Le Tour

Yip its a pic of the one and only Vino. And guess who took the pic, yes me!!!! London hosted a great start to this years TdF and I was there to witness it!!!

The festivities of the tour started on Friday night with the team presentation. Chel and I picked our spot near where the riders got out of their busses rather than in the centre of Trafalgar square. From where we stood we got to see the riders up close and even managed to convince a couple to come over and sign a TdF Muessette!! Managed to get Boonen, Levi and Schlek's signatures. I also got 2 others but am still trying to find out who they are!!!

Saturday was the Prologue which we knew was going to be very popular so we made sure we were there first. We were actually meant to meet Dave and some others at 7:20am at Vauxhill station to be there in place at 8am, but after a long night before (the presentation and Stomp) only managed to get there by 9am. Dave already had our spot though which was in a perfect position opposite Buckingham palace. From this spot we could see the riders going up and down Constitutional hill. There was also a big screen behind us so we could keep up to date with the Leaderboard.

The only problem with this position is the lack of free stuff they threw out to us, for some reason they weren't meant to hand out anything where we were??????

The first rider was off at 3pm so it meant it was a long wait, but well worth it and the wait was shortened by the bottle of Pimms that Dave brought.

The crowd as could be expected was behind the 5 local Brits that were riding. As usual they didn't live up to the crowds expectations and Wiggins with his 4th was the best.

After Klodi set a blistering time of 9min 03 secs everybody thought the yellow jersey was his for certain but the world TT champ Cancellara didn't disapoint and knocked over 12 seconds off Klodi to comfotably take the maillot jaune.

What a day. Definatley one of the highlights of my trip. More on my trip to follow...........