Tour de France - Drinking Raids - When the riders used to stop at cafes and take what they wanted.

[@DamnMyNickIsTaken]

"Even water if there's nothing better." 😂😂😂😂 I love how professional sports were more chill back in the day. Imagine a TDF rider today just gulping down on a glass bottle of wine during the race.

[@jonathantan2469]

Will get banned for "performance enhancing drugs". Although to be fair back then they were also taking whatever performance drug the labs could not detect.

[@reallyeffingcooltechnodude]

Back in the day they used to smoke cigarrettes before long climbs because people believed smoking would expand their lungs...

[@blakeytv]

And like casually passing it around

[@ljhb48]

happens ever year on the final stage!

[@DamnMyNickIsTaken]

@@bort- I don't see what's described in this video as entitlement at all, neither do I what's going on in professional sports in general today. There's just so much money involved that there is no time for such goofiness.

[@ova1960]

It's kind of wholesome how they're sharing everything between each others, even the ice cream popsicle lol

[@FurnishedIgloo]

sharing the Popsicle is like kissing the homies goodnight

[@Vingul]

@@FurnishedIgloo ghey

[@davey0110]

all the germs too. i saw some guy on RAGBRAI last month shove his hand in the community ice bucket and put the cubes in his water bottle. It was so hot I couldn't blame him too much

[@davideghirelli5856]

other times, when people were for sure better than today

[@YoureMumGay69]

And some people say there's no honour among thieves.

[@user-rx2ur5el9p]

Your honor, my client was not "shoplifting"; he is simply French.

[@z3ronotfund939]

bruh

[@erebus79]

The tour payed for it, as was clearly stated in the video.

[@andrzejszpak688]

@@erebus79If I take something from a corner store and come back 2 weeks later to pay for it, It’s not exactly legal.

[@mrclean4729]

​@@andrzejszpak688did you just compare yourself with the Tour de France ?

[@mike_datpseudo]

@@andrzejszpak688 The Tour de France is an institution and this is organized by the State itself. It's a bit awkward to talk about illegality.

[@Lastprogramer]

Seeing two professional cyclists passing an icecream back and forth in the middle of one of the most important cycling races on earth greatly improved my mood today.

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

What makes you think they are professional cyclists?

[@Lastprogramer]

@@tomskimcdouglegaming806 they are... they are competing in the Tour De France?

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

@@Lastprogramer 🤣

[@ald4989]

It wasn’t really professional back then was it?

[@ShadowAngel606]

@@Lastprogramer Wasn't professional back then and outside cheese land nobody gave a shit about it either.

[@rodneysmart9774]

I rode with a veteran of old tours. In the race he drank some red wine, cracked a raw egg in the bottle, topped it off with water, shook it up, and stuck it in his jersey. there were no service cars, riders carried their own spares and to eat you rode off the front, pulled into cafe, ate, then caught back up to peloton after they passed you while you ate. When I knew him, dude was 70+ and rode 200 hard ks with multiple mountain passes around Zurich, every sunday, on a donated kidney.

[@Euro0815]

..i donated the kidney for him..just saying..

[@Niquito.0]

well that's some of the most impressive things I've heard!!!!! my god 200ks riding on a kidney, and a donated one on top of that!

[@cyril4046]

Which Tours de France did he ride in?

[@befer]

LOL! on a donated kidney sent me

[@D.S.handle]

@@Euro0815wow, props to you, very cool.

[@YoYo-tn5yj]

I still do this at my local cafe and try to keep the tradition alive 😊

[@antred11]

Let us know if you need a ride from jail! ;p

[@MrWarod]

So that means you own a cafe, or you steal stuff at a local coffeeshop and escape on your bike?^^

[@Randy1337]

🥰

[@MessieAs]

When on a solo ride, i almost always stop at a bakery or café and binge a little on cake and coffee.

[@veryhuman7472]

​@@MessieAsyeah but do u raid

[@kitschfilm]

The film is "Vive le Tour" by Louis Malle from 1962 if anyone is wondering.

