Today we found our way to the feed zone along Stage 14 from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains. It was a wild scene in the middle of seemingly nowhere and people were flocking to it hours in advance. I positioned myself next to the Columbia guy and think I got a pic of Cavendish grabbing his mussette bag. Then I missed a pic of George Hincapie. Yesterday we watched the finish in an old Roman town and saw Cavendish get #4. Today, the guy from Columbia said he was day to day as while he wanted to win in Paris, he really wants a gold medal. If you saw the ending, y0ou know he died on the final climb and wasn't even in the sprint. I think he droped about 4 minutes. We were in a village in a bar watching the end and were cheering for Erik Zabel who almost pulled it off. Not bad for a 38 YEAR OLD! We went for a big ride around the countryside and returned to the feedzone to watch and during the ride people were descending to the course from all directions. It was a roasting hot day! Patrick got a bag and a water bottle as schwag hunting is a big activity and we got along the course post-caravan. What was interesting is apparently how angry the guy was that he dropped a water bottle. On such a hot day, I'm sure they are consuming 2-3 bottles per hour, which also means lots of work for domestiques.
Following this we drove to Nice and we are along the Cote-du-Zur as we need to drop off Scott tomorrow as he is heading up to Norway.
The racing is heating up and we are going to rejoin it in the Alpes. The plan is to ride....Alpe du Huez during the rest day...Yikes!
More later with pics.
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