Couple of things I've noticed about the TDF

[mjr]

They ride through pretty villages with lovely cafe's and bars and don't stop for cake, ice cream, coffee or a swift half!

They go back for them later:

 

[Supersuperleeds]

They ride through pretty villages with lovely cafe's and bars and don't stop for cake, ice cream, coffee or a swift half!

They give us proper cyclists a bad name, I'd ban it off the telly.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

They ride through pretty villages with lovely cafe's and bars and don't stop for cake, ice cream, coffee or a swift half!

I bet they don't even stop to pi** up the local landmarks while yelling profanities at the locals.

 

[mjr]

I bet they don't even stop to pi** up the local landmarks while yelling profanities at the locals.

There seem to be a lot of 20-odd Franc fines handed out for that sort of thing...

 

[palinurus]

They ride through pretty villages with lovely cafe's and bars and don't stop for cake, ice cream, coffee or a swift half!

 

[palinurus]

Louis Malle's whole film is on YouTube btw (19 mins)

It was difficult to find a screening of this years ago, now it gets posted for free online regularly.

 

[jarlrmai]

There seem to be a lot of 20-odd Franc fines handed out for that sort of thing...

I've not seen ONE bottle of Lucozade either, these guys are amateurs.

 

[PeteXXX]

Or a recumbent....

 

[mjr]

Or a recumbent....

Or an e bike... we think...

 

[gavroche]

They don't use public toilets either but do it in public.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Sky riders have ultrasonic fly deflectors built into their bikes. Another of Brailsford's little competitive advantages, particularly as flies are hugely attracted to the colour yellow.