Sunday was the end of the Tour de France and all the riders ended in Paris riding from the Louvre up to the Place de Concorde and up the Champs Elysees. It was pretty neat to be there because I dont think I will ever get to see the finish of the Tour de France again. There are literally thousands of people camped out all over the final loop of the race for hours and hours. People in our group got out to the spot sometime in the morning and the bikers did not even ride through the city until 4:30 pm....
So it was alot of standing around and people watching and then about 10 seconds of bikers coming at you at 30-40 mph. Since they do the lap 8 times, we got to see them race by 8 times...so 8 times at 10 seconds, that comes to 1 minutes and 20 seconds of action for the 4 hours waited :)
Lined up on Rivoli
We were standing at the 1km marker
Ben came up with the genius go under the guard rails to get pictures and videos of the riders
A video screen of the finish line
The winner in yellow
You have seen history in the making. Never again will you her about the Tour de France while living in the US that you won't remember the 8 times 10 seconds..... That one minute is etched forever in your memory. Sooooooooo coooooool MOM
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