The original Tour de France was about stealing shits from random bars along the way and I think it made the race far more entertaining



by miragen125

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  4. i would just act like im one of them and get drunk for free

  5. my uncle used to drive in tour de france for luxemburg, Bim Diederich, he told me they drank nothing but beer and wine. Water wasnt an option. I was about having fun and doing smt crazy like driving this insane distance.

  6. The Dutch would charge you to shit if they ever have the need for a Dutch food restaurant

  7. This is what, in part, caused Tom Simpson’s death at the Mont Ventoux in ’67. A mix of extreme heat, amphetamines, and Rémy Martin cognac. A teammate got there in one of those ‘café raids’ and brought that to him – he drank it in one swig.

    There was other cyclist, Spanish Julio Jiménez (the ‘Watchmaker from Ávila’), who broke a teeth while opening a bottle during café raids.

  8. Peak European: the race isn’t about winning, it’s about having fun.

    (The Tour de France has become too yankified)

  9. This is what happens when you let other nationalities into your country!

  10. So René Goscinny wasn’t kidding when he wrote Asterix _Tour de France_

  11. You’d lose your driving license for drink driving in the UK 

  12. Pierre, are there any historical revival races that capture the same spirit? If not, there should be!

  15. The best story about Tour de France and alcool is clearly Abdel-Kader Zaaf in Tour de France 1950.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel-Kader_Zaaf

    Even if it is just a legend and it’s more likely that he was just sprinkled with wine to wake him up after he passed out from amphetamines and heat.

  16. it’s this a reminder to our suffer of the current heat ??

  19. I love that this is essentially in very elaborate Pub crawl, disguised as a bike race.

    I hate saying it but the French truly have mastered culture.

  22. I have seen this video many times and I never tire of it. Grand Theft Cyclisme 🤣

  23. So this is where all those looting gangs got the idea from, they just needed carbs and hydration!

  24. Oh look, it’s been like 5 mins since I’ve seen this video posted. I was starting to get worried I would not see it for the 337437475r47372727id93rd time.

  26. I would definitely watch drunk tour de france

    Forget performance enhancing drugs, instead see who can get the most pissed and still make it to the finish

  27. Well, it wasn’t really stealing. The bars would just send an invoice to the Tour organisers, and they would pay for everything that got taken.

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