Stage two: round-up

Round and round and round they went.  Round and round and nary a cow to be seen.

No real cows, that is.  Thanks to Les Agriculteurs des Essarts, we were treated to this splendid sight as almost every team passed by:

Fortunately our commentators were willing to overlook any negative environmental impact of this [...]

Stage 2: Les Essarts > Les Essarts

Today we  start and finish in Les Essarts, still in the department of Vendée.  The good news is that the team time trial has returned to Le Tour.  This means, of course, that we will be seeing the same scenery over and over again as team after team race the 23km loop. This will be [...]