We are on the journey to Paris !We knocked out the Cognac - Angouleme Timne Trial this morning after Emma dropped us off. The route was pretty standard, a couple of small rises, but otherwise it will be one of the quickest time trials in the Tour ever we think.
We cycled past a couple of chaps (one wearing full Phonak gear) on the way, it took some explaining that we weren't just doing the the one stage, we had done them all. We were also all in our team jerseys...the full Red Train....and we got a couple of comments from passing vehicles and some cheering from one chap by the side of the road. However the bloke Matt
almost hit in a village wasn't cheering quite so loudly...A quick change and shower at one of those super cheap French hotels and we are about to jump in the van for the drive to near Paris for the last stage tomorrow.
Bikes are making all sorts of weird clicking and crunching noises, but there is so little left I think we'll leave serious bike maintenance for England/the US. The aromas wafting from the
sounds very romantic.....obviously in the real world we have the Perepherique to deal with and I don't think we'll be doing eight laps of the Champs Elysees....might have to cut it down a bit for our safety.
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Good luck for today...and enjoy the night... you may well have earnt it!
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