Today started off fantastic (relatively speaking). The route we put into the GPS was direct. The roads were well marked. We parked close to the entrance to the compound and close to our trucks. Catering was a stone’s throw away. With all of these things going right, something was sure to go wrong.Fortunately, nothing ever did. Today was the first complete day I didn’t hear either producer have a complaint about a single element of the show.
Today was even the first day in some time that we were able to eat lunch at its normally scheduled hour. Which simply means we got our pre-race segments done on time. Which is usually only one person’s fault if we don’t. But I’m not going to say who. Because I think you know. I’ll give you a hint. His name rhymes with Mob Toll.
Today was also the day the elusive Podium Girl feature aired. Many years in the making, and after numerous ditched storylines, our ENG crew found a podium girl originally from St. Louis, MO who spoke perfect English. Since the first week of the Tour, Dave Novak has been working tirelessly (is that even the right word? Because he could never get tired of watching her) on editing the piece together. It aired to much enthusiasm and praise, and even made it on to YouTube the same night. Check it out here.
On the drive tonight, we took advantage of our first opportunity to visit the sunflower fields of northeastern France. The sun sets around 9:30pm here, so we only had a little sunlight left to do the photoshoot. I got some GREAT pictures in; trying to get used to my new camera. It’s quite powerful and can do a lot of stuff…but I was just happy enough to get the macro function working. You can check them out in the new Tour de France – Part 2 photo album on Facebook.
Is it in true that Venegas broke his wrist in photographing sunflowers?
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