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a day on the motorbike

a day on the motorbike

tour de france stage 3 vignette

kate wagner
Jul 03, 2022
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My driver is Christophe.

He is great — he asks me in broken, very French English, what it is I want to see today. I tell him I want to see it all.

The engine revs beneath me. All I have to hang onto are those little handles under the seat. It’s always a bit precipitous at first, but my body remembers quickly what this is like, the position of my feet on …

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