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It must have been 2011 cos we were both heading to France to follow the TDF. It was my first experience of this and he was an old hand and I remember chatting to him about it seeking tips etc.
I remember finishing one commute with "Oh well, probably see you out there" and thinking yeah right, like that's going to happen.
Fast forward to the next week and just off the summit of one climb me and my two sons were sitting there when who the hell cycles past and he stops for a chat with me and my boys. If you have ever been on a mountain stage you will know how busy they are and how remotely small the chances of spotting him are. It was so weird.