The last time I came to France for the Tour was 1997, and a bunch of Danish fans told me, in a friendly but forthright fashion, exactly which part of the female anatomy they thought Chris Boardman was.
Fifteen years on and the British hopeful is Bradley Wiggins, and after a week in France not one person made a disparaging remark about him. One Frenchman at the roadside took a look at our "Allez Wiggo" banner and said with a smile: "Meilleur".
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| Arts and crafts hour. |
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| Double-sided multi-purpose wonder-banner. |
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| The 1st timecheck was at the top of this hill, we were at the foot of the descent. |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez catches teammate Bram Tankink. |
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| Look at my f*ck*ng red T-shirt! Not to mention my sweet hat. |
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| Two Argos Skil Shimano riders. |
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| Your guess is as good as mine. |
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| Nick Nuyens |
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| I wonder if he's still free? |
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| Steven Kruijswijk |
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| Still Steven |
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| Chris Froome. The man who does for loyalty and discretion what John Terry does for race relations. |
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Poor Cadel, the defending champ is not having a good time.
Then, a few days later, we went to Macon for the start.
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| The publicity caravan vehicles weren't quite as weird as they used to be. |
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| If only the car made of baguettes had been followed by a car made of sausages and a motorbike made of brown sauce. |
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| "You have the man for Paris" said one Frenchman, as he took a photo of his daughter in front of our banner. I did my best not to shriek "Stop jinxing it!" Mainly because I don't know the French for "jinxing". |
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| Here they come. |
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| My father-in-law got this awesome shot of the KOM, World Champion, Maillot Jaune and Maillot Blanc leading the pack. |
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| I went in for the detail shot. I like to think Cav is saying: "Just publicly refer to all his wins as 'shit small races' and then he'll shut up." |
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| Spartacus and Edouard Vorganov, among others. |
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