Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Stage 16 - Petit Saint Bernard



Greetings! Out of touch again, my iphone data plan has proven to be incredibly inadaquate. Internet at the hotel is sllllloooooowwwwww as well, so this'll have to be breif.

We rode to the top of the finishing climb of yesterday's stage, Le Petite St. Bernard. We purchased some sliced proccuito, cheese, a loaf of bread, some sausage and a bottle of wine and then made our way to a good spot about 500 meters from the top of the climb.

The race caravan came through tossing out all sorts of cheap goodies for the spectators on the side of the road. Thirty minutes later the race rolled through in bits and pieces and we had great views of the whole thing.

We got stuck on the top in a traffic jam for a few hours (due to Jens Voigt's crash that took him out of tour. Finally made it back to the hotel about a quarter after 11:00 pm.

We're off again this morning...I'll try to chieck back in soon

1 comment:

Brent said...

Grab one of those water bottles the riders throw away, I'm in need of a new one.