Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/10/2012 - Rest Day

Rest days on the Tour means time to do all the things the team and staff members could not do during race day: laundry, correspondence, napping, visiting with friends and family, and several hours of riding. Yup, most riders will still ride 2 to 4 hours, although at a much relaxed pace, to make sure the body still knows that it is expected to expend a couple thousand calories during a large fraction of the day. But since the "recovery rides" are relaxed, sometimes visiting with family can make a combined activity out of them. Like the Velits twins on Omega-Pharma Quickstep, they got to say hi to the family dog Foster.

Meet Foster, pet of the Velits brothers! #TDF12 #OPQSinstagr.am/p/M5pVAHtEPw/
— OPQS Cycling Team (@opqscyclingteam) July 10, 2012