A man with bicycle buys a train ticket at the Antwerp Central station ticket office, Belgium, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France (Reuters) - While Tour de France riders cover about 3,350 kilometres we 'suiveurs’ (followers) drive about 7,000 to report on the race, moving from town to town, hotel to hotel, press buffet to press buffet –- after 10 Tours de France I can safely say the best buffets are found in Brittany.
Food is a recurring topic on the Tour. Coffee, too, as it gets more painful every day to wake up and head to the Village Depart where, thankfully, you find free coffee, and newspapers handed to you by the LCL hostesses who also appear on the maillot jaune podium after every stage.
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