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@le_car
sorry for the double posting on FGG but I wanted to share this here...
So on sunday I was in Paris and decided to go to my parents' house, 25kms south of the city, to pick up something. As I'm reading my newspaper on the train I realize that this year the tour is passing via my village, as many times in the past (Saint Remy Les Chevreuse
- home to a cat4 climb!). But since it's 3pm I assume they passed by in the morning.As I ride up a hill towards my house, I notice a Gendarme at the next intersection. Strange.
Arriving at the top, I understand that the peloton has not yet passed by, since hundreds of people line up the road.. but I DO have to get to my house, so I just sneak behind the Gendarme and onto the empty road.
Then it got a bit mad: families having picnics and waving flags started to cheer and clap! I have no idea what they thought, since I was not exactly sporting the usual road cycling gear (no helmet, hairy legs, risers, jeans shorts, messenger bag...). I rode on for a while then turned off onto my street...
Came back a bit later to film the peloton slowly pass by:
YouTube - le tour