T de F Pics

[Andrew G]

Hurrumpf! Bloody work!

The closest I've got so far is seeing a Liquigas car in Selsdon on my way back from Sainsbury's last night.

Does anyone know what time they'll all leave for stage 1? Greenwich start is about 10:30 so I may try and drop by the carpark on the way to CSS on Sunday for a quick photo op if they haven't already left.

Oh well the drink at lunch was nice anyway. Carb loading for tomorrow morning's 10.

[DavidKennett]

[quote]Did you get any freebies Dave and George ie caps T.shirts etc ?

[DavidKennett]

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[George]

Don't worry Monty I had the Caisse d' Epargne boys all in a nice orderly through and off formation

[SimonJOsborne]

I wonder if any of the teams will be around tomorrow morning having a warm up session for the Prolouge?

[Sylv]

This post from two days ago has already 4000+ views and Alan's (also with pics) 1500+! How is that possible? Has everyone sent the link to them to their friends?

[SimonJOsborne]

I for one put a link to this post on the L2P ride forums. Coincidentally the ride starts at Selsdon Park.

[Elliot M]

have also seen it linked to elsewhere

i think a lot of views come from search engines and other automated systems though

[Brian Nolan]

i've got to log off ' n stop looking at this stuff -

great pics Dave..

I am so gutted

cheers guys !

[Paul H]

I decided to go to work a bit late today and became a cycling groupie with George and Stu. I missed the start but George made them go through Coulsdon so I could join in and we did about 30 miles out to Dorking and back.

Saw loads of riders & teams back at the Hotel and we spent about 30 mins just watching Cancellara, Ogrady and Voigt on their turbos.

Once in a lifetime opportunity.

[Andy]

Just to make you more jealous, I interviewed Cancellara, Schleck, Vandevelde and Zabriskie at their Aldershot press conference...

[DavidKennett]

Think my pointers on time trials I gave him the other day helped

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[Andrew G]

Top photos! Were you marshalling to get such good photos or swipe a pass off one of the mechanics at Seldon Park Hotel .

[Andrew G]

Okay then here's my contribution to this TdF photo extravaganza.

People in Green Pk were taking every vantage point.
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Schumacher warming up
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As you can tell I'm a bit of a Thor fan, here he is in the warm up area
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Note the wristband Huw
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Here he is in action
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Levi in action
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Stage 1 we were at the top of Quarry Hill in Tonbridge, no action shots as they flew past, but...

The bike park (just like the cafe)
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We were trying to keep the sun off our heads in a variety of ways, Jon Camden found the best
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Great to see such crowds out for a bike race in the UK
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I've got a few off my Dad and they look excellent. I'll wait until I get all of them and can sift through and resize.