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Bastogne, Battle of te Bulge Full Day Private Tour From Brussels

The Bastogne War Museum is devoted to the Second World War in Belgium. It offers a fresh perception in a modern and interactive framework of the causes, events and consequences of World War II through the lens of the Ardennes Counteroffensive - the "Battle of the Bulge".

The Bastogne War Museum covers the Second World War, from its origins up to autumn 1944, and then focuses on the Battle of the Bulge. Key events of the war and the combatants' ordeal are reproduced here with the aim of clarifying the broad sweep of its history.

The centre provides a very clear picture of how the civilians lived during the occupation, during the battle itself, and afterwards. The many consequences of what was probably one of the most serious battles in world history are very clearly described.

Housed in a brand-new building displaying an adventurous architectural concept, the Museum is located in the Ardennes, south-east of Belgium, one of nature's unspoilt areas, rich in fauna and flora and offers spectacular scenery.

• Picture stop at the citadel in Namur
• Scenic drive along the meuse river
• Visit 101 Airborne HQ
• See Mardasson Memorial
• Visit War Museum in Bastogne

• Personal tour guide
• private transportation from/to hotels in Brussels or around
• Gratuities (optional)
• Lunch and personal expenses
• Entrance fee to 101 Airborne HQ
• Entrance fee to War Museum

• This tour could take up to 9 hours, depending on traffic, weather, your energy etc.
• The guide will give you general overall information about the Ardennes region, Bastogne and Belgium in general. A the museum, through the use of scenography, witness testimonial, multi-media installation the route through the exhibition Is all self-guided.

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Bastogne nuts tour.

Discover the battle of Bastogne, from the start of the German offensive to US 3rd Army breaking the siege.

Footsteps of Band of Brothers

Follow the tracks of the famous Easy Company in Bastogne

Kampfgruppe Peiper

Explore the failed advance of Kampfgruppe Peiper on the Northern sector of the front.

Bastogne Early Days

Walk through the unknown first days of the German attack towards Bastogne, where key Armored roadblocks saved the day.

Bastogne US Counter Attack

Push into the bloody counter attack of Patton's 3rd Army.

Bastogne German Perspective

Follow the last desperate offensive of the Second World War from the German perspective.

Armored Memory

Tracking many of the armored vehicles left on the terrain and the stories behind them.

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Tours are constantly being studied, prepared and added to our offering to fit your needs as best as we can.

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What is included?

Transport for up to 4 passengers in a medium size SUV (Ford Kuga/Escape) ;

Drinks (water and soft drinks) during the tour.

What is not included?

Entrance to museums

A few practical aspects

Can the tours be modified.

Yes, all our tours can be tuned/modified to your needs and interests. However, we will always assess together the possibility/practicality of your request. The front of the Bulge being around 65 miles wide, to be travelled on mostly small roads, all combinations might not be possible on the same day.

What about big groups?

Bigger groups (schools, buses, ...) can of course be accomodated on request.

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” Just wanted to drop you a line, and let you know how much we enjoyed the battlefield tour. Nick, Nate, and myself had the greatest time. Your expertise and ability to make the history real, exceeded all of our expectations. ”

- Todd M.

” Thank you so much for giving us such a special day. In my best English slang you are “Top Notch”! ”

- Stephen M.

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Battle of the Bulge Guided Tours

This is the standard 1 day bastogne tour, this tour runs from 9 am until 5:30 pm        private tour.

This Battle of the Bulge tour gives you a general overview on the Battle for Bastogne. The German Lines of Attack and the American Lines of Defense.  Reg shows you the actual battlefields , foxholes , bullet holes which still remain today. We visit the sites of the 101 st Airborne Division and follow Patton’s trail into the city hereby using lots of original photo’s and personal accounts that were given to me by the veterans themselves.  We visit the woods where Easy Company  of the 506 PIR was dug in , talk about Team Cherry , Team Desobry and Team O’Hara, and others … This  tour highlights the men who fought for our freedom. Those brave men who paid the highest price for freedom … We will walk in their footsteps!

Neffe – Bizory

Team Cherry & 501 PIR meet with General Bayerlein

Halt Station

The German Breakthrough on 21 Dec 1944 . Band of Brothers Memorial.

Bois Jacques -Jack Woods

501 PIR attack and Easy Company 506 PIR lines overlooking Foy

The battles in Foy & civilian accounts.

           LUNCH

Clochimont – assenois.

Patton’s 4 th Armored Div , CCR under Lt Col Abrams breaks the German encirclement …..

Kessler Farm where Germans delivered the ultimatum to surrender and received McAuliffe’s brief reply!

Hemroulle –Rolle Castle – Champs

The German breakthrough on 25 Dec 1944 . Bed linen stories. US HQ.

Native American Memorial. ‘Dear IRS, Come and get me!’

Recogne – Foy

German Cemetery and Temporary American Cemetery

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Duration : 12 hours Tour Price : 700.00 Euros Type of Tour : Private tour in Bastogne

• Historical WW II Museum
• Gen. G. Patton Memorial
• Mardasson Monument Bastogne
• Museum Bastogne
• Monument Gen. McAuliffe
• Luxembourg city
• The American Cemetery in Luxembourg

It would always be possible to see some other Memorials you would have in mind, depending the timing

The town of Bastogne near the Luxembourg border is a city steeped in historical significance, where the infamous Battle of the Bulge occurred during World War II. This is often an important destination for visitors to Belgium who wish to pay their respects to those who perished protecting Belgium and keeping German forces from gaining control of the Ardennes.

