The remaining kilometers to Allgony that seemed such a mission yesterday were all too easy today. As we cycled towards our viewing point on the top of a catagory 4 climb we made our way past the roadside masses working up a TDF fever. There excitment was so great that the sight of any sort of cyclist sent them into fits of wild appreciation (mostly in the form of clapping). It was like the return of a village hero and we lapped it up. One family spotted my Rapha jersey which has the national colours across the chest and almost exploded with joy, waving there massive flag as if it were on fire. Once our spot was found the wait for the peleton began with the prologue being the sponsers parade. This is a strange effort which involves vans driving past the fans whilst throwing free things out of the windows. We got hats mostly. After a couple of hours it was show-time and a breakaway of a Saxo-bank and Lampre rider kicked things off. 4 minutes later the peleton. In all it took only around 5 minutes but it was well worth it. We rounded off the day by doing pretty much bugger all else.
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