[@augustin5611]

Thanks a lot !

[@mike_datpseudo]

oh thanks, merci !

[@MetalizedButt]

No it’s from Premium Rush in 2012 starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

[@LesserAndrew]

Thanks!

[@davidpepin5709]

Or as we knew him in the States, Mr. Candice Bergen.

[@tropicarls]

Loved it when sports were like this. Don't get me wrong, the things we can do right now are absolutely impressive and way out of the scope of what you could do back then. But there is a sense of homeliness, when things used to be like this. Things, like sports, felt less mechanical, less optimized, and more fun (albeit maybe more dangerous). It's a beautiful thing!

[@nuckels188]

All i can think of is Keke Rosberg smoking a cigarette that barely pokes out from under his immense moustache

[@Gianni2002]

@@nuckels188 keke rosberg won a championship winning only one race iirc. Different times hahahaha.

[@marmedalmond9958]

@@Gianni2002 so did nico. Lewis engine failed in Malaysia

[@snakeribbons]

Use* to

[@tropicarls]

@@snakeribbons nah bro you're wrong it's "used to"

[@NotSureWhatToPut]

A tour de france without radios, power meters, and support cars would be 10x more entertaining

[@robjervis3898]

Yes! And everyone on standardised bikes, like in Japanese Keirin races

[@robertdewar1752]

Yes, it was.

[@sasquatchrosefarts]

When you say power meters , you mean power hubs right? 😂😂😂😂 Motors.

[@derekjolly3680]

What is a "power meter" anyway? Something like an EKG?

[@Daniel-ng8fi]

@@derekjolly3680 It measures how much power you are putting out. On climbs it's faster to just "ride to power" where they essentially time trial and don't care what is happening around them, so there aren't as many attacks and makes for a much less fun spectator event

[@masonwhite3795]

This is a prime example of how optimizing everything is not always the best way

[@Bloodhoven]

optimizing everything usually begins with optimizing the fun and chill out of a thing..

[@AQHackAQ]

What a stupid comment. The best way on what terms? Just for a little bit of nostalgia and silly entertainment?

[@pan2aja]

Welcome to AI generated Optimized world

[@lucaslecocq4175]

it depends on how you define the "best way" For a racer it's usually to win a Tour ^^

[@timothypaul581]

Sports cannot only be about statistics, they are about the human spirit!

[@TheLaXandro]

I like how french clearly says "litres" and subtitles decide to go with gallons.

[@1269Dondude]

They converted the amount tho

[@crazeemunkee]

The also say pounds when the French says kilos and also did a rough conversion (8 kilos = 4 pounds).

[@thomaseriksen6885]

​@@crazeemunkee a pound is just under half a kilo

[@koalakoala2344]

"quatre litres" are almost exactly one gallon

[@CosmosProvider]

@@koalakoala2344 if a 9% difference is "exactly" for you then yes, but 3.78 liters aren't exactly 4.

[@TheGrenadier97]

Everything in this video is so wholesome, lighthearted and fraternal. Sports could still be like that

[@MrLoverman136]

do you have anymore pretentious words or is that it

[@TheGrenadier97]

Beautiful

[@TheGrenadier97]

Lovely

[@TheGrenadier97]

Welcoming

[@TheGrenadier97]

Nice

[@jense.2348]

0:38 Thats the most french thing I can imagine: riding your bike on a hot summer day, Accordion music in the backround and meanwhile you drink one or two bottles of wine or champagne chasing your friends to the next café.

[@quisttttt]

You forget the thing where as you are french you do not have to apply to traffic rules (Damn french almost got me killed like 50 times this summer holiday. Sacrebleu!)

[@laupernut]

If I remember correctly, there was a small citreon truck that carried a famous female accordion player Yvette horner who played while following the tour. In the early days it was like a rolling circus. There's probably a video with Yvette playing on KZbin.

