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Photos from my trip to the first 10 days of the 2003 Tour de France with Bikestyles Tours of Australia. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED---they took care of everything and were great people.

JV, Jean and me on the Prologue course
The caravan
Rabobank
Team Telecom
Santiago Botero, after the prologue
Nice bikes!
Alessandro Petacchi
Santiago Botero
All the towns were decorated along the route
JV, Fred, Jean, me and Barry
Finish of stage 2
Typical village in the Champagne region
Gary, me, Neil and Mark, my Aussie buds
The peleton on the road
Gary, Barry, Denis & Pete
On the bus!
The way to while away the time on the bus
Reims
Chamonix
Bikestyles crew in Chamonix
I made it!
The Alpes!
Chamonix, France
On the patio of the CYbar
A Scottish climber we met
Cheers JV!
Barry & Denis
Bikestyles crew getting ready
Tiny village along the route
Waiting for the race to come by
Le Gendarme
Les Gendarmes, who were quite charming
One of the locals
In the Alpes, including Ullrich
Fred and me taking a break
JV and Patrick trying to stay cool
Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez
Beginning of the Alpe d'Huez
George Hincapie on the Alpe d'Huez
Roll out of a stage
Mark, me, Gary and Neil in Grenoble
Stevo, me and Mark
Michael Wilson, a great riding partner
Closing dinner in Paris
Me and Inaki
Gus
Patrick Jonker and me
Paris after a rainstorm
Taking a break from shopping
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