two Tour de France photo galleries

The Boston Globe's "The Big Picture" rubric consistently delivers top-notch photojournalism documenting the world's most important and most colorful events. It doesn't get more colorful than the Tour, so these photos are a spectacle for the eyes.

Here is the first part, which covers the first 9 stages, and here is the second part, which covers the rest. Below are some of my favorites (click to enlarge).

Edit: here's another cool gallery by CNN.

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