Sun setting on Mont Blanc from Ferney just outside of Geneva
Where's Dawn?
Why cycling in France is heavenly
Grande Goulet Gorgeous
Sunflowers and corn form the backdrop for Glenn and Cathy in the Early Arrival ride from Ferney
Mark and Anne zipping down a serpentine road over a serpentine stream
Grandma's house
Fresh(?) cheese and sausage anyone?
1" hail upon arriving in Geneva. Fortunately it was fleeting - and didn't break Vincent's windshield.
Nancy and Sabrina smile at the thought of Swiss chocolate at the top of the tour's first col, Col de la Faucile
A bird's eye view from Col de la Faucile
The mayor's mansion always seems to be peachy pink, this one in Eloise
This way, no this way, no that way...which way?
Suspenseful bridge
Ggggoooobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble
Lac du Bourget
Dan baking some bread in the Chanaz community brick oven
Champagneux Cheers
La Poste
Lynn, not one of the Mille Martyrs
Stage fright
Confusing perspective - are Dawn, Kristi, and that tunnel Tiny or are Tim and Vincent really big?
Mind your head on the Route des Escouges and Rencurel
Rencurel Massif
French Canadian Kissing
What goes up...
More French Canadian kissing
Escargot on the whole shell
Aliens write Virenque
Karl on a solo break toward the Chalimont finish
Another typical day in the Alps
French family vacation up a 500M 9% col
Mt Aguille Aiguille at dusk from the chalet at Chichilianne
lavender
in good hands...
Mt. Aguille in the day
snails, penguins, and piggies
The climb to La Mure works up an appetite
Village watering hole
The most famous climb in the tour
Majestic views from Huez
I've heard of lipstick on a pig, but...
retired Alpe d'Huez bikes
The famous switchbacks of L'Alpe d'Huez
Huez view from the hotel room window
Zooming to Huez
Switchback #8?
Mark crawls to the top of L'Alpe d'Huez
Charlie, Tim, and Ken fight for alpha dog status at Huez. Where's the GQ cameramen when you need him?
Alpine village behind Huez and the Col de Sarenne
Col de Sarenne above Huez
12% on Col de Sarenne above Huez is no problem for Al and Cindy
Steep ribbon down Col de Sarenne
Alpine and sky views
Ken's taco'd wheel after rolling a tire. After some beating it against a tree mercilessly he was able to ride it back down the mountain
Ken says right *here* is where the rolled tire catapulted him into the only soft ditch on the mountain
Tim's bike fits Mike pretty well, except that thing protruding into his back
Pool talk
Got creme?
French Museum of Resistance, Vizille
Typical French woman shopping at the market
The sign is self-explanatory
The "hot hat" BBQ in Pinsot
Ken and Nancy
Sabrina and Tim
Cindy and Al
Tim and his pretend friend Linda
Art and Lynne
Kristi and Donn
crooked Mike
Elaine and Dave
Smart fingers Dawn
Monsieur Dan
Cathy and Peter
Leslie and Susan
Anne and Mark
The hat trick up close
Baaaaaack away from the 50MPH descent from Pleynet please
Paul Bunyon is French
Just another exquisit French meal
Enough to make Gary Larson (Far Side cartoon) come out of retirement
Typical Alpine countryside
Hotel de Millon finest dining
Nothing garages like a Deere
Paceline before the Col du Cucheron
Colorful home
Trailer descending after Col de la Madeleine
Karl de la Madeleine
Preparing for tomorrow's tour stage up la Madeleine
Mare and colt grace many a tourist's camera
Donn, inspired by hundreds of cowbells
Shiny, happy people
Beaufort's old bridge
View down Cormet de Roseland
Beige Castle - do they have burgers?
"The best dessert ever" said the girls. "More please" said the boys.
Charlie demonstrates the quantity vs quality principle
More Cormet de Roseland
Fans in the windows
Mont Blanc
Must have fresh baguettes daily
Tres chic French girl on scooter
Tim enjoys a pastry while waiting for Beaufort's squall to pass
When it rains, it pours
Annecy canal
Dinner at Lac d'Annecy
Ken does his Pantani imitation up the Col du Frene
Tim crests the Col du Frene and follows his nose back to decadent patisserie treats...
Nancy and Sabrina
Charlie heads back for treats
First glimpse of Lac d'Annecy
Lac d'Annecy from the col de la Forclaz
Dawn and Glenn one with the sunflowers
Puckered up
Col de la Forclaz summit
Castle near St. Pierre
Leaders on the Col de la Forclaz on the hardest stage of the Tour
Forclaz pack
Voeckler struggles to keep the white jersey
l'Abbaye de Talliores lobby. Where does the room end and the painting begin
Overextended USPS fan on the Forclaz
Dawn has a hitchhiker
Tour caravan's Lyon King
More of the pack on the Forclaz
Awaiting the tour
Perspective on the steepness of the Forclaz
Speedo clad beach bound French couple
Lac d'Annecy
Crazy German fans
The Alaska/Bend contingent in Annecy
Charly's place
Krisit
The Ultimate Driving Machine?
The preferred method of beach transportation
Sabrina and Tim
Chateau de Menthon
Karl acknowledges how the French do bicycles right
Cormet de Castillon
Family outing
Final TT blurrr
Truth in advertising
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