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Here's the AutoGrill restaurant where we ate. Kind of like the Kearney Arch, eh? |
This will be short (again) because it's now Tuesday morning and my plans to write an entry last night were foiled by a malfunctioning tether system.
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Can you figure out what's going on here? |
Basically, Monday's stage went fairly well for me. Brent Bookwalter did crash, which is never good, but I got comments from him, John Lelangue and Tejay van Garderen, as well as Philippe Gilbert in French. So that was good. I also had a conference call and a bunch of the usual stuff to do but the bonus was that I was staying at a different hotel than the team. Normally, this isn't the best situation. But I've learned that it can actually be a good one. The key is to get there soon enough to enjoy it. So as soon as we arrived at the team hotel, hospitality director Jacques Michaud and I took our own car and zoomed to a Kyriad Hotel.
There, I enjoyed my own room (pictures below) and a nice dinner at a restaurant just 200 meters down the way at the same highway rest stop. Overall, it was a good night.
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The dessert selection was pretty good tonight. |
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I saw this at the restaurant last night and immediately had to order it. |
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Check out the traffic in Paris. |
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There's my bio sheet in the corner. AG2R was the only other team to supply press information. |
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The press center was in a gymnasium. |
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Check out the construction just outside Paris. |
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The bathroom was not very scenic. |
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The area near the finish line featured this canal. Pretty scenic. |
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Jacques Michaud and I high-tailed it from the team hotel to our hotel. |
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Tons of little amenities, which is surprising for a three-star hotel. |
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This looked pretty stark and barren. But it worked fine. |
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My room at the Kyriad Hotel was a bit no frills, but well-lit and spacious. |
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Traveling with Jacques Michaud in France is great. Everyone knows him. |
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Jacques Michaud and I stayed at the Kyriad Hotel, about 45 km from the team hotel. |
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The view from the restaurant overlooks the highway. Reminds me of the Kearney Arch. |
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Not the healthiest, but well-deserved and probably not possible the rest of the race. |
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From where I stood, you couldn't even see the finish line for Stage 1. |
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