As many of you know we have a passion for Le Tour and have been fortunate over the years to see a number of stages. A few years have passed since we saw our last Tour so we were thrilled when we heard this years route and realised we would be very nearby if we got ourselves organized. So the planning began. Had to take onto account that the lock system on the Moselle River was shutting 9 days for maintenance so needed to be in place before that happened so Monday the 27th we were back in Remich, Luxembourg.
Our nearest point to Remich where le tour was passing was Schengen so the week before Karen & I cycled the 10km up to Schengen to check things out. Already the town was gearing up, posters and signs everywhere
Monday Knud and Erik cycled over to see part of stage 3
Finally the day had arrived, early start to cycle down to Schengen to get a good place for the wait.
We were not the only ones to arrive early, already there were large groups of very excited school children , all wearing yellow tshirts with Schengen is alive printed on them. By the end of the morning there were 100's of kids all being very enthusiastic.
For those of you who have not experienced le Tour the best way to describe it would be an advertising circus. About 2 hours before the cyclists wizz past the caravan comes through. Loud music, blaring advertising, floats & the throwing of samples into the crowds which I'm afraid to say really doesn't bring out the best in people .
The yellow umbrella you can see in some of the photos belongs to a rather pushy greedy women who used it to catch samples, this couple I might add only stayed for the samples and did not stay to watch the cyclists
So a bit of a wait then the first cyclist wizzed past, Guillaume van Keirsbulck his solo ride for almost 180km would have to go down as one of the greatest rides. Then 1 min latter the rest of the rides tore past
And finally the winners are
What a great day we all had. Then it was time for Karen and Erik to say goodbye and head off in their camper van to meet up with Tracy & Pat to see some more Tour stages. What a great 2 weeks we have shared.
Our nearest point to Remich where le tour was passing was Schengen so the week before Karen & I cycled the 10km up to Schengen to check things out. Already the town was gearing up, posters and signs everywhereMonday Knud and Erik cycled over to see part of stage 3
Finally the day had arrived, early start to cycle down to Schengen to get a good place for the wait.
We were not the only ones to arrive early, already there were large groups of very excited school children , all wearing yellow tshirts with Schengen is alive printed on them. By the end of the morning there were 100's of kids all being very enthusiastic. For those of you who have not experienced le Tour the best way to describe it would be an advertising circus. About 2 hours before the cyclists wizz past the caravan comes through. Loud music, blaring advertising, floats & the throwing of samples into the crowds which I'm afraid to say really doesn't bring out the best in people .
The yellow umbrella you can see in some of the photos belongs to a rather pushy greedy women who used it to catch samples, this couple I might add only stayed for the samples and did not stay to watch the cyclists
So a bit of a wait then the first cyclist wizzed past, Guillaume van Keirsbulck his solo ride for almost 180km would have to go down as one of the greatest rides. Then 1 min latter the rest of the rides tore past
And finally the winners are
What a great day we all had. Then it was time for Karen and Erik to say goodbye and head off in their camper van to meet up with Tracy & Pat to see some more Tour stages. What a great 2 weeks we have shared.
What fun!
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