The Tour came through Dover in the mid-90's and again a couple of years ago. I had a camcorder on the first occasion, when they started at Dover Castle. I positioned myself on a low wall at the bottom of the castle hill down which the procession and riders came. As mentioned above, it took about half an hour of pre-ride police, press, spare bikes, sponsors etc before the riders put in an appearance - then they were gone in minutes! Still, a nice atmosphere and handy that it was almost on the doorstep. I've still got the tape somewhere. Didn't see the 2008 ride though as I was elsewhere at the time.