We are officially on the TOUR DE fRANCE ROUTE TODAY. The riders finished here tonight in front of us about 5:30pm. It is amazing we are staying on the very top of the mt here, a beautiful ski resort. Linda I need a partner that's for sure. i rode 2 days ,but I am hanging it up until Bordeaux. These are some steep A.... mts. I didn't quite train enough. LOL Phil is doing great, he is in his element. Lot's of great riders here, mostly the guys of course, a few women are in pretty great shape too. I will tour with Sophie the tour guide tomorrow and a few other non riders. it is amazing terrain, WOW. The little villages and spectacular mts. make a great back drop. We head out tomorrow to our next stop and will be there for 3 nights. Weather is fairly warm, but we had a huge thunder storm and hail yesterday afternoon, a nice change of pace.
Ambience, wine and food are suberb, and such an interesting group of people, always what we love. We have some great pictures but the are not co-operating for the blog. We will put them on the next post! BonJour P.S. TeamVelo Visalia-Friday-20 miles easy around Lake Geneva. Saturday-35 miles- Les Gets & Ascent to Avoriaz-last 15 miles 5-7% grade-4000 ft of climb. Sunday 35 miles-Col de Joux Plane 6.5 miles 3-11.5% grade, Ascent to Avoriaz-today's stage- 8.4 miles 6-7 %-5000 ft of climb. I spun at 6-7 mph-the pros attacked at 2-3 times faster-these guys are not normal!!! The crowds were unbelievable. We watched the finish at 50 meters, Andy Schleck rocketed past us, quite a ways behind Sammy Sanchez, and as we witnessed on the big screen somehow had enough in his Belgian legs to snatch a pivotol win in the first mountain stage of the 2010 Tour de France!! The big stars all came out to play!!! Will talk about Lance later-KADALAK
Ambience, wine and food are suberb, and such an interesting group of people, always what we love. We have some great pictures but the are not co-operating for the blog. We will put them on the next post! BonJour P.S. TeamVelo Visalia-Friday-20 miles easy around Lake Geneva. Saturday-35 miles- Les Gets & Ascent to Avoriaz-last 15 miles 5-7% grade-4000 ft of climb. Sunday 35 miles-Col de Joux Plane 6.5 miles 3-11.5% grade, Ascent to Avoriaz-today's stage- 8.4 miles 6-7 %-5000 ft of climb. I spun at 6-7 mph-the pros attacked at 2-3 times faster-these guys are not normal!!! The crowds were unbelievable. We watched the finish at 50 meters, Andy Schleck rocketed past us, quite a ways behind Sammy Sanchez, and as we witnessed on the big screen somehow had enough in his Belgian legs to snatch a pivotol win in the first mountain stage of the 2010 Tour de France!! The big stars all came out to play!!! Will talk about Lance later-KADALAK
Pudah and Dadda Babba!!! We're watching the last minutes of the World Cup Final. Unfortunately, our Dutch look like they're going down as the runner-ups...We're still in Erie, PA until tomorrow night and then home for 2 days of complete freedom, no baseball! Sounds like you guys are having a wonderful time; Pude, maybe you should have trained a little harder? But not gonna lie, Sophie the tour guide sounds like an interesting gal and I'm sure her tours will be lovely ha ha ha miss you guys! Love from Beau, Alicia and Baby
ReplyDeletePudahYou should have trained harder. I knew phil would be in shape. Have a great time. Gpa
ReplyDeleteHey guys it looks like your having a great time. It,s 98 and was drizzling here so I think you picked the right time to travel abroad. We will hold the fort here for you, if you drink a good bottle of red for us! Have fun! Love, Dar and Jay
ReplyDeleteWatched the race on TV looks beautiful there! Was straining my eyes looking for the FSU flag by the finish line. Hold it higher! Is phil wearing the polka dot jersey with his crowd?
ReplyDeletethanks for all our comments from our tour fans!The helicopter flew high over head and passed by us twice. We are sure our FSU flag made the french news maybe not the USA news. Phil was waving it really high, look harder Linda! Having such a blast, it is spectacular. Love to All: Pudah the the tourist and Philip the cyclist
ReplyDeletesooo glad that you set up the blog for this, it's fun to keep up with you! can't wait to see more pictures...
ReplyDeletecooking some ribs on the trager tonight, dad you would be proud :) gramps is coming over for dinner and the moons boys are coming for a swim this afternoon. gracie is alive and well, jackson is still waddling around just fine, and the house is standing! pudah, your detailed list of instructions have been helpful! ps: everyone loved your orange mango slushy drink :) added a little splash of somethin' somethin' to it like you told me and it was a hit! hahaha looking forward to your call, talk to you soooooon!