Allez, Allez. Le Grand Départ Aujourd'hui

cec1 said:
One of the points that you'll see along the route -- not far from Utah Beach -- is the spot, St. Mere Eglise, where my Dad landed in the nighttime hours before the D-Day amphibious landing began. He was part of a group assigned to secure a strategically important bridge. The mission was successful, though a great loss of life was suffered among the paratroopers in this early part of the Invasion. I can't help but imagine cyclists crossing that bridge today.
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And that's why they're called our greatest generation:up:
 
Cavendish again!

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looks like Froome can keep the maillot jaune all the way to Paris.. Cass, do you think he has any real competition?
 
he could crash...
a spectator could injure him...
he could get sick...
otherwise, it seems to be his to lose
 
It is always the last few kilometers that are the most exciting, especially when the peloton catches up after a long hard day!
 
The rules allow him to run across the finish line as long as he is carrying his bike. :questionmark:
 
yes the crazy spectators blocked a motorcycle which had to stop and the riders ran into it... Froome fell, broke his bike and ran a while without a bike waiting for his team car to bring him a bike. The first bike they gave him had the wrong pedals which didn't match his shoes so we had to wait for a second one, and lost a few minutes.. he would have lost the yellow jersey but the race organizers decided this was all out of his control and awarded it to him anyway.. what a crazy day on the Mount Ventoux, where the wind was so strong they finished the race 6km lower than usual on the "bald" top of the mountain...
 
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