We went to see stage 15 of the TdF!!! It's a 3hr+ train and cable car ride from us to Verbier but we thought we'd never get that close to a mountain stage (where you can really see them as they are going slow)
Even the train knows only one destination:
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Arrived between 1 and 2, got ourselves a spot at the barriers 300m from the finish line, and spent the next two hours waiting for the guys.
It was fun. The silly "caravane publicitaire" with all the free swag and the eye catchers....
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And what the creative young folk figure out to do with those „clapping hands“
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The cute Skoda mascot (he vibrates when you hug him. He's got his personal A/C :) )
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And here they come – I didn’t let the picture taking spoil my fun seeing my favorites – Cancellara, Armstrong, Voigt… but I caught Sastre and Klöden ?
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And Bruyneel giving an interview, and the folkloric groups... it was a real festival for everyone.
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