Tour de France in Castres

Stage 12 of the Tour de France, Montpellier to Castres.
Making his second win so far, Tom Boonen was first to cross the finish line. Anyway, here's some photos I took.

The first helicopters had flown into sight. Soon after, 4 more flew into view. The excitement was starting to build. After 3/4 of an hour waiting, the cyclists were going to arrive.


Yeah...well, the helicopters were early. I don't suppose it really mattered to these guys, who probably arrived long before us. They even brought their own picnic table^^.
They didn't get better places than us anyway.


After all the sponsors had gone past, the police rolled by, warning everyone to stand back.


After what seemed like hours of waiting, they finally shot past. All that waiting for about 20 seconds of action. It was worth it though.




We were on live TV ^^ Smile!




Spare wheels!




Everyone had raced past. We thought we had seen everybody. Then in the distance, we saw this guy approaching, with his own mini police force.


But he wasn't the last. Another group shortly arrived (and their mini police force).


And last of all, this group came waltzing by. They weren't exactly bothered about going fast.
The two at the front were having a nice chat^^


Spare bikes anyone?