A Day At The Tour de France As A Spectator With A Camera |
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File under Events France
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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World's most famous bicycle race, the Tour de France  , was going to pass for the first time ever very close to my house in Normandy, and as luck was going to have it, I was going to be home, not traipsing somewhere making photos. So I decided to see what the "Tour" was all about. Having seen it on TV, I knew it was about fast bicycles, lots of motorcycles and lots of accidents.
I took many photos, and have been culling ever since. Here are 157 photos, way too much for this part of the site, so I had to move it to a section that would not bother regular readers.
 The main cyclist pack |
I've divided the day into three sections, The Beginning - the pre-event, several hours of wait before it started, The Caravan - the famous very long publicity caravan and The Race - the actual bicycle race.
After each section is a link to another site with high resolution photos of the day.
Enjoy...
Click here to read my account of Day 4 of the 2012 Tour de France
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