Spectators picnic on the roadside as they watch a rider climb a hill in the 61-km (38-mile) individual time trial 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Montlucon to Saint-Amand-Montrond in this July 27, 2001 file photo.[Photo/Agencies]

An old man watches a pack of riders making their way past his house in Landujan village in Brittany, during the 218-km (135-mile) eighth stage of the 89th Tour de France cycling race from Saint-Martin-de-Landelles to Plouay in this July 14, 2002 file photo.[Photo/Agencies]