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Last big day in the Pyrenees... it's all downhill from here

That's my ride. The last big ride in the mountains for us; Riding from Lourdes over the Col du Aspin, then nearly all of the Peyresourde before detouring up to Peyregudes, where today's Tour de France stage finished. The afterward a mad dash down the mountain because we quite literally had a train to catch. More details soon, including how Kevin had quite the run-in with the Gendarmes, or at least one of them.

Tomorrow morning (Friday) we catch a train to Paris; this will be as close to a "rest" day as we've had. Then Saturday we take a train from Paris to the final time trial in Chartres, back to Paris that night, Sunday the final stage, and Monday we fly home. As goes the title of a Calvin & Hobbes collection, the days are just packed!

You can never have too many shots of Chris Horner

Froome literally burying himself to bring Wiggins home

Nibali finishing 19 seconds behind Wiggins & Froome, meaning he’ll likely finish 3rd in Paris

TeeJay, Best Young Rider, looking towards the finish line 475 meters away.

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