Road notice.
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Start village entrance arch.
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Author with dossard.
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Collecting race numbers.
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Checking names
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Author and family
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The lady who checks the timing.
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Information
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Start village crowd
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Riders scrutinise
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Crowd listening
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Start village climbing wall.
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Local specialities
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Queuing
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Bikes racked
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Mavic assistance
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Start village sponsor stands.
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The Tour de France
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Entrance
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Start village entertainers.
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Start village entertainer.
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Canadian patriotism.
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Start village sponsor stands.
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Start village
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Authors trusty steed.
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Outdoor privy
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Loo queue
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Riders await the start.
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Race day bike detail.
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View from the cockpit.
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Author awaits the start.
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Gathering for the depart.
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The peloton
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Heading into the morning sun
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The Lac de Serre Poncon'
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The sun also rises.
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50km down
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Feedstop melee.
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Piles of oranges
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50km to the Col d'Izoard.
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Combes to Queyras.
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Combes to Queyras.
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Towards Col d'Izoard
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Peloton is strung out.
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Peloton tackles the Gorges.
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Author feels the heat.
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Mobbing a fountain.
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Brunissard at 80km.
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The peloton stretches
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Nearing the Col d'Izoard.
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On the Col d'Izoard.
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Entering the Casse Desserte.
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In the Casse Desserte.
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Approaching the summit
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At the summit
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One of the few women
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The feed stop at Briancon
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The peloton
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Stocking up
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The never-ending trek
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Col du Lautaret
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Near the Col du Lautaret
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At corner nine
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Col du Lautaret
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Alongside Lac du Chambon.
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The road across
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Riders cross
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Foot of the Lac du Chambon.
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Descending the Col de Lautaret
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Descending the Col de Lautaret.
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Near Bourg d'Oisans.
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Last stretch
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Reaching the feed station
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Alpe d'Huez
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Corners on Alpe d'Huez.
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On Alpe d'Huez
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On Alpe d'Huez.
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Corner nine
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Looking down
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Looking down
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Struggling up
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The corners
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Alpe d'Huez jerseys
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The finishing straight.
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Riders in the finishing straight.
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Last 100 metres
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Crowd at the finish.
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