A private guided tour of Bastogne will include a visit to the Mardasson Memorial . This extraordinary monument is constructed in the shape of a five pointed star and was built in honor of the 76,890 American soldiers who were killed, wounded or missing in the Battle of the Bulge . Another popular destination which your guide will ensure you don't miss is the Bois de la Paix , The Wood of Peace . In a design that is only visible from the air, 4,000 trees have been planted and laid out in the symbol of human tenderness - a mother and child. This wood was planted at the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in honor of the American and Belgian combatants and civilians who lost their lives during the winder of 1944-45. This copse of birches, beech trees and oaks is a beautiful monument and nature reserve area to tour in Bastogne .

One must also visit the Porte de Treves , which is part of the city walls constructed by John the Blind in the 14th century. The beautiful Romanesque tower of St. Peter's church is another site we will tour in Bastogne , and see the famous baptismal fonts dating from the Middle Ages. We will also see monuments to Brigadier General McAuliffe and General Patton around the historical and picturesque town of Bastogne.

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BASTOGNE & BULGE BATTLEFIELDS

Guided tours / visites guidées, tours in english.

The tours below are given as examples.

Each tour can be a personalized one. Based on your interests, I can offer you visits or particular sites.

For example if you have a current or past connection with an unit, we can arrange a visit to the region where they fought. Or  i f you are a WW2 armored vehicles geek, a visit to the Bastogne Barracks site of the War Heritage Institute (Collection of the Belgian army) will be essential.

Bastogne : half day tour

Bastogne : one day tour

Bastogne, Band of Brothers, on the footsteps of Easy company : half day tour

Band of Brothers, on the footsteps of Easy company : complete tour

The Battle of Bastogne : the first days. Special tour

The Battle of Bastogne : the southern front

Battle of the Bulge – the north : stopping the Kampfgruppe Peiper – the King Tiger in La Gleize

Battle of the Bulge – the north : the 82nd airborne battlegrounds

Battle of the Bulge – the north : the Siegfried Line, Krinkelt and Rocherath, the Elsenborn Ridge

Battle of the Bulge – the British battlefield around La Roche & La Roche Museum

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Private Tour: The Battle of the Bulge in The Ardennes & Luxembourg City

This tour takes you out to the foxholes, Bastogne and General Patton’s tomb in Luxemburg.

BRUSSELS CITY TOURS Grasmarkt, 61, Rue du Marché aux Herbes B 1000 BRUSSELS (Belgium)

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Battle of the Bulge

They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.

– Col. Creighton S. Abrams

Our Battle of the Bulge Tour takes a detailed look at the American men and German soldiers who opposed them in the largest land battle in WWII. On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their Ardennes Campaign, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. For 31 grueling days, American troops fought in bitter cold, heavy snow and icy water. In one of the most epic and decisive victories of the war, they held their foxholes under the threatening skies of a Teutonic winter.

As Stephen Ambrose wrote of the Ardennes in Citizens Soldiers , many of the men on the thinly-held Belgian front lines were recently-arrived “replacements.” Only just out of training, untested, and poorly-equipped, they were sent to the front lines with instructions on how to avoid trench-foot and told to kill Germans. It was a cruel experience in which raw courage merged with terrific faith, training, skill and ingenuity to save the day.

You will travel from Brussels to the Ardennes to visit Malmedy, Bastogne, Diekirch and more of the areas that defined this fierce struggle. As you follow in the path of these heroes and visit the battlefields, you will gain a new respect for the basic patriotism that defeated the Germans and won World War II for the Allies.

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Brussels: Enjoy a Welcome Dinner with introductions all around, and your first lecture on the Ardennes Campaign

Malmedy: Cross the same spot the Germans did in 1944 and follow their exact route through Lanzerath where they encountered Lieutenant Bouck and his I & R Platoon

St. Vith: Start the day with a visit to St. Vith, then travel to Wallerode and its monument to a lone American officer who defended the town for weeks, one soldier carrying out his own personal war against the Nazis

Bastogne: Begin with a special visit to the barracks that served as command headquarters; see the Mardasson Memorial; retrace the 16-mile defensive perimeter around the town

Diekirch/Luxembourg City: Study the location of the 5th Infantry Division’s nighttime crossing of the Sauer River; visit the National Military Museum and pay your respects at the American and German cemeteries there

Foy-Notre-Dame: See the very spot where the Americans halted the Germans at the point of their farthest westward advance

Day-By-Day Itinerary

Please note: the 2024 battle of the bugle tour is the 80th anniversary. to participate in the anniversary commemorations, the 2024 tour is one day longer than the 2025 tour., day 1 fly to brussels.

Guests travel independently on an overnight flight to Brussels, Belgium.

DAY 2 Arrive in Brussels

Land in Brussels and gather at a designated meet-up location within the airport before your motor coach will take you to your hotel. In the evening, you will have a Welcome Dinner with introductions all around and enjoy your first lecture on the Ardennes Campaign.

DAY 3 Malmedy

When SS Obersturmbannenfuehrer Joachim Peiper received his orders for the upcoming Ardennes offensive, the German high command instructed him to use terror as one of his secret weapons—a tactic that had already earned Peiper the nickname “the blowtorch” for his record on the Russian front. Predictably, his sadistic destruction left a tremendous human toll of American GI’s, Belgian civilians and others by the time the Americans stopped him.

