In honor of the rest day, I wasn't planning to post but it's been such a great day that it would be a disservice if I didn't!
Walking around Carcassonne on my way to visit the medieval walled city, I saw a BMC team car which was cool but I had to stop and take a photo when I saw the car parked behind it belonged to The Cycling Podcast! I've enjoyed listening to Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, and Daniel Frieb present news, analysis, interviews and ridiculous banter during their weekly podcast but they've stepped it up and are podcasting daily during the Tour. It's worth a listen.
Just beyond the Jaguar (not a bad sponsor for a podcast), I snapped a few photos of the walled city from the bridge.
I turns around just in time to see a cyclist looking at me with a big smile. It was Jesus Herrada! Can you find Jesus (in the photo below, that is)? Look closely, he's there. He was followed by a Movistar teammate and a hanger-on.
And just to show you what a good sport Jesus is, back at stage 6 he came over to take a photo with me for Hermano!
I spotted 3 Katusha riders in the short time it took to walk the rest of the way to the walled city. The grounds were beautiful (once I got away from the throngs of tourists) and the sky vascilating between sun and heavy rain every 5 minutes only heightened the drama of the scenery.
It was a touch on the windy side.
And I had to cross this street to get to my hostel. Vive le Tour!
