Well, by the looks of that sign I must be in the right place. Turns out today I got to ride on an even better bike path than yesterday. And it was a substantially shorter bike ride. Unfortunately they were already making bicyclists walk even though there was over an hour yet to the racers coming through. But, I rode up a steep part until I was told to walk and then found a good spot with a nice scenic view behind and a church steeple. Lance was in the breakaway today (easier than usual since he's not in the running anymore) but this shot is from the peloton behind. I biked another 3 miles up the hill and got some good photos of countryside afterward but I'm saving myself for Thursday. I want to try and climb the Col de Tourmalet on that day. Hopefully I'll be well over halfway up when I'm forced to get off my bike. On the bike path back I got to draft with a group of 3 americans on road bikes and then we passed a French guy on a mountain bike with knobbies (and deactivated rear brake I noticed) that picked up his pace and drafted with us. It was pretty fun, and I chatted a little with the French guy in Spanish.
Tomorrow is an official rest day and I'll be just a tourist. Might bike to Tarbes or else really check out Lourdes here if I'm lazy.
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