Try to see if there are any local chefs who would be willing to be interviewed for a school magazine written by French students. Or, if you prefer a visite virtuelle, have students write letters to the hotel of their choice listed under Tourisme, then write a page about their stay in a page of a journal. Beginning students can use the maps locating the hotels to practice directions in French. This site gives background information on le Tour de France, and its maps provide a unique orientation to the provinces of France. Students could work in groups to follow the route of the race and do additional Web research on the various areas covered by the race.
Beginners can practice reading numbers with the race results.
This site has nice pictures of the race that might inspire some student generated Tour de France newspaper articles. Biographies of some of the participants are also included. Students might use these as a model to describe themselves and stage their own mini Tour de France. This delightful website, entirely in French, is devoted to TinTin. The section called Un Portrait de Famille gives a very complete background of all of the important characters surrounding Tintin.