Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The last weekend saw the passing of the tour de France through Apt, cycling is the biggest sport in France so its a huge event which comes through every 4 to 6 years.
We were lucky not to have clients changing Saturday so took our place in Apt ,firstly the sponsors parade comes thru......



Throwing lots of freebies to get the crowds excited!!



from hats to water, pretzels to washing powder it all hit the streets!



And most importantly for the French, food and a Citroen 2CV!



And at last what we had been waiting for, the race, with a 3 minute lead the first 4 cyclist come through at 44 KPH!




And sure enough coming up the hill are the rest!, its 33 degrees and their stamina is incredible!




A great site to see.



And after all the waiting encouragement from Karen and friend Siobhan as they pass through almost effortlessly



That was the Tour de France for another year! Wow!

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