It Must Be July Part 2

The 28th Davis 4th of July Criterium was held today—it was hot but then, as Fernanda says, it’s always hot on July 4th here! We caught a few of the races and also one spectacular crash where a rider coming out of a curve overcorrected and ended up on about six spectators who were sitting on the grass under a tree. Everybody seemed okay… but it’s unnerving, especially the sound of a bicycle at high speed going out of control.

At a gathering this evening at a friend’s house we met a French winemaker who shares our interest in the Tour de France. He was complaining because he doesn’t have a way to watch it. We told him about the web access and how because of the time difference it’s easy here to catch the last exciting minutes of each stage before going to work… The last few years a couple of riders have done weblog entries while on the Tour; we hope that happens again this year!