Friday we rolled up to Toulouse to pick up Kelly Lowry from the airport. Fresh off the GB victory in London – we were super excited to have him with us! We all headed to the town of St. Beat to settle into our new digs.
Kelly
Kelly’s rental wheels were waiting on him so we headed out for an easy warm up ride – that just happened to include 1700 feet of climbing. Welcome to the Pyrenees, Kelly!
Saturday, we packed the bikes to head to St. Girons to ride – and to catch the stage finish. To get there, we drove over Col de Mente and Port d’Aspet. The latter is where we saw Casartelli’s memorial from his crash in the 1995 tour.
Memorial
From St. Girons - Sperry hooked us up on a great ride over the Col de la Core – a seldom ridden 14k climb through some spectacular places! After the descent – we hit the jackpot. We popped out almost right on the tour course at 15k to go. We were able to ride on the course – all the way to the 1k banner!!! Sperry has video of Kelly cruising solo under the 1k banner – we will find a way to post. It was SO MUCH fun. People were cheering for us the whole way. Too cool!
View from Col de la Core
I almost had him at 5k...at least I was ahead of Sperry!
Afterwards – we cleaned up and waited for the riders. I may have a crush on somebody that I met that day. Take a look at his pic – and let me know what you think…I may get to see him on Ventoux…
EB hearts Yeti 4ever
Steve has competition!!
We are able to access the internet at M & D’s….so they are all caught up!!
love ya
By: annie on July 13, 2009
at 3:26 pm
EB, while you’ve been climbing and drinking wine, Kelly’s been resting and carb-loading for the past two weeks…it’s only a matter of time before you put him in the “pain locker”! I can’t imagine riding the Tour route shortly after the pros come through. That has to be a huge rush!
I keep looking for you guys on the Versus coverage. But so far, all I keep seeing are Spanish flags, shirtless men, people with wild wigs, and giant green hands. You weren’t wearing a wig were you?
Keep the updates and pics coming!
Rob
By: Rob on July 13, 2009
at 5:36 pm