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Düsseldorf - Tour de France

30th June to 3rd July 2017

Dusseldorf 

TdeF 

Days 1 & 2 - Arrival & Grand Départ

Grand Depart 


  
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A visit with Miche, Emma & Hans.



We arrived in the early evening after a 120 mph taxi ride from Dortmund to Düsseldorf.

We checked into the rather funky Me and All Hotel and then headed to the Schumacher Alt beer hall...
 
 
Schumacher

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Five sausage selection, surely the best way to get accustomed to any German city?
 
Sausage



The rather pleasant Alt-Beer - 1838er variant...

Alt Beer



Day 2 - Grand Départ


Screen



Bike and Kraftwerk poster in the hotel foyer...

Bike



Route map...

Map



Riders warming up on the circuit with the art deco Wilhelm-Marx-Haus as a backdrop...

Route



Peter Sagan warming up...


Sagan



One of the lead cars in the promotional caravan...


Caravan 1



More caravan vehicles...


Caravan 2



Tony Martin amongst the caravan...


Caravan 3



 
Génération Pêche - promoting angling in France...


Caravan 4



Miche fighting for a view in the wet...

Miche

Geraint Thomas...


Thomas



Ritchie Porte...


Richie Porte



Alberto Contador...


Contador



Nairo Quintana...


Quintana



Chris Froome...


Froome



Schiffchen

Dinner at another beer hall - zum Schiffchen; one of Napoleon's old watering places - we sat near his preferred seat...


zum Schiffchen



Hans (no paps) Mulder, Emma & Miche in zum Schiffchen...


Trio



Miche's very meaty stew...


Soup



My Schweinshaxe...


schweinshaxe



 
Hans & I popped into the Ueriga Brewery for a swift one, but the photos were too blurry...


Uerige



Rhine at dusk...


Rhine by night



Days 1 & 2 - Arrival & Grand Départ
Day 3 - Stage 1 & Boat Trip
Day 4 - City