2004 Tour de France final stage

Thomas Anderson said:

I'm planning to visit just for the last weekend and I have
to make travel arraignments to leave Sunday evening. I'm
wondering what time is reasonable to expect the last stage
to end. If I have to catch a 6PM flight will I have enough
time to see the finish, buy some souvenirs and get to the
airport?

You're going to make flight plans for a Parisian visit based
on the recommendations of anonymous people on rbr who have
no stake in whether you do or don't make your flight? Who do
you think you are, Blanche Dubois?

Okay, in that case, no, you won't have time to do all
those things.

Thomas Anderson said:

If I have to catch a 6PM flight will I have enough time to
see the finish, buy some souvenirs and get to the airport?

No.

pass experience...leave the next morning or after 10 pm
Sunday. Tour doesn't get to town till after 5 .

Thomas Anderson said:

I'm planning to visit just for the last weekend and I have
to make travel arraignments to leave Sunday evening. I'm
wondering what time

For the best possible travel arraignment, make sure to tell
the security screeners that you have a loaded weapon.

Quoted message said:

I'm planning to visit just for the last weekend and I have
to make travel arraignments to leave Sunday evening. I'm
wondering what time is reasonable to expect the last stage
to end. If I have to catch a 6PM flight will I have enough
time to see the finish, buy some souvenirs and get to the
airport?

www.ChainReaction.com/diaryfrance.htm#finalstagetimetable07-
28

That will give you a pretty good timetable for watching the
finale in Paris. But the short answer is no, you can't
possibly catch the end (or even the beginning of the end)
and catch a flight out of CDG by 6pm. CDG is one of the few
airports where I'd say you really *do* need to get there two
hours prior to your flight leaving, and add to that another
hour to get to the airport from central Paris.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
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