O****e
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i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 2 Big George is on the cover! I was on the road side leading up to Pla d'Adet
the day Hincapie won his first TdF stage ever. |
O****e
发帖数: 3290 | 3 Nice! What is the feeling of being there? Went by yourself or with friends?
Any story to share? |
i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 4 hehe... it was my honeymoon. i squeezed two stages into it, pla d'adet and
champs-elysee. you really have to be there to feel it. it's surreal!
especially the mountain stage with mountain top finish. the road leading up
to pla d'adet was filled with one million spectators!!! |
O****e
发帖数: 3290 | 5 How sweeter can you get like that! How difficult it is to get to the road
side before the stage? |
i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 6 good question! well, it's very difficult!
first, all hotels within 100km of the finishing town were fully booked a
year ago by all the bike tour companies. nothing left for us.
second, in europe, it's very hard to rent an automatic car, only stick shift
available, especially in the southern provinces. so, i had to learn how to
drive a stick shift first. luckily a friend of mine was a driving instructor
before, and she owns a stick shift car. she taught me how to drive a stick
shift in an hour. a
【在 O****e 的大作中提到】
: How sweeter can you get like that! How difficult it is to get to the road
: side before the stage?
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O****e
发帖数: 3290 | 7 Yap, do it on bikes next time. But having the guts to drive a manual-shift
after only 2 hours of learning and practice, you are the man. 这也是铁人老弟
以后在儿女面前吹上两句的好素材啊！呵呵，a lifetime memory indeed it is. |
i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 8 最恐怖的那一段我省了没写。Pyrenees山是爬上去了，可是没人教
过我下山。于是挂了个空档踩着刹车就奔西班牙去了。回来时也是
如此，半山腰上还起大雾。
回到加拿大问我朋友，才发现当时空档下车是多么的危险。现在想
起来还后怕！
shift
铁人老弟
indeed it is.
【在 O****e 的大作中提到】
: Yap, do it on bikes next time. But having the guts to drive a manual-shift
: after only 2 hours of learning and practice, you are the man. 这也是铁人老弟
: 以后在儿女面前吹上两句的好素材啊！呵呵，a lifetime memory indeed it is.
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