[@jense.2348]

@@laupernut Indeed, there is a slide show with pictures of her playing while the Tour is going on.

[@ns7353]

yep now no accordion because they imported kazillion immigrants and no french because of said immmigrants , paris is toast!

[@dwarve07]

Don't forget that they don't eat power bars but just a fine selection of french cheeses

[@genevieve4679]

The two guys sharing the ice cream! I can’t 🤣 this is too good 🤣

[@peterlynchchannel]

When in France.

[@trustnugget280]

Bruh I thought it was a fucking sausage before reading your comment

[@chrishayes5755]

@@trustnugget280 might as well be a sausage those two are gay AF 😂

[@GreenManaYo]

@@trustnugget280 same lol

[@AAA99953]

France = gay. It's normal

[@woollygoat8921]

My favourite high school French teacher was an old Tour rider in the 80s who won the Chemise Jaune. He moved to North America after retiring from cycling to teach French language, literature, history and social studies. I remember going to academic conferences (field trips) in the 90s and all the female French teachers from other schools swooning and flirting with him as an old sports celebrity. Handsome, jovial, friendly man who took an interest in me as a young student athlete while I was going through some troubling family issues at home. My life could have gone very dark without him. Merci, M. Guy LeGentil.

[@dannymze1880]

Dude if the cycling was still like this maybe people my age would watch it. 😂😂😂

[@DansBeau]

Looks like Monty Python made this up 😂

[@cyclingSausage]

Hahah, that is exactly what I thought 😀

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

Lol

[@guilhermematos1953]

yes!

[@moyolinux]

oh my god the professionalism in those days, drinking a Champaign and the tour de France receives a bill for the shop owner. Those shop owners must have been very honest when sending their invoices😅

[@jonathantan2469]

"Zis bistro... de bill said de Campari peloton stopped by and 'purchased' over 9000 bottles of vin? But Campari team is only 8 persons..."

[@mrkeogh]

​@jonathantan2469 Actually, 9000 bottles for 8 people sounds about right 😂

[@ev6558]

@@TheBliepbliep If their priority wasn't money and they had such high values and morals, they'd recognize they did more business during the race than the rest of the year combined and they wouldn't have the balls to send a bill for a couple free drinks taken by the riders.

[@miguelelgueta5830]

​​​@@TheBliepbliepeh did you know that most of the guys in this video were high a/f in cocaine and amphetamines right? the modern antidoping systems and rules for sports were developed almost entirely to stop dopping in the Tour the France after the death of Tom Simpson in 1967

[@Mussi93]

​@@TheBliepbliepOh, how naive you are. People rarely had morals in history, it's not a contemporary thing. If all the people were so moral, how come some of the worst atrocities in human history happened in the past century? Yeah, those are rose tinted glasses that you're wearing, with an unwarrantated sense of nostalgia for a time you've never experienced.

[@emac626]

Don't underestimate how hard professional cycling was in 1962 (when this was filmed) - these guys were not out on a club ride- they were hard men riding at the absolute limits of what they could take physically, on crappy roads with very few 'creature comforts' of any sort. Yes the sport was different, and the world was different but "fun" or "chill"? Watch the entire film - you'll appreciate these moments better by seeing them in the context of what every day was like for these guys.

[@moralfuxery]

This is THE most French thing I have ever seen... and its amazing. I know obviously all the racers were not French, but I mean come on... raiding a Cafe to get Wine or Champagne during an intense-ass bike race is just so on the nose here 🤣

[@TheIndianaGeoff]

Ok, incoming cheap shot... It could be argued it's a German thing too. :)

[@LarryGraham7]

This should never have stopped, what glorious times.

[@jimmoses6617]

It still happens a lot on amateur mountain bike races. I chugged two beers last one I rode :) It helped me ride faster

[@gargaduk]

But how else would they get the wine? :)

[@MrHammerman97]

Well european culture is dying due to other cultures invading. So we'll never see something like this again

[@Firepowered]

​@@MrHammerman97nah, we just need to culture harder and reassert the big dick of European culture

[@odyseeone]

Imagine the scumbags that would exploit it nowadays though. Put on the uniform as is they're part of the race then run through shops stealing everything they can.

