Sunday, July 08, 2007

Le Grand Depart

There's been a lot of buzz about the start of the Tour de France in London, so today we duly dragged ourselves out of bed early to see both the Caravane and the actual Tour.


We had a good view, but the riders come by so fast that photos are just a blur:



The not-so-local gendarmerie supplemented the Met:
Loads of support vehicles in team colours:
I was quite surprised that any cyclists who were behind the main peloton had to weave in and out of all these cars.
Good luck to the riders, I've stopped for coffee, but they will be riding to Canterbury for several hours yet.

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