Pre-race parade

Ten minutes ahead of the racers, there was a high-speed parade. As the floats whizzed around the corners there tethered riders chucked T-shirts, caps, trinkets, and water bottles into the crowds.

Le Tour de France

July 22nd 2011
Le Tour? What, was that yesterday? Shoot! Forgot all about it... Just Kidding. What a day! It will be very hard to capture the thrill of the day's events but I will try...We left the house early - 8am. It was just over an hour to Grenoble on the highways but once we got off the main highways and on the mountain roads the driving was slower (switch-backs) so it took over an hour to get to wh ... read more

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