Started a new "Tour de France" ...

The Tour de France will stay three days in Alsace.
Prologue is today in Strasbourg. Then two next days will cross next to my home.

See map

Fresh new road surface ... My 914 likes it too

Saturday 2 PM ... Already people camping next to the road ... and race is only Sunday PM



Sorry ! ugly pictures ... but taken while

Look ! what they have built !

entrance of Rosheim

Yes !!! they will have to cross this medival door ... and there are 5 of them on the next 5 miles ... This is really tight.

3 in Rosheim ... 2 in Boersch ... Will be nice to see that on TV .

Follow the arrows ! ...



Jesus is the way






;o

I'm jealous!

Dion

Awsome! Hey, since you have routed it on some haphazard circuit like through the arches, can we change the rules to full contact? We need a little midevil stuff to liven it up a little.


Only bear can be consumed by racers also.

For instance, I am looking to the prologue on TV ...



Nice helicopter view from the Strasbourg cathedral

I'm expecting to see TV coverage of a crazy Frenchman in a 914 hat running wildly cheering on the leaders! Wish I was there.

Demick

johannes,


When my wife Laurie sees this she's 'gonna flip' ( become excited )!

She LOVES watching the Tour de France. Each year we go to pick up an 'enhanced' cable television box which we use for only one month so that she can receive the broadcast.


Can we camp in your yard next year?



John

Trey cool! We'll be watching for you. Wow, its been a long time since I've seen a newly paved road. Brings back fond memories. yeah I live in Caleefornia. Take more photos.

just saw a cool and exciting progogue


but now it's time for soccer


England vs. Portugal

Gustl

cool pics!! thanks

You are welcome
I am amazed how the tour de France has became popular in the US since Armstrong won it ... This has become a world wide event.
They have counted about 15 million people on the roadside !




And what about France VS Brazil ?????????????

More pictures taken at JPB request ... Other arches ...



Even tighter ... Isn't it ?





More people than before ...

this will be the prime time hit

at least I hope so ...



go on showing pics

Gustl

Great pics. Thanks for posting!

France vs Brazil ...

Can't believe ! ... They dit it ! ... they won 1-0





That's all for today ... I'll take more pictures tomorrow and monday.

Back to the Tour de France ...

Yellow shirt and yellow 914 I promissed some 914 contend isn't it ?



VEry funny cars in the "caravane publicitaire". This is something you don't see on TV.

there are about 100 cars making advertisement, throwing caps and gifts to the spectators ...

BTW Nice girls doing this job

Some very funny and strange cars

Hey ! mister policeman , can I join the race ? ...



Horsepower ...

And now ... what we are all looking for ...

De la Funente and Rodrigez ... already 2 mn before all other ... and they have only ran 10 miles ...
They were so fast they almost missed the curve ... This was hot !

Cameraman standing on the bike ... This one almost missed the curve too





Now the cars from the managers ...



And the last and famous "voiture balais" (brush car ?)
That picks up all the bickers that gave up ...



I hoped I could capture some pictures yesterday, but it was not possible ...

That's all folks. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Alsace.

Merci!

You captured the event well.

Have you been to the Bugatti museum?

Thank you

Yes, it's close ... Mulhouse is about 1 hour. It's actually the "musée de l'automobile" but it as so many Bugattis that's often called Bugatti Museum.

Here is the link
http://www.villa-kerylos.com/www.culturesp...informa_01.html

Definitivelly a "must see".

About 1/4 hour from Mulhouse you have the Peugeot factory. They also have a great museum "l'aventure Peugeot"
http://www.peugeot.com/histoire/musee/en/home.htm

Not far (about 2 hours) there is Stuttgart in Germany. They just opened the new Mercedes factory museum ... and next year they will open the new Porsche museum.

I'll come back with pictures ...

very cool pics - many thanks

as I've seen, the 2 guys currently are about 6 min in front

but I'm sure they won't make it to the end ...

Gustl

Yes, thanks, fine photos,

Is the tour being so near your home considered a diversion by local people or perhaps, bothersome?

John

Not at all. Roads are only closed a few hours ... Tour de France is very popular. Everyone wants it to come in his town. It's also an opportunity to make worldwide advertisement for the region/town.

Great pics.!! the sound of the peloton coming by has to be awsome.are you going to any of the climbing stages??

I am going back to work

work always gets in the way!!! thanks for the pics.

Awsome pics dude! Arche de triomphe, non, non, Arche de la more, "Arch of death!" Ahh so many things work so great when they are tight and that is one tight oriphice, orify, orificianado! "C'es t'un bon troue." Keep em coming bro! By the way the "B" in JPB is Blouin.



Slamum till ya chummum!

Blouin ? ... thats sounds very french ...

Do you have any Idea where your ancestors come from ?

Great pictures thanks for sharing them never been over for the tour, it always seems to clash with something else for me , this year it's my wedding though

I'll be travelling down to Golfe Juan on the south coast of France this weekend for my honeymoon, 1st stop Paris, then Lyon, then Roussillon, getting married this friday then start the honeymoon trip on staurday. I can't wait, lovely roads over there

My good lady chose the venue for the wedding, i chose the honeymoon

Here is our chariot, for the trip (my other interest )

isn't it next year that the tour starts in London
this would be your chance


all the best for wedding and honeymoon

Gustl

Nice ... chariot ! with a lot of horses hidden

Enjoy your trip in France.

Merci beaucoups for thenpictures! Tres cool!
Konrad 72/4

[quote name='johannes' date='Jul 1 2006, 09:16 AM' post='717568']
I am amazed how the tour de France has became popular in the US since Armstrong won it ... [quote name='Gustl' post='717531' date='Jul 1 2006, 06:59 AM']

Which time?

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[quote name='johannes' date='Jul 1 2006, 09:16 AM' post='717568']
I am amazed how the tour de France has became popular in the US since Armstrong won it ... [quote name='Gustl' post='717531' date='Jul 1 2006, 06:59 AM']

Which time?
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The tour was fairly popular in California when Jacques Boyer competed in 1981 for cyclists. After Greg Lemond won in 1986 the tour has been fairly popular in the States. Its been televised for over 20 years. Armstrong certaily helped bring The Tour to the general American population.

...I was an Eddy Merckx fan in the mid 1970's as a kid.

Few years ago someone said to me Lance was the greatest athlete ever. To that I said he wasn't even the greatest cyclist ever. Eddy was just a bike riding machine. I read somewhere he averaged a win a week for his entire career.

I'm a Ulrich fan myself. His timetrial in the 2003 tour was unreal. Lance almost killed himself to stay within a mintue of him. Also a fan on Pantani. Sad to see him go.

Good Day johannes!

I am sorry for the Bastille Day part.




John

Yep ! shouldn't go to work today ... bus as I am an artist, I am my own boss, and I decided to work today ...

Your boss is not nice.

John

My son went to the tour last year, he went to the mountain stages, he rode up them before race went thru, he said it was almost impossible and he is a Cat 2 rider. He is in a produced video of last years race, he was taking pictures of Lance as he went by and the announcer made a comment that that spectator was too close...thats my son. He said it was the best thing he has ever done!

I think Lance is the most inspirational athelete ever. I have a good sense of what is like to compete at a international level in this sport and I know what aggressive chemo therapy, radiation and surgery does to ones physical and mental abilities. Lance also is the first one to say Eddy was the best ever, however I would agree he was one of the best atheletes ever. He brought a whole new training displine to cycling, he innovated new techniques and his consitency in winning the tour was an incredible accomplishment. To have these accomplishments after almost dying from cancer is super human.