European architecture

someday I look forward to a trip just to admire the buildings,
churches, castles and villages.

Logging Miles

our driver, interpreter and all around wise-guy Jeremy holds up the
map he was using to supplement the GPS. Close to 5,000km by the time
we were done. All roads led back to Paris...

Not all fun & games

this was the morning of the Time Trial in Annecy. George said, "I just
have to survive today"

Needs More Crane

another shot - from the TT in Lake Annecy with some 80,000 spectators
on hand to watch. What a day that was!

Wrong Way Soigniers

here's one from the day we started in Switzerland, feed zone was in
Italy and the finish line in France. I was bummed to not be in the RV
as the boys took her through Chamonix, one of my favorite ski towns
but I had work to do. Notice the "Feed Cam" on Frits' arm...Achim was
quite over the whole "filming" thing at this point. Not sure if it
will make it into the movie for fear of French Officials fining them,
but this day was particularly exciting as we overshot the feedzone and
had to drive backwards on course - through the sponsor parade! Yes,
this included going thru tunnels. Yes it was terrifying. No I probably
should not share with the world that but hey, all's well that ends
well right?

Curtis Crane

while it took some effort to cart around Europe and setup in packed
crowds, the crane shots should amp the production value. This is
Curtis not making friends at the finish line, Champs Elysees

The Stills

We are beginning to sort thru the stills and will start posting them daily. This is the "Toast Cam" we put on the riders table. While it seems funny, we were actually lucky Mic didn't throw it across the room. When he saw it his smile did a 180 and he blurted out, "What the F^#@ is THIS!???" He wasn't nearly as amused with it as we were.

Ahhhhh pro riders...