{"id":691198,"date":"2026-07-14T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691198\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:43:11","slug":"tour-de-france-cyclists-sleep-outside-after-being-given-questionable-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691198\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France cyclists sleep outside after being given \u201cquestionable\u201d hotel room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tour de France. It\u2019s 21 stages across beautiful landscapes, even if the hotel rooms leave much to be desired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was the case for Uno-X Mobility\u2019s Tobias Johannessen and Anders Halland Johannessen, who were given a hotel room that had clearly seen better days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halland Johannessen shared videos of the hotel room on his X account, which showed cobwebs and looked far from sanitary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the twin brothers took to sleeping on the balcony of their hotel room. Sharing the sleeping arrangement on Instagram, they said: \u201cThe inside of the hotel: Questionable. The outside: reallyniiiice\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When rest and recovery are so integral to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/events\/tour-de-france\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a> cyclists, the Uno-X Mobility riders\u2019 hotel might seem a peculiar choice. But the reality is teams have little say in where they stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tour de France hotels are provided and booked by ASO, the organisers of the race. All teams are expected to stay in nice hotels and more budget choices, but they must stay in the hotel they are given. This is all in a bid to ensure equality across teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uno-X Mobility\u2019s Magnus Cort, who documents where the team stays, shared a more detailed view of the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2 nights in this room and the rest day. We also stayed here two years ago during the tour. And even though it was only 1 night it created memories that last. It has an amazing view and looks pretty good on the outside. But in reality it is amongst the worst places I have stayed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a whole apartment that could sleep up to 8 people so Anthon and me couldn\u2019t complain about not having enough space. The apartment was in 3 levels with the button being entrances and toilet and bathroom. It wasn\u2019t completely soaked this time and only a small smell of rot. We also had the luxury of dry toilet paper. I had a sink in the closet that was nice to have so I didn\u2019t have to walk two sets of stairs during the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to say much more positive things about this place. It was dirty no aircondition and no WIFI. It was very used with many broken things like the holder for toilet paper and shower head. Even though it was better than last time it will still only get 1 out of 7 stars,\u201d Cort added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uno-X Mobility weren\u2019t the only team to get a bad booking ahead of the first rest day of the race, and ahead of today\u2019s mountainous stage 10 from Aurillac to Le Lioran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alpecin-Premier Tech stayed in the same hotel and shared an Instagram reel of Silvan Dillier and Tim Marsman\u2019s room and wrote, \u201cTurns out Tour de France riders don\u2019t exactly get the FIFA World Cup treatment\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dillier said the room was in need of renovation, and like Tobias and Anders, he also slept outside. But that was due to the noise of the air conditioning unit.<\/p>\n<p>More on the 2026 Tour de France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tour de France. 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