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France 2005

 

Montpelliers

 

Lance's Team bus

 

What this told me. were I to do something like this again, that I followed the exactly correct strategy. Watch them in the act, somewhere in the mountains, the more difficutl the better. For the finish, go to Paris and stake out your place. This was at a finish line, and I think the worst place to be, but, hey, you are there.

 

And the usual parade before the race. The beer trucks did not hand out samples - stingy bastards.

 

My camera, usually leading a life of its own, quickly found some different entertainment to while the time away
The finish line looked like this

 

 

Yup! Things get pretty weird at times

 

And then the crowds went nuts. The etappe leaders, the sprinters arrived, fighting for the win
See the tall red and white post? At the bottom there is the yellow jersey worn by Lance Armstrong
It was hot, and they were suffering

 

 

A large replica of the lion that is handed out to all of the leaders in each category of the day, each day

 

 

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