Posted on 06/26/2013 3:56:07 PM PDT by Baynative
For as long as I can remember it has been a tradition that the Tour de France begins with a prologue held on the first Saturday of July.
Something changed this year, but the race goes on with a new and exciting route beginning with a specially staged prologue on the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.
(Excerpt) Read more at letour.com ...
HA !
Excellent job, and it was a fabulous three weeks (which always goes by too fast).
Glad to see Great Britain's Chris Froome win Le Tour... he deserved the win, and is an admirable and humble athlete. I'm also glad that doper Alberto Contador never ended up on the podium in Paris (although he did for his team win).
I noticed many of the French pro-traditional marriage flags along all 20 stages of the TdF this year, and also many of England's Cross of St. George flags. I'm not sure if the Cross of St. George flags were flying just for British national pride, or maybe they convey sort of a subtle "Don't Tread on Me" message from British citizens toward Islamic terrorism (scotsman, can you help me out here?).
Anyway... hearty congratulations to Chris Froome to and all of the TdF winners!
LOL!
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