How in all the world did I manage to forget about THIS?!

Oh, the excitement!

Looks like a good route. - For me, it's gonna be Day 14 and 15, Mount Ventoux (!!), and Les Deux-Alpes (!!), and Day 18 and 19 (final time trial!), as those two stages are reasonably close to here.

I get all jittery just thinking about it:
Will I take my bike to Mount Ventoux? Just to say Hi for a first time and to see what I have gotten myself into here? Will I still want to ride up there next autumn when I know what it's like? I am not sure. But well, fresh paint with cheers will make riding up easier for me, too, even a few months after the tour.

:)

Something to look forward to.