There is a problem with the Tour de France in the Pyrenees:

[Are_grits_groceries]

Llamas
Lol

[tandot]

1. Llamas AND fog

[femmocrat]

2. Aren't they in the wrong mountains?

Maybe they lost their way in the fog.

[Ilsa]

3. And what the hell are they protesting?

I thought llamas had a pretty good life.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. Alpaca PACs. nt

[SheilaT]

4. Llamas in France?

I'd have never guessed.

[irisblue]

5. Careful! Don't ram a llama!

[Wounded Bear]

6. You might ring your ding dong!

[liberal N proud]

7. A lama sit in

[Brother Buzz]

10. The Llama by Ogden Nash

The Llama
Ogden Nash

The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. The three-l lllama is a fire in Brooklyn

[Brother Buzz]

22. Of course, and then there's the no L llama

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. That's a topper! Nicely done :)

[bikebloke]

8. They ride into the fog on a bike...

...come out on the back of a llama.

[sarisataka]

9. Llamas!

""

[malaise]

11. Oh my

hilarious

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Be careful, there are llamas!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Beat me to it

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. Beat me three it!!

'You shout CUIDADO! LLAMAS!"

It's the beak that gets you every time. That and the fins. They are deadly accurate with a fin slap

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

32. Llamas are . . .

. . . larger than frogs.

[suffragette]

13. Riders better not spit. Llamas will spit back.

[tblue37]

14. Love it! nt

[roamer65]

15. French llamas on a sit down strike.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Call that a problem? This is a problem:

That happened yesterday. The rider had a few stitches in his chin, and carried on - at the end of today, he is in joint second, and wearing the white jersey as the best rider under 25.

[gratuitous]

19. Whoa, that fell perfectly on the cyclist

I had to go back and watch it a second time. The timing of the banner's fall was dead-on and without warning, the cyclist never had a chance to avoid it.

[bvar22]

37. The timing of the banner collapse was so perfect...

..it makes me suspicious.

[elleng]

21. OY!

Guess they'll remember Vittel!

[stopbush]

27. That's very good water, Vittel.

[jberryhill]

29. Yates came back nicely

Froome's attack over the top and descent was interesting.

If you watch the time trial stage from Sallanches to Megève, look for a guy in a Grateful Dead cycling jersey on the turn before the split time in Combloux. ;/)

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Got your spot planned already? That must be a week away

if not more?

Yes, Froome's style was unusual - tough to maintain for long, I imagine. We'll see if it has affected him tomorrow.

I was trying to work out a graffito on the road today - I swear it say "FUCK ..." but I only caught a glimpse of that corner, and they didn't show it again. It was something short - it might even have been " ... TRUMP" ...

[jberryhill]

33. It said "Fuck Limoges"

...since that stage was treated as the first "climbing" stage.

But, yeah, my wife and I are sitting in the philly airport about to embark on a weird award ticket itinerary that gets us into Lyon tomorrow after a few hops, just before kickoff of the UEFA final match between Portugal and France. It'll be a nuthouse. Then we wander down the Rhone for a few days, and pick up the tour on Bastille Day in Gordes. After that, we head back up and along the Isere into Haute Savoie, and will be along the routes for the final three alpine stages. The last one, we'll be in the hamlet of Samoens, on a wicked left turn at the base of the final climb to Megève.

It's not really about the race so much as an organizing principle for a jaunt around an area we've visited, but been wanting to spend more time. We had a bunch of airline miles from not having taken a break in several years. There are a couple of nights we don't know where we'll be yet, for sure, but I've found that using hotels.com, the best finds are always pretty close in. I've booked bargain rooms on hotels.com from the parking lot of the hotel, walked in and said "This will probably be a few minutes before it's in your system, but I have a reservation."

"When did you book it?"

"Oh, about five minutes ago..."

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. LOL. You obviously watch closely.

Have a great time!

[jberryhill]

35. I'll post reports in the bicycling forum

I've been in the airport for about an hour and a half now, security line was short, beer was cold, and I done counted THREE heebie jobbies so far.

My wife has twice had to correct me, because I understood the signs to say, If you see anything, say anything," and THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING!!!!!

She can't take me anywhere.

[SpankMe]

25. Don't you mean Lloll? N/T

[stopbush]

26. The problem is that probably half of those llamas are doping.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

30. Which distinguishes them from the peleton . . .

. . . in which the figure it probably closer to 85-90%.

[MohRokTah]

28. My friend raises Llamas. She named the first girl llama born "Dolly".

[whistler162]

36. I would expect that in India where

their leader lives!