Le Tour de France
Each year I go to watch some of the opening stages of the Tour de France. For more information about the Tour de France visit www.letour.fr
1998 - Prologue, Stages 1 and 2 - Ireland
Chris Boardman in the Maillot Jeune just hours before a horific crash took him out of the 1998 tour.
1999 - Prologue, Stages 1 and 2 - North-West France
Lance Armstrong the eventual winner of the 99 Tour De France winning the Prologue at Le Puy de Fou.
2000 - Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 - Central and Western France
See the debut of David Millar in the prologue and roll-out at Futuroscope near Poitiers.
2001 - Prologue, Roll-Out and Stage 2 - Dunkerque, Calais, Boulogne
From high to low, hero to zero, David Millar doesn't enjoy the same start to the tour.
2002 - Prologue, Stage 1 and 3 - Luxembourg and Champagne Region
Armstrong flexes his muscles in an attempt to win start to finish.
2003 - Prologue and Roll-Out - Paris
A chain reaction causes Millar to lose the prologue by the closest margin in history.
2005 - Prologue and Stage 1 - Western France
The last year for Armstrong, Ullrich and Basso.
2006 - Prologue and Roll-Out - Strasbourg
The tour that never was - to this day, the results have never been published following Floyd Landis positive drug test and subsequent trial.