Sunday July 3, 2005, 10 km (6 miles) – Total so far: 5,309 km (3,299 miles)
Briançon is a Ville étape in this year’s Tour de France (a French term for a town hosting stage finish or start) and the caravan arrives in less than two weeks time. The town has laid on a few bicycle sculptures and we saw an artist painting Tour de France murals on a couple of factory walls.
The walled medieval city was very impressive, slightly reminiscent of Bergamo – and we are very close to Italy.
The four Tour de France jerseys celebrated in sculpture
Briançon prepares for the Tour de France, artists painting murals a week before the Tour
Jacques Anquetil & Raymond Poulidor
The city walls in Briançon
We had lunch here (3rd table from the front on the left)
The view from the city walls of Briançon
Narrow streets in old Briançon
Colourful houses in Briançon
Bars in Briançon