Tour Update

Stage 1, Nantes to Bressuire, 01/09/07:

Distance - 115.29km

Time in Motion - 4:48.02 (the speedometer only records time when the old wheels are spinning!)

Average speed - 24.0 km/hour

Stage 2, Bressuire to Poitiers, 02/09/07:

Distance - 80.00km

Time in Motion - 3:05.03

Average speed - 25.9 km/hour

Total distance to date - 195.29km

Stage 3, Poitiers to Angouleme, 03/09/07:

Distance - 121.80km

Time in Motion - 5:05.22

Average speed - 23.9 km/hour

Total distance to date - 317.09km

Stage 4, Angouleme to Bordeaux, 04/09/07:

Distance - 136.17km

Time in Motion - 5:52.02

Average speed - 23.1 km/hour

Total distance to date - 453.26km

Stage 5, Bordeaux to Bergerac, 06/09/07:

Distance - 89.06km

Time in Motion - 3:39.44

Average speed - 24.3 km/hour

Total distance to date - 542.32km

Stage 6, Bergerac to Cahors, 07/09/07:

Distance - 108.85km

Time in Motion - 4:55.08

Average speed - 22.1 km/hour

Total distance to date - 651.17km

Stage 7, Cahors to Toulouse, 08/09/07:

Distance - 110.38km

Time in Motion - 4:20.28

Average speed - 25.4 km/hour

Total distance to date - 761.55km

Stage 8, Toulouse to Carcassonne, 11/09/07:

Distance - 92.84km

Time in Motion - 3:38.18

Average speed - 25.5 km/hour

Total distance to date - 854.39km

Stage 9, Carcassonne to Beziers, 12/09/07:

Distance - 72.07km

Time in Motion - 2:36.54

Average speed - 27.5 km/hour

Total distance to date - 926.46km

Stage 10, Beziers to Montpellier, 13/09/07:

Distance - 73.85km

Time in Motion - 3:16.45

Average speed - 22.5 km/hour

Total distance to date - 1,000.31km

Stage 11, Montpellier to Arles, 14/09/07:

Distance - 71.92km

Time in Motion - 2:45.40

Average speed - 26.0 km/hour

Total distance to date - 1,072.23km

Stage 12, Arles to Marseille / Aix-en-Provence, 15/09/07:

Distance - 88.54km

Time in Motion - 3:51.45

Average speed - 22.8 km/hour

Number of Crashes - just the one!

Total distance to date - 1,160.77km

Stage 13, Marseille to Avignon, 17/09/07:

Distance - 102.27km

Time in Motion - 3:52.46

Average speed - 26.3 km/hour

Total distance to date - 1,263.04km

Stage 14, Avignon to Valence, 18/09/07:

Distance - 103.17km

Time in Motion - 4:57.21 (into a gale-force headwind for 5 hours - mental torture)

Average speed - 20.8 km/hour

Total distance to date - 1,366.21km

Stage 15, Valence to Saint Etienne, 19/09/07:

Distance - 90.23km

Time in Motion - 4:48.42

Average speed - 18.7 km/hour

Total distance to date - 1,456.44km

Final Stage - Stage 16, Saint Etienne to Lyon, 20/09/07:

Distance - 50.12km

Time in Motion - 2:09.43