In the past, Tour de France riders have had numerous encounters with dogs, sheep and horses which unfortunately have resulted in a number of crashes.
On today’s 184-kilometre stage in the Pyrenees from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, the riders may have another four-legged animal to be mindful of.
Joël Adagas has posted a number of a photos in the past week of llamas on the Col du Tourmalet. According to Adagas, the owner of a campsite on the Tourmalet purchased the llamas and lets them loose on the mountain to graze during the summer.
The Hors Categorie 2,115 metre Col du Tourmalet is the first of four categorised climbs that the riders will face today. After the Tourmalet, the riders will then tackle the Hourquette d’Ancizan, the Col de Val Louron-Azet and the Col de Peyresourde
There’s a “wooly jumpers” joke here somewhere……
Pyrenean llama leg is obviously the local delicacy.
Bloody llama knocked my helmet off the side of the road and it rolled half-way back down Tourmalet! Everyone else thought it was funny!
Ger Finn . Might want to go handy
Not something you see every day on Glenanaar Dave Daly
Hanri Pretorius
Is that the one you Joanne Pridham and Nigel Smith cycled up?
Yes. We didn’t see any llamas though!
Sandra O’Hagan Jason Boyle!!
Froome can just punch them if they get in the way
Jen Hattam