[@deadyoo00]

Ngi I would watch every minute of the Tour De France if it would be like this. This could easily be the greatest and most entertaining thing.

[@civotamuaz5781]

I agree 100% but you just know that some jerk would go so far and cause an international outrage somehow.

[@iReima]

its like seeing a battle royale drop and scramble for gear

[@adamtschmidt4303]

Think of the product placement!!

[@joshuabrown2134]

Facts

[@vlada]

Only if business owners were armed, it would be more entertaining.

[@BK-sx5ps]

Bring this back, I'd watch for these moments.

[@justmike9556]

I think it's great and hilarious that they're just sharing drinks and ice cream with each other. Wouldn't be surprised if the bikers were passing around and sharing a plate of cheeses and wine.

[@vladislav3]

The fact that they don't do this anymore shows how 'no fun' the tour has become. Bring back this tradition!

[@youngroller2168]

Not a good idea, people will do anything to cheat if it was this flexible

[@nielskjr5432]

Hear hear👍🍺🍷🍾🥴

[@mikosoft]

It has evolved into current form for a reason. It's a race and apparently drinking raids were not the most efficient way to win.

[@orlandogodoy3233]

​@@mikosoftits has devolved into a soulless spectacle.

[@bort-]

I'm sure there's an endless amount of fun bike events happening every day around the world. Don't worry.

[@adamb2619]

When the Tour was actually a tour.

[@BossBelsham]

Tour de Slum. What a shit hole of an experience

[@zoltarmagic1674]

You've said it Mr. :)

[@williamhawkins9156]

That's actually extremely cool to see this for a person new to understanding this sport! Cheers from Idaho!

[@JonJacques]

words cannot describe how epic this video is. thank you.

[@cyclingSausage]

This is brilliant! And it's not even a Monty Python comedy! The good old days 🙂

[@derlummel8300]

0:57 naaah them bros sharing an ice cream was too cute

[@xforestx00]

This was incredibly wholesome, love the brothers in arms feeling

[@masoodr971]

The two guys sharing an ice cream and taking lil nibbles is the most French thing ever

[@oldfrend]

holy crap i've been watching the tdf since leMond was champion and i never knew this was a thing. somehow completely french - raid the peasants for champaigne and beer haha XD

[@karlbyrne6021]

They also raided the chemist for amphetamine & cocaine. Ah.. The good old days.

[@82vitt]

@@karlbyrne6021 How else do you think one can survive 400km long stages?

[@turkey4957]

This is criminal savage behavior why do you think it’s funny? Bunch of criminal bums thinking they can raid whatever they want. Too bad they didn’t get met with a hammer or an axe by a shopkeeper when these entitled goons rolled through

[@paulrhodesquinn]

⁠Sounds like a normal day in South London! 😉

[@Vingul]

@@82vitt more like 200 km surely.

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

this has a feel of a comedy sketch - hilarious

[@FxnWaySheGoes]

Hey this actually makes me wanna watch this, shame they dont do it like this anymore. Sports taken so seriously now

[@mrsnezbit2219]

Better this than doping to be honest

[@juvedoo99]

@@mrsnezbit2219You don’t think these athletes were juiced to the gills? Of course they were. The taboo against doping was non existent back then.

[@mrsnezbit2219]

@@juvedoo99 I would love to see a competition with everything allowed and see how close a man can be to a god

[@ghostxl8525]

​@@mrsnezbit2219 powerlifting is the sport you re looking

[@alexd4566]

Whenever big money gets involved in a sport, it becomes way too “clean” and commercialized because it then has to adhere to the wishes of advertisers and sponsors

[@the_real_cansin]

Climbing Alpe D'Huez with red wine and cheese. xD This is how TDF should be.