You will cross the same spot and follow the exact route that Pieper took with his armored column through the town of Lanzerath in 1944. There, he clashed with the baby-faced Lieutenant Lyle Bouck and 17 young Americans, who alone defended the town.

Around Lanzareth, you will visit Bullingen, Baugnez and the site of the famous Malmedy massacre. Following that somber experience, you will continue to Stavelot, Trois Pont, and La Gleize. Your day will end at the December 44 Museum which features an original King Tiger tank.

DAY 4 St. Vith: The Slaughter

When Maj. Gen. Alan Jones reported to VIII Corps headquarters that captured German soldiers had warned of an impending enemy offensive, the higher-ups scoffed at him, retorting derisively to Jones, “Don’t be so jumpy, the Krauts are just playing phonograph records to scare you newcomers.”

With his 106th Infantry Division that was composed mostly of untested replacements, Jones remained wary anyway and they were ready around 5am, after barely resting all night, when they first heard the German artillery fire advancing towards them. With German tanks supported by infantry following the artillery, the men of the 106th realized they were in grave danger, and they quickly rallied to hold their positions.

Despite their shock at the initial attack, they naturally expected relief to arrive sooner, but after three days of fierce and desperate fighting, they had no choice. After such bravery, approximately 7,500 surrendered to the Germans on December 19, 1944, the largest number of Americans to lay down their arms since Bataan in the Philippines in 1942.

You will start the day with a visit to St. Vith and then continue to Wallerode where you will see the monument to the lone American officer who single-handedly defended the town against the Germans for weeks. Next, you will visit the positions the courageous 106th defended in the woods along Skyline Drive. After walking among the extensive foxholes, bunkers, and artillery emplacements, you will feel the pain of defeat where the Germans forced the surrender of the 106ths 442 Infantry Regiment to surrender.

DAY 5 Bastogne: Trading Lives for Time

Eisenhower designated Bastogne as a critical strategic juncture because of the seven major roads that passed through it. But just a few thousand VIII Corps troops, including a small combat command of the 10th Armored Division, defended the town when the German attack began. Against overwhelming odds, these men held their positions for the next 48 hours until the 101st Airborne DIvision arrived, and the battle turned into a siege. Their success remains one of World War II’s most compelling tales of bravery and self-sacrifice that saved Bastogne--and possibly the entire free world as well.

Your study will begin at the barracks that served as General Troy Middleton’s VIII Corps headquarters before General Anthony McAuliffe, leading the 101st Airborne, arrived to assume command. McAuliffe and his Airborne staff took over the same barracks, including the basement room, known as “the cave,” where McAuliffe later gave his famous “Nuts!” answer in response to German demands for surrender.

After visiting that storied location, you will stop to admire the impressive Mardasson Memorial before you begin to retrace the 16-mile defensive perimeter around the town. In making that circumference, you will explore the roadblock battles fought at places like Houffalize, Noville, Bourcy, Bizory, Longvilly and Marvie.

DAY 6 Bastogne: The Hole in the Donut

Through the sacrifice of American tanks and infantrymen, the paratroopers of the 101st reached Bastogne to hold the town for the next seven days. With that heavy on your mind, you will visit the village of Mande St. Etienne where the 101st arrived after their breakneck drive from Reims. Next you will visit the field where the Germans closed the last escape route out of Bastogne and seized the combat hospital.\

Continuing in a rough circle around the town, you will reach Hemroulle, where the “Screaming Eagles” of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment hunkered down in their foxholes on Christmas Day as enemy tanks passed directly overhead.

Your study of Bastogne’s defense will end at Sibret and Assenois, the German roadblocks where General George S. Patton’s 4th Armored Division broke through to reach the beleaguered defenders of the town and lift the siege.

DAY 7 Diekirch/Luxembourg City: Crossing the Sauer

Your day starts in Diekirch where the Americans entered Germany for the first time since the Battle of the Bulge. On January 18, 1945, the 5th Infantry Division crossed the Sauer River in a night assault. After viewing the location, you will spend the rest of the afternoon at the phenomenal National Military Museum in Diekirch. With its 1,500 square meters of exhibit space and renowned life-size dioramas, this museum re-creates the experience of December and January, 1944-45. Your tour of the Ardennes will conclude near the town of Hamm with a visit to the American and German cemeteries there.

Overnight in Luxembourg.

DAY 8 Foy-Notre-Dame

Following an early departure, your coach will head for Brussels. Along the way, in the village of Foy-Notre-Dame, you will see where the American forces halted the farthest westward advance of the Germans.

On the last evening, you will enjoy a Farewell Dinner and a concluding discussion of the Battle of the Bulge at your airport hotel in Brussels.

Morning departure from Brussels airport.

• 80th Anniversary: December 10 - 19, 2024
• December 10 - 18, 2025

Recommended Reading

• Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany,  Stephen E. Ambrose

Tour Includes

• Full-time, professional historian
• Touring by first class motorcoach
• All breakfasts, most dinners
• All entrance fees to museums & attractions

Activity Level

As with all of our tours, we prefer to spend our time on the battlefields. There will be some museum stops, but please be prepared to walk through forests and cobblestone streets.

• Chris Anderson

2024 80th ANNIVERSARY TRIP COST $4,390

Prices are per person based on double occupancy. For a single room on the 2024 tour, add $1,150. 

