A wave from the TourWritten by Craig McGinty
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And like a wave it is not always clear on whom it is going to fall as over 100 cyclists pour down road you need to keep away from edge as some briefly go astray. But as pack heads off up road, crowds further on are hit by wave with cheers and car horns echoing in distance. Then as last few cyclists ride by, still working hard to stay in race, Tour comes to a close, but what of beginning? The build-up to passing of Tour starts earlier in day and takes place on grass verges and in fields that border route. Villages prepare fetes, amateur cyclists ride up and down route to see what pros will face and children get ready for caravane. An hour before race actually arrives sponsors’ cavalcade drives past with their crazy cars, disco music and freebies. Here you see coffee pots, inflatable ducks and even a giant, furry lion parading past throwing sweets, magazines and toys at feet of children stood beside road. The fans scream and shout hoping to pick up some goodies as parents duck and dive out of way of stray packets of coffee, which fly past their heads. Since Tour started in 1903 it has become one of world’s major sporting events and can lay claim to possessing largest number of spectators. And it is fans that make Tour such a spectacle, as they stretch out along more than 3,500km of tarmac, shouting and screaming encouragement as wave passes by. But today fishes out ran wave and a breakaway by local rider, David Moncoutie proved strong enough to give Frenchman his first-ever stage win.
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| | Finally Got My Fishing Boat On The River!Written by NLCATFISH
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