Abrasive Tour de France

TDF is often a good travelogue, gives plenty of ideas for the next time you happen to be passing through France. Those pavé have caused some trouble again.  It makes you think of the farce that those Soccer players go through when a slight knock sends them screaming and everyone waits for 5 minutes until the magic spray fixes them up and it was during the World Cup which is more embarrassing. Compare that to the TDF riders. Three crashes in two days at 40 km/h, welts, abrasions and sprains on all parts of the body then you often get up and continue for another 100 plus kms of riding.  Tuff Stuff.  I am still hurting from the bounce into the wall incident (see airborn below) but I should be able to get on the bike tomorrow.