2025 TRIP COST $3,790

Prices are per person based on double occupancy. For a single room, add $1,000. 

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Outstanding trip!

We were part of a small, post Covid tour and it was absolutely fabulous! Our leader was Chris Anderson who has been with many of the veterans previously on his tour. His personal first hand knowledge of events made this tour very special indeed. A highlight for us was being at Dick Winter’s foxhole in the Ardennes. No matter how much knowledge (or lack thereof) you have beforehand, this tour provides much more! A truly authentic experience in December awaits the travelers!

Battle of the Bulge and other WW2 Tours

You could not ask for a truer patriot then Len Fullenkamp to lead you through any of the Ambrose WW2 tours. Len is the real thing and I can guarantee that he will lead you to the place you are looking for in your journey in like.

Battle of the Bulge Tour

Ambrose Historical Tours made this trip of a lifetime an experience that I will treasure greatly. This was a First-Class operation with an EXCELLENT driver, tour manager and tour historian. Each day’s itinerary was exciting, memorable and educational…so much so that I didn’t sleep much each night as I was still processing what I had seen that day, while looking forward to what I was going to see the next day. Simply cannot thank y’all and our tour group enough for making the Battle of the Bulge Tour my greatest adventure.

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The Favourites Prep for the Tour de France

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The Top Riders Prepare: There are four weeks to go before the start of the behemoth that is the biggest bike race on the calendar: the Tour de France. The top favourites are now either on an altitude training camp or racing in the Criterium du Dauphiné. We look at the plans of the top riders with 24 days to go.

Remco Evenepoel The last weeks to the Tour start for Remco Evenepoel includes the Critérium du Dauphiné where he is on stage 4 today (Wednesday). The Soudal-Quick-Step leader says he still has some work to do and is taking the French race ‘day-by-day’. He is returns to competition after his crash in the Itzulia Basque Country, where he suffered several fractures. “This is more of a race to gain some race rhythm,” the World time trial champion said cautiously. He said he isn’t interested in the overall. The Belgian spent three weeks on an altitude training camp in the Sierra Nevada in May. He went to the Spanish mountains with his climbing right-hand man, Mikel Landa and Ilan Van Wilder. All three are riding the Critérium du Dauphiné and then will go on another camp at altitude. After that, he may miss out the Belgian time trial championship, but will defend his road title. That will be his the last race before the Tour.

Schedule: Criterium du Dauphiné Altitude training camp Belgian road championship Tour de France.

Tadej Pogačar For Tadej Pogačar, the preparation for La Grande Boucle has only just started. The 25-year-old Slovenian has had a week off after dominating the Giro d’Italia and is taking a different route to this year’s French Grand Tour. We will soon find out if this plan suits him. During the Giro, the UAE Team Emirates Tour squad were on an altitude training camp in the Sierra Nevada. They then split between the Critérium du Dauphiné with Juan Ayuso and the Tour of Switzerland with João Almeida. Adam Yates, 3rd in last year’s Tour, was also on the training camp, but his calendar empty in June. Pogačar will be at altitude in Isola 2000 for three weeks. He will follow the Mathieu van der Poel route to the Tour: Only training at altitude and then go straight to the Tour.

Giro winner, Tadej Pogačar, has been in Isola 2000 for an altitude training camp since Tuesday. Before traveling to the ski resort in the French Alps, he was a guest on the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club Podcast , hosted by Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe. Pogačar will will be backed up by Adam Yates, Juan Ayuso, Joao Almeida, Marc Soler, Pavel Sivakov, Tim Wellens and Nils Politt in the Tour. “Yates is my right hand, Ayuso and Almeida will be like super domestiques in the mountains,” said Pogačar. “Soler and Sivakov are the big men for the mountains, who can also do something on the flat. And then you have Wellens and Politt. It also scares me a bit!”

Pogačar lost to Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 and 2023, but the Dane is still a doubt for the Tour de France after his crash in the Itzulia Basque Country, but he is preparing for the Tour. Will he be ready on time? “I think so,” said Pogačar. “He was able to ride again quite quickly after leaving the hospital. If he is comfortable on the bike again, I think he can start in good shape. He has to reach his race weight, but I don’t think that is a problem.” Pogacar also has Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglič to watch in the Tour. “Evenepoel will fly. He will also be very motivated, just like Roglič. It looks like they will be more than 100% ready for the start of the Tour this year.”

The Tour starts in Italy this year, with a difficult opening stage to Rimini. Will Pogačar go from the gun? “It’s a tough start, but I haven’t really thought about it yet. We were very aggressive in Bilbao last year, but we may have had a bit of a boomerang in return. The shape wasn’t great then either. We have to think again about what we are going to do. The first day is 210 kilometres with four consecutive climbs, and on day two we have San Luca from the Giro dell’Emilia. After that, the Galibier is in stage four. That’s a nice stage. Do I want to take revenge there for the 2022 Tour? That would be nice, but the finish line is below. The end of the Tour is also very tough. It’s brutal.”

“Evenepoel will mainly have to make his move in the beginning,” Pogačar thinks. “But Roglič will first just look at it and then fly in the last days. It’s nice to finally see Remco in the Tour. When he became World champion, I thought: ‘fuck, you have to do the Tour’. But he didn’t do it.”

Schedule: Altitude training camp in Isola 2000 Tour de France.

