Vive Le Tour (1962 Tour de France) Part 1

[koldo1967]

Grandioso!!!

[alexf1freak]

8:42 BA-HA-MONTES FENOMENAL jajaj

[davewyman]

I liked seeing the old Rolleiflex camera carried by one motorcyclist.

[EGS3]

Awesome, thank you for uploading. Does anyone have any info on any other Louis Malle documentaries in full on youtube?

Thanks

[CatsAreGods]

Wow, Mafac brakes (a few seconds before the very end)! I remember those from Peugeots in the 1970s!

[latuman]

Who in the right mind would drink coffee or alcohol and still think of winning the race? And eating fruit when now we have pieces of super goo to give more energy in five seconds.

[Tasku81]

Very interesting clip, even though I'm not a fan of cycling. Good quality. Good stuff! :)

[arklat]

thank you for posting this!

[RebelliousYouth]

This short was directed by Louis Malle, a great french film director/writer.

[tjmacjee]

That was a young Laurent Fignon at 1.27

[BeepBall]

many thanks for posting this...superb

[lofi73]

Rik van Looy in the rainbow jersey???

Lovely little film of the atmosphere sorrounding the TDF of days past!.Thank you very much for the upload

[mplayer98]

@lofi73 yes he won in 1960 and 61

[467290]

From back when sport could be charming

[Eightball69]

'Mostly fruit, rice and carbohydrates'........and stolen beer and champagne!!  Yeahhhhh!!!!!!!

[yehudamoon]

Is this part of a movie that's available for purchase or rental?

[DJSofakid]

@yehudamoon it appears as a DVD extra on Louis Malles - 'Zazie Dans Le Metro'

[PatriceauQuebec]

Unbelievable. Cycling was human. Today, who feels like identifying oneself like a robot full of technologies, ultra doping in a business media event? Give us back the authentic Tour de France where it was the celebration of the summer, the joie de vivre? Who killed the tour de France?

[fahim113]

@PatriceauQuebec Doping is nothing new. The 60s were just as bad for drug taking.

[fahim113]

@PatriceauQuebec there were no good old days, there were just days

[opmike343]

@fahim113

True. Every generation seems to yearn for the days of "yore." All forms of sport become increasing technical through the years...especially when people begin to realize how drinking a bottle of freaking wine during an endurance race won't do much to help put you in the lead. Save the liquor for the celebrations and Sunday rides with friends :)

[Cathonius]

@PatriceauQuebec debils like you

[atrotet]

@PatriceauQuebec  doping was as much a reality back then than now... Less spoke about maybe...

anyone who ever completes the tour de france is an incredible athlete wether it was 50 years ago or yesterday. one of the harder sport there is.

[ivogievski]

@PatriceauQuebec Well, you are not quite right... At that time, there was no doping control, and even Anquetil said later that he was in excessive use of drugs. Today there is more dope control

[equinoxranch]

So far beyond aujourd'hui plastique.........

[dahgutone]

Wow i never knew they looted at the cafes

[zogworth]

@dahgutone

yep, the tour organisers would usually pay up afterwards though

[nougat98]

fascinating - "la chasse et la cueillette" - I've never seen this

[vitality112]

Brilliant video! Superb! Thanks very much for uploading it!

[kohl57]

Fantasique! Great someone has finally posted this. Ah, pro cycling as God intended it to be: lugged steel cycles, 10-speeds, wool jerseys and cotton caps. Many thanks indeed for reminding us when bikes were steel and men were men.

[blisscanbebeautiful]

Haha I still love to watch those drinking raids! Cyclists on a shopping spree! Awesome footage. Thank you.

[Zergrusherman]

Because in 1960s France, if you were hot during a bike race, you drank champagne.

[blisscanbebeautiful]

Haha yup..and then flying downhill, with bubbles in your head! The French know how to be classy! They invented classy!

[HDSmuzik]

5 ***** Legend film

[muzictomasz]

fantastic video material 5*****