An astounding 43 riders are now out– more than one-fifth the starting roster– while the remaining peloton has shown itself to be just plain tired, apart from having to deal with such disgraces as Sunday’s tack incident.  Not a moment too soon has come the second rest day of the Tour de France, as now 155 battle-scarred professional cyclists move ever closer to Paris.  Just how many will make it remains to be seen at this point.

Meanwhile on this rest day, one of my new favorite photos of this year’s Tour deserves a smile.  So classically French as it is, in the spirit of The New Yorker I’d love to know what this spirited Frenchman might be saying.  Caption anyone?

(The winning caption goes here.)