[@GodfreyGuitar]

I’ll have to try this on my next bike ride.

[@cyclingSausage]

I often pop by my mums house for a couple of Guinness's before cycling 20 miles back home. It really picks me up, even against a headwind. I recommend it!

[@captainobvious8037]

This feels like it's from an entirely different dimension.

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

So thats why they were so strong..cause they drink beer, wine and champagne during the ride 😂😂😂

[@Zwettekop]

Don't forget the sausages

[@Niitroxyde]

I didn't live this era, but I still miss it. Everything felt so much more organic and spontaneous.

[@badrrharri]

No, it was just badly organized.

[@Niitroxyde]

@@badrrharri Which is exactly what that means. If it's less organized, then it's more organic and spontaneous.

[@philliplind360]

Totally. Its funny, some of us know how awesome things are when they're organic, but there's also so many (maybe more) who think that all the rules and safety and machine like behavior is "progress." They just don't get it ahahaha

[@Niitroxyde]

@@philliplind360 Yeah the more we go the more we're inhibiting our humanity itself, that's sad. But not really surprising, with how much work is done to teach people how "humans are bad".

[@yeeyeehaircut796]

@@philliplind360 yea you're one of the few who likes disorganization i guess

[@jujuaustin5230]

The way the guys share the food while their riding is really beautiful in a way

[@l.d.t.6327]

1:35 the last shot is on the D561 crossing the D70 just North of Esparron. The Provence can be crazy hot in July, the main reason the Tour doesn't pass their often anymore.

[@ryand141]

Everywhere is hot in July. They still do Mont Ventoux and that is worse.

[@BuffaloNickel9]

Come to Georgia or Louisiana or anywhere in the lower Southeast USA in August and deal with the absolute sauna humidity and 99 Degrees heat.. and the worst of those two is by far the sauna like humidity...

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@ryand141 Another reason is the whole area is very touristy and it's deemed as a too big inconvenience to cut off major roads in this area in the touristy season.

[@effexon]

so how many riders died of dehydration? the extent they push their bodies even today must mean some misjudgements happened those days too.

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@effexon I reckon Tom Simpson died of a combination of fatigue, dehydration and stimulants. There are probably more, but they don't get in the news.

[@porscheoscar]

Dude put his sweaty dirty shoes in the other guys drinking water.

[@aktiv1223]

I think thats the way they still make wine, some places 🍻😉🤣🤣

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

Who drinks from the bottom of the fountain... only pigeons do that.

[@porscheoscar]

@user-lv7ph7hs7l not how bacteria works. Especially when you're on the limit of physical exertion

[@BloodStainedTear]

how sweet sharing ice cream..now that's true friendship

[@viljamtheninja]

This is the best thing I've ever seen. Also, you just KNOW how there were undoubtedly guys dressing up as racers just rushing into the nearest café and bringing home a free haul of booze when it was going on.

[@paulwood4142]

This would be more fun to watch than the modern supply cars/ domestiques system!

[@laingadaing]

I remember my boss who's an avid cyclist telling me they used to think that alcohol thinning their blood was thought to give an advantage. Also that chain smoking would open their airways.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

Amazing what people still achieved while believing that.

[@MessieAs]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 And presumably much faster than me amateur. They didn't use derailleurs for decades and still rode through the alps!

[@fort809]

Chain smoking actually DOES open your airways, nicotine is a bronchodilator

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

😂😂😂😂

[@puppy2350]

It's the tar that messes you up, not the nicotine.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

God damn those seem to be some nice times, I feel jealous!!! Everything seems more chill, drinking during the race, sharing ice cream popsicle without overthinking it

[@user-nr8uh9ur4p]

My mother is from a small village close to Pézenas in the south of France, an area where people drink more wine than water. In the 40s, as a teenager, she used to work in the vineyards. One hot day of summer, the Tour de France came in the village. Of course the riders raided the local pub. One rider was already drunk, drank more wine, and had to make a break at the exit of the village. Quickly he fell asleep under a tree. About 2 hours later, he woke up and was fit enough to ride again, alone... Surprisingly, that day, this drunk rider won the stage : all the others had taken the wrong way and got lost !

