Awaiting the arrival of the peloton
outside Talavera de la Reina
The peloton is here!
More peloton!
Woo hoo!
Watching a stage finish in Talavera
de la Reina - they looked like bars
on a cell phone...tour-mates Ross,
Gordon, Andrew
The Quick Step team bus
Mechanic at work
Alejandro Valverde's bike
Caisse d'Epargne team bus
Caisse d'Epargne bikes
Alejandro Valverde's bike, redux -
not really all that big
The VIP area at Talavera de la
Reina, before a stage start
Chowing down inside the VIP
tents
Eating and collecting goodies
both
Garmin bikes - Millar, Dean, Maaskant
...not to mention Danielson and
Martin
Pretty cold there that morning
The Astana car, but no Johan
Bruyneel!
Cadel Evans getting ready
...and no doubt wanting me
out of his way :-) (no really,
I used a zoom on this...)
After the start - we zoomed
over to El Herradon to see
the race go by - this is Robert
near where we stopped to get
lunch goodies
The road into El Herradon - the
peloton had to squish through there
A tangle of wheels - all ours
Mario with the Bike Spain
banner, for television
Peloton - with Caisse d'Epargne and
Valverde up front
More peloton
A "nicked" sign
Liza was temporarily an Australian
for cheering purposes!
Mario in the bar...
...where we all were after the
peloton went by, watching the
race on tv
The souvenir van in Toledo
(..."una camiseta! una gorra...!) -
I didn't break down and buy the
package until the last day in Madrid
Robert at the time-trial finish
line in Toledo
Look back at the finish line in
Toledo
Anthony Roux , Francaise des Jeux
Another phone self-portrait - in
Madrid for the final stage
On the Paseo del Prado for the
final stage
Now this is the way to watch
a race - would never be
possible in Paris
Really big-screen tv!
Post-race - can see the podium on
the big-screen tv below the banner
Bottom center - you can just see
Sanchez (2nd place) and Valverde
(overall winner)
Liza at the finish line!