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The final day of the Tour de France, 2001
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Robert in the hotel getting
ready for big tour day
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One of many telecom trucks for the
Tour
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The Porte Maillot, where the Tour
Fanatics met up
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Milling about at the Porte Maillot
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Robert at the Arc de Triomphe
de l'Etoile - probably the only day
of the year you can stand in the
street there
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The Office de Tourisme de Paris
welcomes Lance
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One of many official concession vans
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On the Champs Elysées...
all day
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Other fans
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Proof of what street we were on
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On the Champs
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...we were there all day...
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The sign that endeared us to the
Parisians audience
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Robert in the mood with his flag-
bedecked hat
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Liza defending her sidewalk
position
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Coaxing a gendarme to pose
with
an American flag
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By early afternoon the crowd was
growing...
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...and we had more flags
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Start of the publicity caravan
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Finally, late afternoon, the peloton!
whizzing by on one of 10 circuits
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Lance in yellow, Eric Zabel in green!
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More peloton...whoosh
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After the stage finish and podium
presentation, all the teams take a
parade lap...here CSC-Tiscali with
polka-dot King of the Mountains
Laurent Jalabert
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Blur
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A few Credit Agricole riders
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Jan Ullrich and Eric Zabel (in green)
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Lance! with US Postal!
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The next day - Robert at the Place
de la Concorde with the post-Tour
issue of L'Equipe. The hotel in the
background is the Hôtel du Crillon
flying a Texas flag (really).
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The view of the Champs Elysées
from the VIP grandstand at the
Place de la Concorde
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Place de la Concorde - Eiffel Tower
in the background
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More Place...
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Big ferris wheel!
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A leftover sign about the street being
blocked
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Robert along the Seine |
The Parthenon at the Sorbonne
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Inside Saint Genevieve church, near
the Sorbonne
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In
July 2001 we went on a much-anticipated trip to Paris specifically to
see Lance Armstrong win his third Tour de France, tying the American
record of Greg LeMond. Our only day of the Tour was the grand
finale in Paris; we hooked up with a group of Americans calling
themselves Tour Fanatics and enjoyed the day's craziness on the Champs
Elysées.
