The white minibus is decked out in advertising signs for a window company. There are 16 seats inside, but only one of them is occupied: the driver’s. The bus trundles its way around France every July, bringing up the rear of the Tour de France peloton, repurposed from an otherwise nondescript van into the broomwagon – the vehicle that swoops up the riders who fall too far back and miss the time cut.
Arnaud De Lie of Lotto-Intermarché loitered in front of it throughout Sunday's third stage. More on him later. Arvid de Kleijn of Tudor Pro Cycling was also hanging out just front.