Primož Roglič Since that crash in the Itzulia Basque Country at the beginning of April, we have not seen anything of Primož Roglič. The 34-year-old Slovenian wasn’t as injured as the other Tour top favourites and we must assume that he is on schedule for the Tour de France. He was also training in the Sierra Nevada last month. In Spain, Roglič rode to the top of Pico Veleta, the highest paved road in Europe. We should see how his form is in the Critérium du Dauphiné. So far it’s looking good, he took second place on stage 2 behind Magnus Cort. “Everyone is so fit here and there was only one who got to the line faster,” he is more than satisfied with his own level of form. “I am still a bit disappointed that I couldn’t finish it.” (Red Bull) BORA-hansgrohe will have Jai Hindley and Aleksandr Vlasov in the Tour line up, but Vlasov was disappointment after the team announced Roglič’s sole leadership in the Tour. After the Dauphiné, the Slovenian will be at altitude in Tignes.

Schedule: Criterium du Dauphiné High altitude Tignes Tour de France.

Jonas Vingegaard From Sunday, part of the intended Visma | Lease a Bike Tour team will be in Tignes for a three-week training camp. Jonas Vingegaard arrived a few days earlier to get his body used to the altitude. In the Itzulia Basque Country crash, the double Tour winner broke several ribs, his collarbone, suffered a perforated lung and was kept in hospital for a long time. So we have to wonder if Vingegaard has enough time to recover and get into Tour shape. Part of his Visma | Lease a Bike Tour squad are racing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, including possible team leader, Sepp Kuss, as are Dylan van Baarle, Tiesj Benoot, Matteo Jorgenson and Steven Kruijswijk. After the French stage race, they will also go to Tignes and then we should know whether Vingegaard will make it to the Tour or not. Wout van Aert is also in Tignes working on his Tour preparation.

Schedule: Altitude training camp in Tignes Tour de France.

Carlos Rodriguez Part of INEOS Grenadiers Tour team was on the volcano of El Teide in May, including Carlos Rodríguez. Last year the young Spaniard showed his climber’s legs in the final week, behind Pogačar and Vingegaard. This year he will be aiming at a better final overall than his fifth place. His 2024 has been going well as he won the Tour de Romandie and was second in the Itzulia Basque Country. The Spaniard was on Mount Teide for three weeks and is now racing against Evenepoel and Roglič in the Critérium du Dauphiné. This year’s Tour could be Rodríguez’s big chance to be a team leader, of course this depends on Geraint Thomas who is supposed not to be at the start of the Tour due to riding the Giro d’Italia and that Egan Bernal is training in Colombia. After the Dauphiné, Rodríguez will be at altitude again, but where that will be is not public knowledge as yet

Schedule: Critérium du Dauphiné Altitude training camp Tour de France.

Tom Pidcock Tom Pidcock is also a leader of the INEOS Grenadiers team in the Tour. The mountain bike World champion won the MTB World Cup in Nové Mesto for the fourth time in a row last week. The next day he drove from the airport in Barcelona back home to Andorra. It is not clear whether he will complete his Tour training there or will go to an altitude training camp with the team. Thymen Arensman is training in France, he called his training ride on Strava ‘Clermond-Ferrand tourist’ .

Pidcock will ride the Mountain Bike World Cup in Crans Montana on June 23, six days before the start of the Tour de France, he told CyclingWeekly . After ending his spring Classics at the end of April with a tenth place in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he was at the start of the Mountain Bike World Cup in Nové Město in May. Next Sunday he will be at the start of the Tour de Suisse (9-16 June) and on June 23rd, he will be on the mountain bike again in Crans Montana. A week later, Pidcock will start the Tour de France (June 29-July 21), where he says he is aiming at the GC. Then he moves on the Olympic mountain bike race in Paris (July 29), where he will defend the title he won in Tokyo. Five days after the mountain bike race, Pidcock will ride the Olympic road race (August 3).

“I don’t train as much on my mountain bike as I should, but it’s easy to alternate between road bike and mountain bike,” Pidcock said to CyclingWeekly . “Of course in this part of the year, in preparation for the Tour, I do longer intervals and more volume. But they complement each other.”

Schedule: Training at home in Andorra Tour of Switzerland (Possibly) Training at home in Andorra Tour de France.

David Gaudu “I dream of the podium,” David Gaudu told l’Equipe . The Groupama-FDJ climber is the French hope for the home Tour. Two years ago he finished fourth overall and last year he was ninth in the Tour. Also in the 2023 Paris-Nice he was second behind Pogačar, but ahead of Vingegaard. In May, Gaudu was training on Teide in Tenerife. At the moment he is racing in the Dauphiné, he will then ride in the French road championships.

Schedule: Critérium du Dauphiné French road championship Tour de France.

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York sewer system sale was 'a win, win, win, win and win,' says mayor during plant tour

The Pennsylvania American Water Company invited media and officials from York city and surrounding municipalities for a tour and to offer an update two years after the privately owned company purchased the city's sewer treatment facility and collection system.

According to York Mayor Michael Helfrich and Pennsylvania American Water President Justin Ladner, so far, the partnership has been a success for the company, and the $235 million has been put to good use for residents of York.

“I remember, again, begrudgingly making a decision to sell the most valuable asset that the city had to a company we didn’t really know very well,” Helfrich said.

