TDF Pictures

Very cool.

Thanks

Thanks!
LW

Thanks! I've been looking for good pictures!

Kelly

An excellent selection of tour pics on the BBC at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/photo_gallerie...
the finish line shot is great

Ian

That is a great picture! I was listening to it this morning so it's good to have the picture to go with now. Thanks!

And, love the signature line on your post.

Kelly

i know this is kinda old news, but as i haven't been around much i haven't had a chance to share.

my husband and i were in murat and watched stage 10 of the tour... here are some pictures, and a recap from my journal:

if you remember, frenchman richard virenque and belgian axel merckx had a substantial breakaway from the peloton, and virenque had dropped merckx at the last climb. the excitement among the french spectators was palpable: bastille day, and looking like virenque will repeat last year's win for france on bastille day.

he is looking good as he comes by:





merckx is not too far behind, and still ahead of the peloton:



the yellow leader's jersey - at the time worn by voeckler - is in the next pack to pass by:



and the groups keep coming:

tyler hamilton, slightly right of center, in the white/green/yellow phonak jersey. if you look closely you can see he is wearing a red dog tag around his neck in honor of his dog tugboat ::who died that morning::





i still haven't figured out which postal rider this is. i did see lance go by, but it was hard to pick people out of the field to photograph.




after the whole field passed, we walked back down to that bar, and watched the televised coverage, sipping on stella artois.

Great pictures!
Just the fact that you were there makes me green with envy.
Thanks very much for sharing them

Ian

WOW! Awesome photos.... WOW...................................................... I'm jealous too.

Great pics!! what a great vacation!

Insanely jealous!!! Hope you had a great time and thanks for sharing your vacation memories with us.

Dana

thanks for the pics...man, i'm jealous...what a trip that must have been. thank you for sharing...

it was awesome to be there, and just a great trip.

we started out in frankfurt - my husband did ironman germany. then we hit france - the massif central for the tour and then a few days in paris.

sweet pics, and congrats to your hubby for Ironman Germany