The Breakaway

What a fantastic fun day watching the Tour de France come past our house.

I pitched camp at about 9 am when there were very few people around. Then the road was closed and the crowds started to gather. By the time the race came through there were quite a few well lubricated spectators.

Rather than a picture of the race itself I wanted to try and capture the carnival atmosphere. This was part of the warm up caravan. Bicycle policeman got a huge cheer.

The peleton came through at about 3 ish in such a rush that they were almost an anti climax to everything that had gone before. A truly spectacular free show.