In 2019 the mayor said he had some difficult financial decisions to make that included the annual budget deficit, “a 48 percent tax increase and a 41 percent sewer increase, that’s for just one year.” The sewer treatment plant and miles of mains in the city, some a century old, needed updates.

“When you are an elected official, it’s really hard to raise taxes on one of the most taxed communities in the commonwealth, to fix things that no one can see … hard to get political will,” he said.

The mayor took the opportunity in front of the crowd of officials as a “a plug to Harrisburg to work on a taxation formula to help third-class cities,” adding, “It’s hard for us to be stable when we have some of the lowest income individuals all concentrated in one municipality.”

Agreements made at the time of the sale spread out rate increases over a period of years. Over time, conditions of the sale will eventually increase the sewer rates of York city and surrounding municipalities. The plant processes waste from Spring Garden, Manchester, West Manchester, York and Springettsbury townships, and North and West York boroughs.

Last December, in an application to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commision, PAWC proposed “consolidating” its rates throughout the state, citing the disparity between rates in different regions and seeking to spread the cost of improvements across its system. 

The PUC noted that such a consolidation would result in increased rates in York County, specifically for York and the five suburban municipalities served by the facility formerly owned by the city, ending the agreements in place to slowly increase sewer rates. The outcome of that decision is pending.

More: York County municipalities worry the state will tear up agreements to freeze sewage rates

Ladner described the aging sewer plant and nearly 100 miles of mains two years ago as “compliance challenges.” He said that PAWC entered into a partnership agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection with a “rehabilitation plan” that identified 10 projects. Five of the projects are done, three almost done and two are about to start. 

According to Ladner, the company has invested $17 million into updates and has 40 more projects planned. He is proud that the system has had “zero Department of Environmental Protection effluent violations at this facility since we took ownership."

A plaque, dated 1915 ,hangs over the doorway of the oldest building in the treatment complex. According to Scott Armbrust, a senior project engineer with PAWC tasked with compliance projects at the plant, back then treatment included settling out some solids and maybe disinfection. 

Armbrust was one of the guides who took visitors on an hour tour through the sprawling complex that has grown with the population of the York region and as compliance needs changed. 

Today, the wastewater is first screened for large objects. Grit and sand that can damage pumps is removed. Bacteria is then used to break down organic wastes, bacteria and solids are removed from the liquid, a second process dewaters the solids from the liquid, and then liquid is disinfected by chlorine and ultraviolet light. It’s a complicated balance that includes household and commercial waste, tested along the way five days a week, that can change quickly with unwanted stormwater infiltration into the system, according to Armbrust.

Ladner said the company has invested over $50,000 into York city since the purchase – into several organizations including the city’s new Group Violence Intervention Program, which Helfrich said resulted in an “80 percent reduction in group involved crime.”

Helfrich added that the windfall allowed the city to “pay off $55 million in debt, bank $170 million for the first time in decades. … The city of York was actually making money off of money … just the past two years we have made close to $20 million in dividends off that investment.” So not only are we seeing $17 million invested in the infrastructure, but $20 million is coming back into coffers to offset ever-increasing costs of healthcare and pensions.”

“This was certainly a win, win, win, win and win for the community here in York,” Helfrich ended.

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Explore 9 private NJ gardens at the annual Roses to Rock Gardens tour

We're in the homestretch of the spring season, and are just about a month away from the official start to summer. That means that you've likely refreshed at least parts your home garden for the warm weather, but you may be still looking for some inspiration.

Look no further than the annual Roses to Rock Gardens tour, held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1. Hosted by The Montclair Foundation through the Van Vleck House and Gardens, this year's event will feature a total of nine private gardens throughout Montclair and Glen Ridge — or, ten if visitors choose to include the gardens of the Van Vleck house — for visitors to explore.

The Van Vleck House and Gardens began as a 12-acre estate owned by the Van Vleck family, dating back to 1868 when Joseph Van Vleck Sr. and his family moved to Montclair from Brooklyn. The last of the family to inhabit the estate, Howard Van Vleck was an architect by trade, having built the house that sits on the property today. But, he left architecture to become a full-time horticulturalist, designing the house and gardens, which are still maintained by The Montclair Foundation today.

"He was such a skilled horticulturalist and lover of plants that his rhododendrons are registered with the Royal Horticultural Society," said Eileen Lundberg, a spokesperson for the organization. "If you're really into gardening, people are usually impressed by that fact because it's not an easy distinction."

The Roses to Rock Gardens tour was held for the first time in 1999 and has been held annually ever since, except for the year they took off in 2020 due to the pandemic. Lundberg said the event, which acts as a fundraiser to help the organization maintain the Van Vleck House and Gardens, came to life after so many people raved about the Van Vleck gardens and sought advice for their own personal gardens.

While this year's event features private gardens in Montclair and Glen Ridge, she said they've previously included private gardens in nearby towns like Llewellyn Park, Verona and Bloomfield. Lundberg said that upon check-in at the Van Vleck House and Gardens, visitors will receive a tour journal as their ticket for entry into each garden. The booklet will also include both the addresses and details of each garden on the tour.

"It's a combination of a lot of different gardens that vary in size, in design and in the type of landscape that they have," Lundberg said. "It's a lot of sites and sounds and smells, and everybody enjoys coming out on a Friday and Saturday. It's a self-guided tour, so you can really take a look at the list of locations to decide if you want to follow the suggested path that's on the map in the book, or if you want to guide yourself."

