The tour de France. The most famous, popular bike race ever. 19 teams, 219 men, a 50 car long caravan and thousands of fans.
There are four jerseys, Polka dot for the king of the mountains, Yellow for the most points, Green for the best sprinter, and White for the best young rider. The aim is to try and get one of the jerseys and maintain it until the end of the tour. You can watch the tour on ITV 4 if you want speed, drama, and crashes!
My favourite riders this year are: Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) Frank Schleck (Leopard Trek) Mark Cavendish (HTC Highroad) Mark Renshaw (HTC Highroad) Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank).
Anyway, today we were at the start of a stage so I got to see loads of the riders warming up. There is also a caravan of huge floats that chuck out freebies for people to catch. It was really fun so if you go to France, check out the route and see when it is coming near you because I would definitely recommend it!
See you soon, Charlie XoXoX
6:34 pm on 11 July 2011
Hi Charlie and sounds as though your encounter with the Tour was a great success in spite of the rain. We are surprised that the pelaton didn’t stop to admire your art work on the road which looked terrific. What a good idea to take chalks with you up the mountain.
We are really enjoying watching the racing on the TV. It certainly has been an eventful first week with good racing and loads of crashes.Rest day for us all today.
I guess this will be perhaps the last time I write to you on the blogosphere as you will be back in the UK very soon. Just make sure that Dad drives on the correct side of the road and many congrats on your fantastic year.
All our love Bumpa and Gran. xxxx