Stage two
Tom Boonen outsprinted Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen to win the first full stage.

Your Tour experiences and comments
We were in Brem-sur-Mer for the second stage. What a spectacle! We were on holiday and could not miss the chance to see the tour. I remember waiting in anticiapation with the rest of the crowd. The buzz was extreme the cars and lorries drove past throwing tour bits into the crowd then came the clapping at the top of the hill. I got a picture as they came through Brem as I looked at my picture on the camera the peloton was no more than eight inches from my face the crowd was loud and then in a flash they were gone. It was a really good experience for me and my family. Do not miss the Tour if you visit France. It is truly a beautiful country with very nice people. Au revoir!
Liam Nugent, Tamworth Staffs

Two years I went to Brem-Sur-Mer on holiday, and the roads in that bit in France are the best for road racing as there are not that many hills. We also travelled along the first stage route when we went and have been down most of the second stage route. I hope the tour goes through Brem again.
Doug McMillan, Swindon, Wiltshire

Watched the first sprint of Stage 2 with my eldest son in hot sunshine at Orouet near St Jean de Monts. My overiding memories are the free gifts thrown to the crowd by the caravan preceeding the race, and the speed of the ten or so sprinters as they went past about 6 feet from where we stood. A great experience not to be missed, everyone would like the caravan parade.
Steve Mitchell, Staffs

Me and a friend travelled to the Tour for the first time to follow our countryman Jaan Kirsipuu in 1999 and we were lined up at the finish in Challans where we saw him dip past the more fancied Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. It was a buzz we'll never forget.
Marti, Estonia

We stayed on Noirmoutier some years ago and visited Challans (2nd stage). It's a typical rural French market town and famous for it's quality ducks. In fact their is a huge replica duck in the middle of the town square. Kids can enter it at the rear and slide down the beak!
David Tomsett, Ringmer, East Sussex

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