When it comes to finding private gardens to feature in the tour each year, she said they have a crew of volunteers to help put the event together. One of their volunteers, Tracy Parsons, owner of Parsons Cabinetry, keeps track of the list of potential participants for each year. She said Parsons also reaches out to local realtors to get recommendations from them for potential gardens to include, whether its through a house going up for sale or someone who may have just redid their garden. Plus, Lundberg said they've previously posted on social media to find new participants.

"We just like to make sure that the homeowners are excited about the tour and that it feels like it's going to be a place where their property is respected," she said. "It's an ever-evolving list of gardens. And, it's definitely a community effort. It's really nice when people reach out to us and say that they would like to be included."

On the Friday of the event, Lundberg said Ken Selody, owner of Atlock Farm in Somerset and a former Martha Stewart contributing editor, will also be in attendance. She said he will be hosting a pop-up shop on the terrace of the Van Vleck House, and will be available to speak with visitors of the event.

Tickets for the event can be purchased in advance on its website , and are $40 per person for members of Van Vleck House and Gardens or $50 per person for non-members. While tickets can be purchased on-site on the day of the event, Lundberg said she recommends visitors purchase their tickets in advance. Tickets $10 cheaper online per person than when purchased in person, and it will make the check-in process quicker.

"I would hope that by attending this event, people learn more about our organization, because not only do we have this beautiful, free garden for people to visit, we're a private property and a non-profit foundation at our core," Lundberg said. "We raise money through events like this to take care of the physical property, but we also have a lot more going on here."

The Montclair Foundation and Van Vleck House and Gardens also holds an annual plant sale, another fundraiser that helps them maintain the property. Plus, they have an education center and host wellness classes, gardening classes for seniors, children's education programs and more. They also provide grants to other non-profit organizations, and share the building with fellow non-profit organizations Schumann Fund for New Jersey and Turrell Fund.

Go: Van Vleck House and Gardens, 21 Van Vleck St., Montclair; 973-744-4752, montclairfoundation.org .

Maddie McGay is the real estate reporter for  NorthJersey.com  and The Record, covering all things worth celebrating about living in North Jersey. Find her on  Instagram @maddiemcgay ,  on  X @maddiemcgayy , and sign up for her  North Jersey Living  newsletter.   Do you have a tip, trend or terrific house she should know about? Email her at  [email protected] .

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Rivals or idols how remco evenepoel feels about the other champions of grand tour cycling, evenepoel tips hat to tour de france rival pogačar: ‘he’s a special guy. the biggest talent in the bunch, the best rider of the past few years.’.

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There was a time when most rivals had a tense relationship or, at least a somewhat begrudging, seldom-expressed respect for each other.

Sport has been full of bitter acrimony, of sass talking and insult throwing and machismo. Think professional boxing, think MMA, when goading and name calling and provocation is often par for the course.

Even if cycling has never been so extreme, there have been difficult rivalries in the past. Hinault vs. Fignon. Hinault vs. LeMond. LeMond vs. Fignon. Kelly vs. Vanderaerden. Armstrong vs. Contador.

And, even though they were on the same team and didn’t race together after the 2012 Tour, Wiggins vs Froome.

The modern era is different.

Remco Evenepoel showed a whole lot of respect for the three other big Tour de France contenders on Saturday.

In an online press conference attended by Velo and other media outlets, the 24-year-old Belgian spoke with praise and indeed admiration about those he will go head to head with this July.

Forget points-scoring. This was back-slapping, honest appreciation for what they have achieved.

Asked how he expected the Tour de France dynamic to be, he lauded Tadej Pogačar ’s crushing ride at the Giro d’Italia.

“All pressure will be on Team UAE, for sure,” he said. “If you see how Tadej was racing in a very impressive way in the Giro, then with all their co-leaders coming in their team as well on the Tour, I think they have the man to beat. And they are the team to beat.

“Next to that is Jonas, of course, because Jonas is the back-to-back Tour de France champion. So I think especially for myself and for my team, there’s no big pressure.

“I think all the pressure is on the other teams. We will have to try to follow. I think if you can follow Tadej one day, it’s going to be like a victory.”

‘If there’s one guy who can do the double, it’s him’

Evenepoel is yet to ride the Tour de France in his career, but is one of the best riders of his generation. He won the 2022 Vuelta a España, plus world titles in the road race that same year and in the time trial last summer.

He was also poised to potentially win the Giro d’Italia last year, but was forced to withdraw while in the race lead due to COVID-19.

Despite his status and his potential, he has no hesitation in praising a big rival. There’s no smack talk here.

“Maybe he’s already going to attack the first day, win the stage with five minutes and then the GC is over again,” he said of Pogačar. “He is a special guy, the best rider in the world. So you never know with him. It’s a big question for everybody how he’s going to be recovered after the Giro.

“I think he did a great race and he will be ready for the Tour, that’s for sure. It wouldn’t surprise me if he wins the Tour de France after winning the Giro.”

Evenepoel fans, fear not: he is not throwing in the towel weeks out from that race. He remains hopeful that he and others can challenge for yellow, while also acknowledging just how dominant Pogačar and his team have been.

“I hope he will not do it in a Tour, that would be better for us,” he clarified. “But of course, he’s a special guy. The biggest talent in the bunch, the best rider of the past few years. So if there’s a guy that can do it, it’s going to be Pogi.

