After he received a "Radio Shack T shirt" we headed out on the TDF route of tuesday towards Gap . Heading back i encountered the " Rabobank squad " on their rest day ride and took some photos before sprinting ahead to take a shot of them as they passed through the next village .
Arriving back in St Paul was fortunate to be greeted by the " vintner " who donated a bottle of Red when i was there with the " Dauphine Libere " last year . Received a leg massage after havinf some pasta with truffles then it was off to Bedoiun and two rides uphil in the sun . Plenty of people on the mountain trying their luck but saw many recovering their strength under trees as it was hot on the shoulders all the way up each time regardless of the trees providing a little respite .
Before starting out at Moulesences i came acroos some characters with a Bike Tour Co. whom i keep bumping into , but they were not game to join me even though i didn't let on that this was the second ascent of the day . Asking some about Amy G. just produced blank looks , so they were obviously unaware of the great work that the " Amy Gillett Foundation " is trying to do in Oz ! As i rode up i had "flashes " of recollections of the day in Lausanne in 2005 when i encountered the Aussie Ladies Team who were competing on the " Tour de Romandy Time TRial Course " that day ! Some of the ladies had bought the " Phonak " team kit for family and when i told the principle of the selling team he asked me to bring them back so that he could refund their monies ! Terrific gesture by this guy , but then he was always generous ! A hot sunny day that was to see Cadel win the ITT !
After the descent to Moulesences i hit the road for GAP as i was expecting that the road out of Gap to Briancon would be a nightmare on Tuesday evening . Turned out that even Tuesday morning had stop go traffic and the Thunder and lightning and monsoonal rain reminded me of occasions when i sat in a friends apartment on Mosman Point . The apartment was overlooking the harbour and I watched the amazing lightning storms around the New Year one year ! There were reports of cars being washed downhill on Rose Bay Hill by the floods next morning . Not quite as dramatic as those Tsunamiu scenes in Queensland this year .
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