http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/diaries/levi/tour05.php?id=levi0521
Excerpts: "Today was, well, another fast hard day in the Tour de France. We had a huge tailwind (the favorable kind of wind) in the beginning so I was spun out in the eleven immediately.
Then we piled into the bus and drove five inches and then sat there for a long time. I’m not going to complain about it again but imagine what it’s like for thousands of people to leave one spot at the same time in a French city. . . .
Anyone who’s ever tried to find their hotel in Europe knows what I’m talking about. Obviously we don’t have to do the navigating but sometimes we pass things twice on the way to the hotel if you know what I mean. We’re a car full of salty, hungry, grumpy, thirsty bike racers who need showers and beds and massages. Would you like to drive us around? "