The Google Earth application allows bicycling fans to follow the latest version of the legendary race from their computers, a much easier task than biking up the Pyrenees.
Tour de France took place in 1903, with 60 participants, a wide margin of victory, and no Internet. This year, nearly two hundred riders started the Tour. And the Internet brings the race to the PC.
Through the TdF network link, then open the "Tour de France 2006" places folder and turn on "Live TDF". You will see a red bike showing the current progress of the race, and it indicates the distance travelled and local time stamp.
While Google Earth has been a successful application for Google, other attempts to implement a similar service have been met with mixed results. Microsoft's Virtual Earth now powers the company's implementing a mapping service similar to the offerings from Google and Microsoft. Although its debut promptly crashed on launch, and its numerous blurred-out areas have lead some French bloggers to call its view that of "Emmenthal country," (Emmenthan being a cheese with holes), it has moved on to be a widely viewed application according to a 
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