BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS THIS TOUR DE FRANCE

From: Rocky Mountain News | Date: July 25, 2003| Author: Bernie Lincicome ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS | Copyright information

Country roads, take me homme.

So this is the Tour de France. This dusty intersection of two- lane roads 35 miles south of Bordeaux is the Tour de France. It is the same as in the Alps or along the coast or through the fields of sunflowers that are everywhere in France.

It is where a nation inexplicably stops and waits and shares national pride in the fact that their country is small enough to ride entirely around on a bicycle.

A mother is managing her children as the fathe...

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