Saturday, July 01, 2006

Tour de France: The Really Really Big Start

Here's the starting point and (I think) the first rider who did the time trial.

They essentially start one at a time and race through the city of Strasbourg. I forget exactly how fast they went (I think 8 kilometers in 8 minutes), but if I ever went that fast, I would make it from my house to work about 3 times faster than I do today. Granted they have the advantage of 250 cops shutting down the streets, but you get the idea.

Since the track went right in front of the Weber's house (literally), we all congregated there and had lunch afterwards. Thank God, since we only saw one bathroom in the whole area.