Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I thought it was especially nice/sweet that the riders let the older guy (can't remember his name, he's in his 40's and ridden 18 TdFs or something and says he's too old to do it again) lead them onto the cobbles. Then the sprinter who'd crashed and had monster gauze wound dressings on his arm and leg was PUSHED by McEwan across the sprint line so he'd get the sprint points. (McEwan didn't need them, so someone on OLN said it was an empty gesture, but I thought it was sweet.)
There's a lot of good natured fooling around on the last day. Usually the race doesn't really start in earnest until the guys hit the Champs Elysee and this year there was some extra goofing.

Ekimov was the guy they all let lead out onto the Champs. He's phenomenal. He is in his 40's and still racing at the hightest levels. He's completed 15 TDF's, which is quite impressive, though just shy of the record of 16. If he had been able to ride last year he would have tied it. He has announced that this will be his last.
The guy McEwan was playing around with was I believe, one of his own teammates. Since the green jersey was assured no one was contesting the sprint points (or the time bonuses for that matter), so they just went out and had a little fun with it.

We saw other little things too- there was a guy wearing a mask early in the day and another one beside him with a big fake tongue. In one of the earlier stages we though for sure we saw one of the Credit Agricole guys wearing a big red clown wig over his helmet. We were wondering what kind of bet he must have lost....