Quilt Le Tour de France – Day 1 Recap-Trivia Answer

{8:21 PM Central Time} ADDENDUM to today’s post:
I have decided to change things up a bit. I know I said I would do a Giveaway at the end of each 3 weeks of the Tour. I have decided it would be more exciting to save it all for last. Giving everyone a chance to join in. There will be at least 4 names pulled from the random generator thingy. You will also have more than one entry chance. Sorry if I seem a weebit wonky (ha! my former blog name) about all this… be patient with me. It is my first time doing this sort of thing.

Hope all those living in the U.S. had a great 4th of July!
Day one of the tour… wow. Started and ended with crashes. The start… a dog ran onto the peloton {The peloton (from French, literally meaning little ball or platoon and also related to the English word pellet), field, bunch or pack is the large main group of riders in a road bicycle race}! Really? A dog? Who brings an unleashed dog to the Tour. Perhaps it was just a neighborhood dog. They love to chase you down on your bike. It’s bad enough that the people crowd the peloton.
Alessandro Petacchi won the first stage.

Fabian Cancellara still keeps the Yellow Jersey even though he was part of the crash during the last 3KM .

Lance holds his 4th position ranking 22 seconds behind Cancellara.
And I feel like a sportscaster!

I asked on Prologue day what piece of equipment used by cyclists is also used by quilters…and the answer is…

I’ll be back later today with some pics of the upcoming giveaways. REMEMBER… you need to sign up for the Flickr group to participate in the giveaways. So far our giveaway contributors are Penny of Sew Take a Hike and Lucy of DuhBe. Oooo you are going to love what they have!

Tagged as: bicycle, quilting, Tour de France