Stage one of this years Tour de France was a 15km Individual Time Trial around the narrow winding streets of Monaco. Being that it was the first stage I thought it was going to be VERY popular and the entire circuit packed. This was definately the case in 2007 when I was in London. But […]

Yes, thats the F1 track in Monaco. Yes, it was freakin awesome to see. Walking around Monaco knowing these dudes drive around the streets that fast is insane. For my first full day in Nice I decided to go back in to Monaco to actually check the place out a bit more. As soon as […]

As I said I raced in to Monaco to see the opening ceremony of the Tour de France via train. I exited the Monaco station on the wrong side and ended up in who knows where walking down all these alley streets thinking ill eventually end up at water where it was being held. Took […]

I’ve got blogs coming about Nice and Monaco but for now here is a picture of the man himself from todays Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2009. My hands have never shaken so much while taking a photo.

Finally, a nice relaxing day watching the Tour. Today was the easiest day I think ive had trying to chase this damn race. The days stage was to finish in a little town called Castelsarrasin, which is about 60km North-West from Toulouse, so it was a nice small drive as well. The riders were predicted […]