Wait! The Tour de France is about to go past. We’ve seen the official bakers…
complete with bread oven.
We’ve seen the official madeleine supplier …
the official supplier of spring water, a giant fish, a field of sunflowers, the TV vans, police motorbikes and team support cars. It can’t be long now.
A ripple of applause greets a lone cyclist, enjoying the ride. There’s a while to wait yet.
These are the ones we were waiting for. Sneeze and you’ve missed them.
Beyond the Window Box 
July 24, 2017 at 8:24 am
Exciting!
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July 24, 2017 at 8:31 am
Yes, there’s a great atmosphere in the street as people wait for the Tour to arrive.
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July 24, 2017 at 8:36 am
Reminds me of when they came past our door in York…but how much it helps to be tall…!
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July 24, 2017 at 8:40 am
The crowd wasn’t very dense along this stretch of the route. I happened to be on my way home from one of my regular gardening sessions in Montrouge so i stopped on the boulevard, just inside the Périphérique.
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July 27, 2017 at 7:11 am
Good to know the crowd isn’t stupid nor dense 🙂
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July 24, 2017 at 9:39 am
We’ve had this spectacle pass our house three times, twice in France (once each way) and once in Yorkshire. All good fun, and Yorkshire went wild!
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July 24, 2017 at 4:55 pm
A few years ago my sister was in France on holiday when the Tour passed the village they stayed in. Just like you she spent quite some time watching publicity cars going by before the cyclist rushed by in a split second. But the good news is: you managed to capture them! Nice shots.
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July 24, 2017 at 5:09 pm
Thanks for your comment. Last year we went down to watch by the Louvre where the riders go past several times on a series of laps – a very popular spot as you have a second and third chance to see what you missed last time.
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July 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm
Oh, that is an excellent idea. I guess you have to arrive early there. I will tell my sister just in case they want to repeat the experience and actually see something this time.
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July 24, 2017 at 8:51 pm
Must have been so exciting to be in the midst of all that.
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July 24, 2017 at 11:03 pm
The Tour goes through the city every year so people in Paris take it all in their stride. From what I’ve heard from York friends, Yorkshire got much more excited when the Tour started there a couple of years ago.
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July 27, 2017 at 7:13 am
A suffer from hayfever and accompannying sneezing at times might have missed them. Nice suspense Judith and that single cyclist is enjoying his moment
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