The first few stages of Le Tour usually show up how much street furniture there is now on many roads, especially in built up areas. All too often this results is riders crashing into various roundabouts and other traffic calming features.
Roundabout in the middle of Aubigny-sur-Nère
Roundabouts are some of the glories of modern France with some very elaborate creations such as this one from Aubigny-sur-Nère not forgetting the famous cows on the way round Rouen. In this respect Epeigné-les-Bois, which has long been forward thinking and dynamic in respect to civic works, has been disappointingly backward over the provision of roundabouts. Although there are now nearly 400 inhabitants in the Epeigné commune, there is but one roundabout well hidden at the end of the village housing estate. Indeed it is more a turning space than a proper roundabout. Furthermore it is disappointingly bare.
Epeigné's drab roundabout
