Sunday, July 26, 2009

Tour de France 2009

Team Astana lead the Peloton into Paris. I only had about a 15 second notice that the racers were coming by the first time. The race is lead by a red car that holds the race official. It came zooming by and seconds later, Team Astana came flying by, shortly followed by another 130 racers. It was an amazing feeling to see them come by so fast. This picture is all I caught the first time, due to their speed. Lance Armstrong is last full bike on the right. You can tell his bike is slightly different than his team. Luckily the racers came by multiple times otherwise, my whole view of the tour would have lasted only about 20 seconds.



Number 22 - Lance Armstrong



Team Columbia Highroad came to the front to lead Mark Cavendish to the stage win.



David Millar - Team Garmin Slipstream






After the race, each of the teams ride up the Champs de Elysees for all the fans to see. Here is Lance Armstrong after the race.


Another picture of Lance



Podium Finish for Lance. He came in 3rd.


The Podium (Contador, Sleck and Armstrong) This was as close as I could get to the Podium. If you look closely (to the right) you can see the Arc de Triomphe behind them on the video screen, as well as in the background.