Marmotte accomodation

OK chaps, here is where we are at. I have contacted a load of Hotels in Alpe D'Huez. All of which came back with the same response "we are Chokka" One even said that he is taking bookings and getting full for 2009 Marmotte and we should be thinking about booking that now !!
I tried a Hotel down the road near Les Deux Alpes and he is also chokka

AS follows :-

Our Marmotte arrangement is already fully booked. The Marmotte is a big cycling event held on the 5th of July 2008.

If you need accommodation during the Marmotte Period we advise you, to contact hotel Alpin (www.hotelalpin.fr)
Reservations for the Marmotte 2009 can be made the day after the announcement of the complete route of the Tour de France 2009.

The Hotel Alpin is also the one I priced up the other day from a recommendation from the one I tried unsuccesfully in Mizoens, as I said before its a long way out, 21k of moutain roads. (so logistically not great, we can forget riding there before and after the event), its not that cheap, and they want us to pay up front and book for 4 nights minimum !
However at the last time of contact it had rooms.

If anyone else wants to do a bit of digging around then feel free, and I hope you have better luck. However I think we need to act fast or we will be stuck with nothing.