In mid-July, the Tour de France passed in the area, and more precisely,
at St Pierre d’Entremont, a dozen kms from where we live. First comes the
caravan in the late-morning, then the cyclists about one and a half hours later.
We therefore settled down with our cooler and our small seats on the edge of
the village road as there was a good atmosphere.
The caravan is
varied ...
and the vehicles
are often very original
For half an hour, keyrings, caps and other goodies were distributed. We
got some Haribo, madeleines, and some water, as well as caps, and a keyring
equipped with an LED. Cool ! Our juvenile spirit resurfaced. Though it’s only we who found ourselves
back in childhood as the sponsors are trained, and spot the real kids, aiming
at them directly, which meant that we didn’t get any Cochonou this year. Next
time, I’m taking the neighbour’s children with me ☺ !!
Before the real
yellow jersey holder, the caravan presented us its own.
Come one, step on
the gas !
Some really good times were had, especially because the cyclists had
just passed the Col du Granier, which meant that we didn’t have just one pack,
but many different groups that prolonged the pleasure.
13/07/2012 Tour de France à Saint Pierre d'Entremont Isère
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