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  1. Tour de France

    Here's one of the most important moments of the tour: drinking raids.They enter a cafe, shoving everyone aside.It isn't quite looting, but they demand and ta...

  2. Tour de France Riders Used To "Raid" Bars For Liquor

    Nov 4, 2023. The Tour de France has come a long way to being a professional event. Back in the day, it was pretty lawless. Some riders would even raid bars for their liquor mid-race! Watch such a heist below. These days, Tour De France riders do not take outside assistance. Soigneurs and team cars provide food and water.

  3. Grab bags, café raids and booze

    Grab bags, café raids and booze - how Tour de France cyclists refuelled in the 1960s. The 3,500-kilometre, 23-day cycling competition known as the Tour de France has long been considered one of the most prestigious and gruelling athletic events in the world. But, as this excerpt from the celebrated French director Louis Malle's documentary ...

  4. Cyclists Used To Raid Cafés For Alcohol On The Tour de France

    According to the 1962 documentary " Vive le Tour", the "drinking raid" was one of the more important features of the older Tour de France races. Cyclists rushed into the local cafés, shoving aside everyone in their way and demanding access to any and all alcohol. The raids would leave racers several minutes behind, forcing them to ...

  5. Café Raid during the 1962 Tour de France : r/bicycling

    106 votes, 19 comments. 1.1M subscribers in the bicycling community. Two wheels, or three, sometimes one, but never more than twenty. Interested in…

  6. A throwback on Tour De France. Drinking Raids are a thing ...

    A throwback on Tour De France. Drinking Raids are a thing back then Hit the link http://ow.ly/A02c50JzOtV

  7. Doping at the Tour de France

    There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de France since the race began in 1903. Early Tour riders consumed alcohol and used ether, among other substances, as a means of dulling the pain of competing in endurance cycling. Riders began using substances as a means of increasing performance rather than dulling the senses, and organizing bodies such as the Tour and the International ...

  8. Tour de France Riders Used To Raid Cafés For Alcohol (Watch)

    Tour de France Riders Used To Raid Cafés For Alcohol (Watch) by Matt Lorelli June 20, 2022. X. Well I just found my new favorite thing on the internet. The clip below is of riders "raiding" cafés during the 1962 Tour de France from the documentary Vive le Tour! Essentially, world-class athletes would run into a café and demand the ...

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    Tour de France | The Drinking RaidsStep back in time and dive into the fascinating history of the Tour de France with us in this fun and informative video! J...

  10. The Weird Drink Tour De France Riders Enjoyed In The Early 1900s

    A year later, in 1904, competitor Henri Cornet chugged hot chocolate. Up until the 1960s, competitors drank beer and champagne, and in one memorable 1935 stage, the entire field of competitors, save for one, took a break to quaff a few beers with the locals. The one rider who passed on the beer wound up winning that stage.

  11. Tour de France team boss furious at 'beers' accusation

    Jonas Vingegaard's Jumbo-Visma boss was on Friday accused of having something to hide after he told media that a rival Tour de France team had been drinking beers at their hotel.

  12. It's the Tour De France! Time to…Raid a Café?

    Before Gatorade, some considered beer to be the next best thing. It was cold, refreshing, and, athletes believed, it gave them more energy as they continued the race. Yet the drinking raids of the 60's are but one chapter in a grand tradition of champions winning the Tour de France with diets that can only be described as… extraordinaire ...

  13. Beer, Trains and Other Things You Didn't Know About the Tour de France

    9 of 11. Until the 1960s, Tour de France cyclists often drank beer, wine, coffee and even hard liquor to power their way through stages. Fans often provided drinks along the road, and cyclists quenched their thirst with whatever liquids they could snatch. Cyclists even took breaks at bars and taverns in the middle of stages.

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    Tour de France - Drinking Raids - When the riders used to stop at cafes and take what they wanted, including beer, wine if they didn't find water. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. hrvatska95 • ... Totally prefer this Tour de France

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    Tour de France - Drinking Raids - When the riders used to stop at cafes and take what they wanted, including beer, wine if they didn't find water. Related Topics Tour de France Cycling Sports Amateur sport comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. MrBates1 • Additional comment actions. Kuss would have dominated ...

  16. Tension rises between Vingegaard's team and French outfit over alleged

    Item 1 of 2 Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 19 - Moirans-En-Montagne to Poligny - France - July 21, 2023 Team Jumbo-Visma's Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on the podium wearing the yellow jersey ...

  17. Tour De France Drinking Game

    Drinking game designed to celebrate the Tour de France, whilst producing its own history. top of page. HOME. OUR STORY. TYPES OF RIDERS. ROUTIERS/DRINKIERS. PREVIOUS RIDERS; CONTACT. More. PREVIOUS TOURS. See a list of previous competitors. Read More> WHICH RIDER ARE YOU? Read overviews of each type of Rider and the skills required to be ...

  18. France's Beer Trail: Exploring the Brews Along the Tour de France Route

    In this article, we invite you to join us on a virtual tour as we pedal through the picturesque landscapes of France, savouring the delightful beers along the 2023 Tour de France route - with the help of Owayo's interactive beer map. Stages of the Tour de France. The Tour de France is divided into 21 stages over three weeks.

  19. With record speeds year after year at the Tour de France, cafe raids

    With record speeds year after year at the Tour de France, cafe raids are no longer possible. For those new to the sport of cycling, riders would go to...

  20. TIL: Riders in the Tour de France would raid cafés, stealing beer and

    TIL France hadn't become a linguistically unified country (under French) until the end of the 19th century. By 1914, almost all French could read and understand the national language, though 50% still understood or spoke a regional language of France compared to today's 10% of French who can do that

  21. Europol confirms Bahrain Victorious Tour de France raids centred on

    Raids on Bahrain Victorious riders and staff were subsequently carried out in seven countries over the past week. "Law enforcement and judicial authorities in France, Belgium, Spain, Croatia ...

  22. TIL In the Early Days of the Tour de France, Riders Would Stop ...

    TIL In the Early Days of the Tour de France, Riders Would Stop at Cafes for "Drinking Raids". Taking anything, including alcohol like wine, champagne, beer, and water if there was nothing better. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment

  23. It used to be normal that riders in the Tour de France would "raid

    It used to be normal that riders in the Tour de France would "raid" cafes during the race for wine, champagne, beer comment sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment