Sunday 22 July 2012
Good morning Paris! What's that you say? Bike race finishing today? Cycling history being made? Oooh, sounds like fun, we'll take a look! 
Saturday 21 July 2012
Merckx bike on a devilish plate. Nice, but not sure The Cannibal would approve of Snoopy pillow on parcel shelf!
Saturday 21 July 2012
A tiny part of the swarm following Wiggo in yellow. I suspect that Jag contains some very important sponsors!
Saturday 21 July 2012
I don't think the #TdF chopper pilots have seen the public safety film about flying low or near power lines
Saturday 21 July 2012
Monfort, Menchov, Klöden (screaming as he went by!), Roche, Van Garderen, Evans, Nibali, Froome, Wiggins
Saturday 21 July 2012
Sagan, Gilbert, Hincapie, Porte, Caruso, Kruijswijk, Leipheimer, Ten Dam, Vanendert, Voeckler, Rogers
Saturday 21 July 2012
Velits, Hondo, Hansen, Gerrans, Marzano, Weening, LL Sanchez, Vande Velde, Burghardt, Hoogerland, Voigt, Moinard
Saturday 21 July 2012
Zabriskie (overtaking), Pineau, Impey, Miller, Roelandts, O'Grady, Cummings, Simon, Morkov, Feillu, Vichot, Zingle
Saturday 21 July 2012
As team car corners a spare bike bounces off into Danish fans! One grabs bike (now tangled in flags) & chases car! 
Saturday 21 July 2012
Vansummeren, Langeveld (catching), Farrar, Cavendish, Haedo, Lund, Edet, Henderson, Iglinskiy, Albasini, Molina
Saturday 21 July 2012
Random scences from the stage 19 time trial course we visited, as it passed through the village of Goindreville.
Saturday 21 July 2012
Sitting on complex of corners coming out of Goindreville. #TdF TT riders coming thick & fast. Just caught 1st as setup our camp. Love it! 
Saturday 21 July 2012
In Blois for lunch supplies. Pretty standard aside from bizarre animatronic dragons coming out of one building!
Friday 20 July 2012
The very pleasant garden of our gîte in the Loire Valley. Great place just to relax, especially here at dusk.
Friday 20 July 2012
This week in the Loire did 155km/456m ascent. Would take 2½ months to get the same vertical I was doing weekly in the Pyrenees! It sucks! 
Friday 20 July 2012
French president is #TdF VIP today. But the Brits dominate again! France TV trying to ignore with a segment on Pinot, Voeckler & Fedrigo
Friday 20 July 2012
Amazon says I can't have some 'out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books' as they have 'copyright restrictions'. WTF?! Isn't that an oxymoron?
Thursday 19 July 2012
Visit château, 40km smash fest on the bike, lunch, relax with a beer & TdF coverage of final mountain stage. Can't ask for a better day
Thursday 19 July 2012
Château de Cheverny. Not as big as it looks, but quality lawn & veggie patch. Nice furniture too which is a bonus
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Easy to kill time by a pond if one has a macro lens. Or if you're a Mayfly it seems. Who's having most fun though?
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Pancake flat here in the Loire. No climbs = no DH to rest on, just a constant slog to keep the HR up. Boring & more pain than you'd think!
Monday 16 July 2012
Château de Chambord. Staggering given the cool bits are 500 years old. Furnishings (lack thereof) needs work mind!
Saturday 14 July 2012
Messing about in a field of wheat. With a camera. Without any girls this time... sorry
Saturday 14 July 2012
View from our hotel room in Montmelard. Seems like a beautiful area, shame we were only passing through.
Saturday 14 July 2012
At breakfast trying to remember what we are doing today. Ah... Drive to the Loire. There for a week. Phew! This travel stuff is hard
Friday 13 July 2012
Dinner at Montmelard. Lobster & quail & snails & the like. Best chocolate desert ever. Nice view of sunset too!
Friday 13 July 2012
A look at some discarded goodies. Pro's tip for those handing out gels: fix the tab in the bottle cap as shown.
Friday 13 July 2012
Most of the field came by in 2 bunches. But having done some climbing there were a few alone or in small groups.
Friday 13 July 2012
Here come's the break. It would be a good day for these guys with David Millar taking the stage. Nicely done!
Friday 13 July 2012
As usual, plenty of waiting. Time for banter between fans. Or if you're a news crew, to collect a last minute report?
Friday 13 July 2012
Calm before the storm & everyone is grabbing a bite, teams & spectators alike. Well, this is the feed zone, right?
Friday 13 July 2012
First time seeing the caravan on the open road. Watch out - stuff thrown from a vehicle moving at 40-50km/h can hurt!
Friday 13 July 2012
Did I say we were just past the feed zone? Oops, must have misread the signs... we are IN the feed zone! This should be interesting! #TdF
Friday 13 July 2012
Sitting just past feed zone on today's #TdF stage, beside some crazy (in a good way) Aussies. Their van covered in flags & roos. Top job!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Heading home. We expected to take a long time to get down the hill, but with these views who cares?
Thursday 12 July 2012
Other random moments from the finishing straight (and the sky above it).
Thursday 12 July 2012
Riders trundling back down the finish straight. Pretty much the entire GreenEdge team & one very tired world champ!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Van Hummel the last to make the time cut, arriving alone 36 mins down. Krivtsov & Petacchi were even later. Ouch!
Thursday 12 July 2012
O'Grady leads in the main pack looking cool as. Take a look at the faces behind him though - it's been a tough day!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Eisel tows Cav (and a few others) in... 33 minutes behind Rolland.
Thursday 12 July 2012
Mountain finishes are great: plenty of chance to see everyone. Note the poor gear choice by Gianpaolo. Tut, tut
Thursday 12 July 2012
Valverde comes home as Brajkovic & Kiserlovski trundle back down the course in search of the team bus no doubt.
Thursday 12 July 2012
Laurens Ten Dam, bane of @Strava users everywhere He's looking a bit tired now though... is there any wonder?!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Smiling winner Pierre Rolland rounds the final turn. Plus some other front runners not looking that bad considering.
Thursday 12 July 2012
Stage 11 finish: lots of waiting, but also lots to see, lots of goodies to collect & of course lots to eat & drink 
Thursday 12 July 2012
Driving the final climb to La Toussuire. Early in the day, but fans everywhere. Atmosphere is great & still building!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Passing Albertville en route to stage finish so stopped by Départ. Crazy busy given riders not due for 4 hours or so!
Thursday 12 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Views from today's double assault on Col de la Madeleine. Only one small patch of rain which was welcome to cool off!
