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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Tour de France 2014
Well, that’s just gone past. I’ve been hanging around Chignal Road in Chelmsford this morning waiting for it to start, and the peleton streaked past about 15 minutes ago.

I think I have seen more Skodas than bicycles today. Lunch time while the 500+ photos download off the memory card. :shock: Some may find their way onto Flickr later.

Good fun - big turn out where I was, and I expect more crowded where further up the road.
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
tour de France in England, does not compute
let the tour de France be er'em in France ...
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
MrStevenRogers wrote:
tour de France in England, does not compute
let the tour de France be er'em in France ...

If that blows your mind, try this ..

The Paris to Dakar rally now takes place in South America.
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
The scene of the route - Chignall Road, Chelmsford - this morning.
ImageBunting and a gazebo. by hairydalek, on Flickr

Local (and not so local) people gathering.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

Oh, look: a Skoda Yeti
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

Aaannddd another one
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

There were a lot of Skodas. There were more Skodas than bikes.

Some of the sponsor’s cars were, err, eccentric.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

A rabbit on a Skoda.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

Eventually, some bikes turned up.

This man wins it for me.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

The Police got into the act too.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

And, finally, the race proper turned up. The leaders at the time:
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

The rest followed a few minutes later:
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

Team cars followed, laden with extra bikes.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

Then it was all over.
ImageUntitled by hairydalek, on Flickr

A good time seemed to be had by all. More photos in the Flickr album should you feel the urge.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hairydale ... 554248032/

I took far, far more, mostly of the sponsor vehicles in the caravan. They did become rather repetitive after a while. I now have to convince the wife that her Yeti needs the livery of the official Tour cars. :lol:
Author:  EddArmitage [ Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
I presume the lovely old Citroën was still running in the caravan this morning - three consecutive days of starts is surely not pushing the envelope too far...
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
EddArmitage wrote:
I presume the lovely old Citroën was still running in the caravan this morning - three consecutive days of starts is surely not pushing the envelope too far...

I don't recall seeing an old Citroën - I would have photographed it if it had gone past.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
paulzolo wrote:
EddArmitage wrote:
I presume the lovely old Citroën was still running in the caravan this morning - three consecutive days of starts is surely not pushing the envelope too far...

I don't recall seeing an old Citroën - I would have photographed it if it had gone past.

do you mean the Broom Wagon?
Author:  EddArmitage [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
TheFrenchun wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
EddArmitage wrote:
I presume the lovely old Citroën was still running in the caravan this morning - three consecutive days of starts is surely not pushing the envelope too far...

I don't recall seeing an old Citroën - I would have photographed it if it had gone past.

do you mean the Broom Wagon?

No.

There was an old citroen running in the first two days caravan, but I guess it could have been a Yorkshire thing. I may put a photo up at some point.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
Don't see the appeal myself. People on bikes? Bah!

:)
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
EddArmitage wrote:
There was an old citroen running in the first two days caravan, but I guess it could have been a Yorkshire thing. I may put a photo up at some point.


You mean this one?
Image

http://www.wellsjournal.co.uk/Wells-mus ... story.html

No - that wasn’t there.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
for anyone interested in cycling, I recommend you watch the Triplette of Belleville
Image
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
TheFrenchun wrote:
for anyone interested in cycling, I recommend you watch the Triplette of Belleville
Image


That niggles the back of my mind. It seems very familiar, but I don’t recall ever seeing it. Maybe it was in the Musée Band Dessinée in Brussels, I’ll have to look it out.
Author:  wecrookie [ Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
First it was Cavendish.
Then Froome.
Now Alberto Contador has crashed out :shock:

The Tour has been blown wide open..

yours wecrookie :shock:
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tour de France 2014
wecrookie wrote:
First it was Cavendish.
Then Froome.
Now Alberto Contador has crashed out :shock:

The Tour has been blown wide open..

yours wecrookie :shock:


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
At least they don't have to worry about a convicted drug cheat winning the tour this year
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