All that wasted energy for naught, Marlene. This year, it's finishing in a
different town - le Puy en Velay. Hope you have a nice time waiting for the
peloton arriving in that other place. Maybe you can have a nice cup of
caffffeeee. Watch TV.
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Bonne route !
Sandy
Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
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Quoted message said:This is just an aside, but later this week they'll do a stage into le
puy en valay. It has kind of a funny significance. My ex's sister in
law was from France in fact, Le Puy en Valay.
She was bascially an imbecile, from an overbred family where they all
have pasty skin. But my inlaws were awed by the fact that she was from
FRANCE... this seemed to mean that she was made of gold and could do
no wrong, even though you could hear the ocean echoing in her head.
THey were always going on about FRANCE.. "Oh, that must be how they do
it in FRANCE..." and every occasion we'd hear about france, and le Puy
en Valay, ad nauseum, an they'd bring out maps and pictures... and the
novelty still hasn't worn off. My ex can't stand her or her family,
but his parents think they're all GODS because they're from FRANCE
and live in some moldy old chateau. So we always joked about it,
saying FRANCE and LE PUY EN VALAY in funny voices, imitating his
parents... well you had to be there.
The tour passes by there often and has done a few finishes there, and
paris nice as well. However, in recent years, Le puy en valay has had
a jinx on it. In 2004, the stage into Le Puy was snowed out. The year
before, poor Kivilev had his accident right near there. I can't
remember the last time the tour finished a stage there. But anyways,
let's keep our eyes peeled!