TdF photos Part II (Verbier, Switzerland)

Part II from photos from TdF 2009
This is the entrance of the hotel. "Welcome." How nice!


Just a short walk away from the hotel, there was a helicopter (model converted from a real one, I guess).


As you can see, 500 meters from the finish. The police officers are not concerned with the woman who is painting on the road. Usually in Switzerland, painting on the road is forbidden.


Looking up from the place where I took the picture above, I can see the devoted fans of Amets Txurruka displaying their banner proudly.


About 1km from the finish, there was this display on the wall of the tight corner. Entertaining! If you take a close look at it, you can amuse yourself even more.


Oops! There goes a crash! Ouch!


Ouch!


There is a chicken crossing the road. The man seems to be very annoyed but why?


What is this? Is this part of the display or someone added it later? A syringe is sticking out of his leg.


Steve Schleck came by on his bike.

I am online now so will start updating

I admit I have been lazy. I am online now. I decided to pay to have internet access at home. I can stay online as long as I want.

So it it time to start updating this blog as frequently as possible. I will start posting photos that I made during this (almost past) season.

Looking at the photos I took, I deeply think that I need a better camera, like Cannon Eos 450 or Nikon D90 or something. My photos are sh*t. I will buy a better camera within my budget.

To start with, I will start posting pictures from Tour de France 2009. Here are some.

Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier, I was there.


Just a local view.


This is the hotel where Team Saxobank guys were staying.


At the foot of those flags (Luxemboug / Schleck fan club), there was Steve, the elder brother of the Schleck clans.


Here is someone that I don't particularly like but ...

Tour de Luxembourg

So it has ended. It has been a very successful race for Saxo Bank, I think. Schleck brothers did make a huge impression on the public as expected. Other riders showed their form for the Tour (de France, of course). Bjarne Riis himself was also there to see them. Matti showed also an impressive performance.

The question on my mind now is:
Who are going to be in Monaco in a month?

I cannot be there but I'm planning to follow the last 9 or 10 stages to Paris.

I am alive (not dead yet)

I am not dead. I have been busy and also lazy. The 2009 European road race season is just around the corner. This season, I will do the same (hopefully) as I did last year. Here is the rough Spring schedule for the upcoming season.

Date Event Country
March
01.03.2009 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne BEL
08.03.2009 Paris - Nice FRA
29.03.2009? Critérium International FRA

April
05.04.2009 Ronde van Vlaanderen BEL
(08.04.2009 Gent - Wevelgem BEL)
12.04.2009 Paris - Roubaix FRA
13.04.2009 Rund um Köln GER
19.04.2009 Amstel Gold Race NED
(22.04.2009 La Flèche Wallonne BEL)
26.04.2009 Liège - Bastogne - Liège BEL

May
01.05.2009 Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop GER

I will probably miss the race events in (....). I am not sure about May first event either. After these Spring races, I will try to visit as many events as possible. Tour de Luxembourg, Tour de Suisse, Tour de France and so on.

I will also try to post nice pictures of the events and as informative as possible.