Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Part V

The tentative but final version of my watch plan. 

Team CSC's site has posted the participating riders:
Iñigo Cuesta, Volodymir Gustov, Bobby Julich, Marcus Ljungqvist,
Anders Lund, Nick Sørensen, Chris Anker Sørensen and Christian Vande Velde.

I will try to get the autograph from two riders.

Prologue (Dimanche 10 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Grenoble
What to do: Staying by the Team CSC team bus if the security
is not tootight. Or at the U-turn point in the middle of the
parcours.
Sleep at: Near Grenoble at a camping site

Stage one (Lundi 11 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Start in Grenoble / the elusive feed zone
somewhere near Lozanne? (The Itinéraire de l'étape of Stage 1
does not indicate the ravitaillement)
What to do: Try to get the autograph from Iñigo Cuesta and
Marcus Ljungqvist / Pick up some bidons, sacoche or what is 
found / Take pictures
Sleep at: Near Saint-Paul-en-Jarez at a camping site

Stage two (Mardi 12 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Start in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, ravitaillement
near Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert and Finish in Saint-Etienne
What to do: ditto
Sleep at: Near Anneyron at a camping site

Stage three (Mercredi 13 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: One of the two MG. 4 or somewhere?
I have not decided where to be or what to do. I will check out the
parcours in the morning and then decide. If I find a good place to
be, I will take my car (satellite TV and paiting kit) and stay there.
What to do: not yet sure
Sleep at: Somewhere near the top of le Mont Ventoux.

Stage four (Jeudi 14 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: le Mont Ventoux
What to do: Watch the satellite TV and paint the road / (if possible) 
Climb the mountain from Bedoin in the morning.
Sleep at: Near Nyons at a camping site

Stage five (Vendredi 15 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Start in Nyons
What to do: Bug the Team CSC riders at the start
( and then dirve to Col du Télégraphe)
Sleep at: somewhere near the top of Col du Télégraphe

Stage six (Samedi 16 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Col du Télégraphe
What to do: Watch the satellite TV and paint the road / (if possible) 
Climb the moutain in the morning.
Sleep at: Valloire at a camping site?

Stage seven (Dimanche 17 juin 2007)

Place(s) to watch: Annecy? or Col de la Forclaz
What to do: Support Team CSC riders
When someone from Team CSC is after the general classification, 
I will definitely try to see the finish. Otherwise, I mightbe at the top
of Col de la Forclaz (category 1 climb 18.5km before the finish).

Drive home (over 550km to go via Switzerland) 

There are a lot of things I have to try and see as preparations for TdF.
I have to see if I have enough equipment for a long term camping trip.
I want to have a notebook computer to store the digital photo files from
the camera and to update my blog whenever possible at camping sites
with internet access or WLAN cafes.