[@alanoneill3065]

ah right...sure thing lol

[@B-A-L]

I remember watching the Tour De France on Channel 4 in the 80s and there was always footage of a particular rider who was regularly shown with a glass of champagne in one hand and a cigar in the other!

[@bretagnejean2410]

Glass of champagne is always there in the beginning of final step.

[@rafasimsim]

I love how they share food and drinks. True sportsmanship ❤

[@greglinski2208]

….would consider road racing if it were more like this…

[@tongalizia3175]

It’s amazing that these videos are being shown, I still have my Magistroni bicycle and sweater/jersey..

[@domo_willson]

Damn the history of Tdf is fascinating 😅

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

One of the first ones half the people where disqualified because they took the train. So some guy at Nr. 30 or so ended up winning it months later...

[@jaythompson5102]

'Most wine/beers consumed' jersey needs to exist.

[@johndef5075]

The Rose' Jersey😅

[@ValiantValium]

We need to bring Adam Hansen out of retirement for this

[@hairyairey]

​@@johndef5075thanks, best laugh of the day 🍾🎽😂

[@Jorg05111980]

Hahaha! And the jersey color should be yellow with white at the top

[@um8078]

The music and the French narration just makes it so much better

[@KurdistanLazo]

The way they were all mutually sharing was pretty nice

[@LeprosuGnome]

The locals with the hoses hahaha that's too funny

[@spaceshipearth356]

Ah, Tour de Beer! 😂 We call that jockingly when we go for rides and know there are planned stops in pubs.

[@praddzzz]

A video i never expected. Never knew of this kind of history

[@EleyReiHer]

I love this intensity of 'real race'. Sportmanship. Nowadays, it is about Garm!n, shapes of brand new shoes, all those gadget....even for beginner runner. Kinda discouraging Heck, I loathes it! I used to join it 2016 - 2020 but I do not find any interesting reason to participate in marathon anymore. Just do it personally. The situations ---- HEAVILY changed

[@cinilaknedalm]

So there was a time when the tour wasn't a gruelling death match, nice :)

[@jodofe4879]

Someone riding the Tour de France with a bottle of wine in their back pocket has to be one of the most French things ever.

[@Taureg]

Bring this Tour de France back

[@gamercatsz5441]

In the final etappe, the guys still have a glass of champagne during the race to Paris where the tour the France ends.

[@bretagnejean2410]

Had this bad believe that drink water did can make u sick and everybody drinked in 1950. Even in school kids drinked wine mixed with water. Very dangerous to drink and do sport.

[@FortunateJuice]

That's awesome. If I owned a cafe along a stage of the Tour, I would definitely keep some bottles at the ready, just to say I did my part.

[@juffurey]

What an awesome tradition! Please bring it back!

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Tdf needs more wine raids. At least a single stage with a loot hall arrangement

[@lgarcia67]

That was absolutely nuts! Funny really

[@lambertlambert7076]

La vidéo la plus incroyable que j'ai pu voir sur le Tour

[@kevinm5564]

Hilarious! Top tier athletes actually having fun

[@ebeneZr]

Imagine being dry mouth all sweaty and mad thirsty and drinking champagne and riding a bike that’s insane

[@oliknowles7645]

Haha. The good old days. I would watch the Tour de France if riders still did this

[@originalotrex]

This is actually me every time I pass the kitchen and my wife isn't looking.

[@CosmosProvider]

When i drink alcohol my cardio vanishes, i can't imagine how it feels to do a step of Tour the France while drinking red wine lol. What legends these guys

[@mundanedystopia9053]

Only a Frenchman would describe aggravated theft as "not quite looting"

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

There should have been a price for the rider who ate the most ice cream. 😂

[@danaildanailov3847]

The days before they casually changed blood, they changed bottles.