“It [the Giro] was actually very impressive to watch. Amazing to watch. Sometimes boring to watch as well, because the race was done with 60k to go. I mean, not 60k, but just in a way of speaking.

“It’s going to be a big question mark for everybody to see how we will go in the Tour. I’m really looking forward to meet him in the race. And I’m curious to see how he will develop over the next month. I think he’s professional enough to know what to do and his team as well.

“So it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s there already from day one to day 21 in the Tour as well.

“If there’s one guy that can do the double, it’s going to be him.”

Roglič is ‘an idol’

Both Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard have already won the Tour. Evenepoel and Primož Roglič are vying to do so for the first time.

The latter went close in 2020, holding the lead into the final time trial, but then suffering an off day just as Pogačar unleashed an unexpectedly good performance.

Roglič has continued to dream of Tour success and, with Vingegaard locked in as Tour leader at Visma-Lease a Bike, the Slovenian moved to Bora-Hansgrohe last winter to secure outright leadership for the race.

Like Evenepoel, who was also injured in the same big crash on stage four of the Itzulia Basque Country, he’ll be putting everything into a big campaign in July.

As is the case with Pogačar, the Belgian champion was also complementary in his assessment about the other rider.

“I think Primož is one of the big champions in in the bunch in modern cycling,” he said. “All the results he has achieved and the palmàres he has built up over the years, I think it’s very impressive. It’s something that every rider can dream of.”

His estimation is such that he plays down any characterizations of Roglič as a mere rival.

“It’s not necessarily a rivalry between us because it’s somebody I look up to, and that I have as an idol,” he said. “He’s a champion and champions are always a bit special in their own ways. They all have their own ideas, their own approaches to races, their own tactics.

“I think it’s fair to say that Primož is also one of those champions that likes to approach things in his own way. I think we only have to respect that and just praise him for his results, for his career.”

Indeed it sounds like Roglič has been something of an inspiration to him. There’s ten years between them, after all, meaning that the younger rider will have been watching him on TV years before racing against him.

“He’s somebody that I look up to and I always like to race with, because he’s somebody that I learned a lot [from], especially in tactics and strange race situations,” Evenepoel said.

“I think it’s perfect that he’s here again to, to learn from him and to see how he goes one month ahead of the Tour. I’m looking forward to it again.”

It’s not quite hugs after the finish line, but the level of respect is obvious. There’s no old time sass talking here.

Finally have jerseys from everybody from the BIG FOUR: Vingegaard, Pogačar, Roglič & Evenepoel. Which one do you like the most? ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sMkg7EMb4W — Lukáš Ronald Lukács (@lucasaganronald) February 20, 2024

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A private village in Scottsdale houses some of Arizona's priciest real estate. I got a tour of its guarded neighborhoods.

• Silverleaf Village in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the city's most exclusive and expensive community.
• The residential area boasts Scottsdale's most expensive home, a $54 million mega-mansion.
• I got a private tour of the village with 24-hour guards and a championship golf course.

In the canyons beneath a mountain range dotted with cacti is Silverleaf Village, the most exclusive and expensive residential community in Scottsdale, Arizona .

In a city with a rapidly growing millionaire population , Silverleaf had an average selling price of $5.5 million in 2023, according to a representative of the neighborhood. And it's home to the most expensive residence on the market in Scottsdale — a mega-mansion listed for $54 million .

The village is in the 4,400-acre residential community of DC Ranch . Last month, I got an exclusive tour of the entire neighborhood's four villages, and Silverleaf stood out as the most elite, with custom estates and an exclusive clubhouse.

Take a look around the luxury desert oasis that Scottsdale's richest locals call home.

Silverleaf Village is in North Scottdale.

Silverleaf is on the east side of DC Ranch in North Scottsdale. The village is nestled in the canyons of the McDowell Mountains.

The village has 16 gated neighborhoods.

According to the DC Ranch website , the neighborhoods are guarded 24 hours a day.

The homes are a mix of luxury villas and custom estates.

Silverleaf's street signs have a fancy look, with curled details on the posts and serif fonts. According to the neighborhood's website, the homes were built in Spanish and Mediterranean Revival-style architecture.

The elevated signage, paired with mansions reminiscent of Italian castles and Greek villas, made me feel like I was somewhere in Europe.

Within the village is a private club with a golf course, a spa, pools, and restaurants.

Since the clubhouse is so exclusive, I wasn't able to access it with my media tour guide. But according to the club's website , it's a 50,000-square-foot space with casual and fine dining, a world-class spa, and both resort-style and lap pools.

I did get a peek at the championship golf course. It sprawls 18 holes over 7,322 yards and is surrounded by hills and succulents.

The homes with the highest elevation appeared to be the most luxurious.

Driving up the mountain, I noticed the houses looked more like mega-mansions. They had long, walled driveways leading up to estates with multiple buildings.

The village is still developing.

Toward the top of Silverleaf Village, I spotted several empty sites ready for more custom estates to be built. According to the neighborhood's website, luxury condos are also in the works.

From the top of Silverleaf, residents have a view of Scottsdale.

The top of Silverleaf had the best views in DC Ranch. Past the mansions and cacti dotting the canyon, I spotted golfing greens and a runway at Scottsdale Airport, where the wealthy park private jets .

With massive estates, luxury amenities, and jaw-dropping views, it was easy to see why Silverleaf Village is the most expensive place to live in Scottsdale.

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