Picture: It must be Mayo’s year, even the Tour de France says so

Not even the Tour de France is safe from the hype that's building up around Mayo GAA's challenge for Sam this year

We haven't even had the Connacht final yet, but already Mayo fans far and wide are predicting unbridled success for their side this year, after a series of very impressive displays. One of those fans, Alan Jones, captured this fantastic image as far afield as the Tour de France today, as one Mayo fan must have been up nice and early to chalk this message on to the road.

@MayoGAA @officialgaa Mayo For Sam on #AlpedHuez #TDF pic.twitter.com/9ke2BA87gZ

— Alan Jones  (@alanjones81) July 18, 2013

We're presuming this was spotted somewhere near Irish corner on the Alpe d'Huez part of the Tour today, which also looked pretty special.

1000 Irish at #irishcorner on #AlpedHuez, looks great #EurosportCycling pic.twitter.com/QLwWMchMu9

— RomaShield27 (@RomaShield27) July 18, 2013

Hat-tip to Stephen Minane for sending this into us