[@TheIrishLoaf]

Bring this back! I'd then watch the races again.

[@arielleHT]

what do you mean again?

[@NerdsBane007]

I want to see wholesome videos like this on my recommendations.

[@guycalabrese4040]

❤ This is the kind of cycling I grew up with. Much more "human" and you could actually recognize the cyclists and your favourites - unlike today when they are wearing helmets and goggles, looking all a like.

[@haveatyou1]

My friend and I were watching the tour once. Suddenly he got up and said "let's make this more interesting"... So we stopped watching the tour.

[@myway7367]

Like everything ever ruined, some mom somewhere went "ca c'est trop dangereux!"

[@eddierodden]

Amazing to look back at the good old days :)

[@sulanec87]

Good old times! Can't even tell if this is a documentary or a mockumentary🤣

[@grantwithers]

that's straight truth right there bruh

[@MrUnl0rd]

No push starts either, incredible!

[@harrodharrod5239]

Now this is Tour de France I would watch. Much more entertaining than bunch of juiced up junkies pedaling 24/7.

[@slowride8040]

Back in my day we would race with a bottle of wine and we liked it! 😃

[@cujo3097]

this is incredible... best video I've seen in 3 months

[@PawAshtraysMatter]

There is some steep road that goes through a mountain nearby where a lot of people on Sundays will go and bike or walk it. My old brother-in-law was starting to get in shape and invited me and friend of his biking with him thinking he was going to show us up. I was fine especially seeing my brother-in-law struggling and sweating. But the funniest thing ever was his friend was smoking cigarettes in jeans while the rest of his six-pack was hanging off the handlebars

[@user-vy8mw6wm7s]

I love how they share food and drinks. True sportsmanship . Would consider road racing if it were more like this..

[@TheAnantaSesa]

Well they were teammates so it's not exactly sportsmanship with their competition.

[@acidset]

You wanna taste another man's popsicle?

[@TheAnantaSesa]

@@acidset no but it's not sportsmanship to share food when it only helps your team.

[@acidset]

@@TheAnantaSesa I meant OP, just kidding anyways

[@mikedittsche]

If you're back in the groupetto hanging on for dear life, it IS like this. The riders, who don't excel at climbing help each other to get over the climbs - teams don't matter in the groupetto.

[@zh3717]

I still do this… highly recommend when touring France’ ⚡️🤙🏻

[@kaputasri]

Man this makes me wanna a watch a tour de France.

[@maryhinge4815]

...even water

[@MrBig617]

Would consider road racing if it were more like this.

[@LarryGraham7]

I'm with you. And hot podium chicks in bikinis.

[@DreamteamCarlo]

Lovely video! Nowadays it's more professional and though I'm not really into nutrition etc., it amazes me how TdF riders manage to put 8,000-10,000 calories into their emaciated bodies every day. Half of which they have to consume during the race, while the body is in 'performance mode', not 'recovery mode'. Seems like a strong stomach is the most important in Grand Tours, after that the heart and mind, and only then it comes down to the legs who wins.

[@givrally7634]

This is the only time I find the french voice way more entertaining 😂

[@xCrazyGuyNL]

Even back when 'everything was better' they were acting like assholes

[@shady2493]

If Sports were more like this these days, I would definitely watch more of them

[@YokeOfYam]

Yea it’s a good test of endurance

[@user-pw8zd7ns3p]

You might enjoy the Irish sport known as Hurling. All of the players are amateur (in the essence that they are not paid money to play otherwise they would be considered professional.) It's the fastest sport on grass, and its history is a few thousand years. I love watching the players run full speed while balancing the sliotar on the end of the hurley. They would crush everyone in egg spoon races; their balance is that good.

[@EarthenDam]

Drinking champagne during a race, that is the most French thing I have ever seen.

[@gfsdgfabfsdafjsavbdfs1253]

Now THIS is the true spirit of gravel!