoz, from avenue Berthelot to Bron
- avenue Jean Jaurès, to the south of avenue Tony Garnier and on the old park-and-ride car park located at the corner with rue Benjamin Delessert
Security measures
As a reminder, due to the health crisis, the arrival and departure of the Tour in Lyon will be behind closed doors. On arrival, on Saturday September 12, a zone of 400 m before and 200 m after the line will be barricaded. The area going from Morand Bridge to Thomassin Street will therefore be closed to the public. Access to buildings and businesses in the barricaded area will be possible for residents from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. From 1 p.m., the area must be cleared. On Sunday, September 13, the starting line will be closed to the public 100 m upstream and downstream.
To avoid any overflow, the prefecture has also taken certain security measures. All demonstrations and gatherings are thus prohibited. throughout the city of Lyon from Saturday September 12, 2020 at 4 a.m. to Sunday September 13, 2020 at 8 p.m. The same goes for the municipalities crossed by the Tour on Saturday September 12 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Grézieu-le-Marché, Aveize, Duerne, Montromant, Yzeron, Vaugneray, Grézieu-la-Varenne, Craponne, Francheville, Tassin-la -Demi-Lune, Ecully, Champagne au Mont-d’Or, Caluire-et-Cuire. Same thing for Sunday September 13, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the following municipalities: Bron, Chassieu, Meyzieu, Genas and Pusignan.
September 12 and 13, drinking alcohol on public roads will be prohibited, as will the sale of take-out alcohol, the sale, possession and use of fireworks, rockets and firecrackers on public roads as well as the detention, transport or sale of fuel in portable containers. This measure will be in effect on Saturday September 12 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the municipalities of Grézieu-leMarché, Aveize, Duerne, Montmorant, Yzeron, Vaugneray, Grézieu-la-Varenne, Craponne, Francheville, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Ecully , Champagne at Mont d’Or, Caluire-et-Cuire and Lyon; Sunday September 13 from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the municipalities of Lyon, Bron, Chassieu, Genas and Pusignan.
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