My Tour de France '02 - July 5-28, 2002.

I flew from San Francisco to Paris with a connection in Toulouse in an unplanned trip at the last minute in early July. From Toulouse I traveled into Pays Basque (Basque Country), Bayonne, Biarritz, San Sebastian, and into Pamplona, Spain for the San Fermin Fiestas on July 7-14. I went back to France and caught up with the Tour in the city of Pau, on July 16, just when the Tour was entering the big mountains, and from there I followed the race, into the Pyrenees and the Alps, terminating in Paris on July 28th with the US Postal boys leading Lance Armstrong and his yellow jersey into the Champs Elysees in Paris on July 28th. History was made, Lance winning the 89th Tour and his 4th consecutive victory.

In the Pyrenees at Col de Port. Altitude: 1,249m

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Our Tour de France '93 - September 16 - October 1, 1993

Our tour took place in the Fall of '93. Our group of 10 enthusiastic bikers went from San Francisco to Paris where we visited all of the great landmarks in the city of lights. From Paris we headed towards Versailles and the Loire Valley, where we visited the magnificent chateaus of the region -from there we headed into the Normandy coast and Mont St. Michelle.

In the Normandy coast, at Mont St. Michelle.

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