Video of 1960′s Tour de France

August 14, 2011 at 6:03 pm Leave a comment

This is a great video of the Tour:

It shows the people waiting for the riders to come by, the caravan, and the riders. It’s a time capsule of an era gone by. The old cameras with the flash bulbs. The racers running into a pub to get beers. The fans helping push the riders up the gravel mountain roads. The race unites, then and now. It was amazing to be there in 2010 and experience it first hand.

The credit date at the end is 1966, but I’m not sure of the exact date of this Tour. Jacques Anquetil won in 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964. It looks like him on the podium. Is that Poulidor in second place in the Mercier jersey? In any case, I love watching this video, and I’m glad that it was posted on vimeo.