Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I experienced a lone spectator sitting out in a field clapping for me at 3am in 2011. Tbh, I though I had picked up a tack or something. Fortunately I figured it out before I stopped, it was on the long downhill after the climb out of Loudeac. I never saw them, they must have been fairly far back from the road.
The people out in front of their houses offering food and water definitely make the ride worth it. The riders are a bit annoying, I know I am.
Those pesky Stvzo lights.....
I think I am going to stop for the snacks this year, somehow I feel like I am taking something that someone behind me needs more. Odd but true. My support fell thru. I had the car, hotels, and even registered the support car. Oh well. Covid didn't help either. The thoughts of strangers in the dark clapping for you is somehow a powerful motivator.