Look how great the crowd behaves on the mountains!
@iskiiwizz536Ай бұрын
Yeah, no fun, no energy, dead crowd
@frankspeakmore71044 жыл бұрын
I suppose I will never understand how tough and hard these cyclists were. Racing for hours on those bikes going uphill on unmade roads! This captures everything in a wonderful era in cycling, grit, determination, passion and respectful fans. Thank you for all the effort that must have gone into producing this, and black and white is the only format to see it in...
@johnr88202 жыл бұрын
Total badasses
@Mrbfgray Жыл бұрын
Tough to be sure but also national 'heroes' unlike cycling in the US. I was immersed in it as a child (was it Greg Lemond??...Eddy Merx was still big name), did a little tiny scale amateur racing, mid to late 1970's, it was a little clique of us in high school but I was almost the only one officially competing a few times. Lived on a bike into college.
@frenchyroastify Жыл бұрын
...except for the yellow jersey part.
@trobnova5 жыл бұрын
1953, a pivotal year, still with the old rule of a rider could accept either a tire, or a naked rimmed wheel, thus determining the old jersey style of skinny back pockets to carry tubulars and the large front pockets for food, stimulants and the required comb for end of stage sprucing up for the cameras. Also the first year of the green Jersey. The shots of Coppi as a spectator was stunning since he was the defending tour champ from the year before, but didn't ride in 1953, (rumors that he didn't want to ride on an Italian National team with his rival Bartoli ). This film is a treasure.
@Cyclingmasterseller4 жыл бұрын
Great points, you are quite observant regarding the Green jersey. Thank you for point that out, I'm 63 now and just learned that.
@raduovidiu3774 жыл бұрын
Superb, when sport was for fame, not for money.
@Siropdecapsuni-4 жыл бұрын
i m 17 years old , that actually other time that i never see, my grand father was there, that was so nice, i m glad that i saw that. thx for upload this .
@ChickenKhorma4 жыл бұрын
2020-03-19, Tignes, France. Day 3 of lock down due to Corona Virus. I don't own a bicycle, I don't speak a word of dutch. Yet here I am.
@savievankint4 жыл бұрын
Get a bike! You'll love every second riding it.
@ChickenKhorma4 жыл бұрын
@@savievankint Cycling is currently illegal in France. Will consider it when this has calmed down though.
Day 1 lockdown 😷🍷 Feet up enjoying my first T De France. 1984.🚵♀️ Great memories.Best wishes to all in lockdown mode. 👍🏻😎
@keirfarnum68114 жыл бұрын
Anon Ymous Dutch sounds like German spoken with a French accent. It’s interesting!
@gianniintesta8 жыл бұрын
The absolute beauty of the past....
@pascalxavier33677 жыл бұрын
And it has a sentimental value for me: I was born the next day that Louison Bobet won.
@jonraha5882 жыл бұрын
Quelle époque, une étape de plus de 300km c'est titanesque, des vrais sportifs et des spectateurs formidables, en cette année là, je n'ai que 2 ans, grand merci pour le film
@Hans_van_der_veen20 күн бұрын
@jonraha588 1 year ago What an era, a stage of more than 300km is titanic, real athletes and fantastic spectators, in that year, I was only 2 years old, big thanks for the film
@chrisman45682 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Footage is unbelievable quality. Typically dry Dutch commentary as well.
@jeroenbrons4355 жыл бұрын
Man, man, man.... wat een pareltje. Wat een heerlijke en geniale documentaire. En wat is Nederlands toch een prachtig en deftig taaltje. ❤❤❤
@MrHansBattle4 жыл бұрын
It's hard to not look back at these times and feel a true sense of nostalgia. Is the world that we live in today a better place?
@hollohullu94484 жыл бұрын
yes
@BertGraef4 жыл бұрын
this was just 8 years after WW2. Think.
@theenglishman95964 жыл бұрын
No times are much worse today. It is true to say the richer people are the more miserable they will be, just look at how happy and friendlier people were in the good old days.
@jrstf4 жыл бұрын
@@theenglishman9596 - But who would be willing to give up their iPhone just to get friendlier people? Nobody.
@stevenspart25884 жыл бұрын
No
@olsurferguy13 жыл бұрын
These guys were so cool.
@nopoza114 жыл бұрын
Gracias al pueblo francés por el Tour de Francia, una carrera centenaria que ha unido no solo a Francia sino a muchos países en el mundo porque ha permitido que muchos corredores de otras nacionalidades puedan participar en este inportante evento. Como un cuidadano colombiano del común expreso mi gratitud al diario L`Equipe y toda la logística y organización de la competencia, mando un abrazo de amor a toda Francia. Merci aux Français pour le Tour de France, une course centenaire qui a réuni non seulement la France mais de nombreux pays dans le monde car elle a permis à de nombreux coureurs d'autres nationalités de participer à cet événement important. En tant que citoyen colombien, j'exprime ma gratitude au journal L`Equipe et à toute la logistique et l'organisation du concours, j'envoie un câlin d'amour à toute la France.
@mildandbitter2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, I didn't know such a good quality full film existed from this period so chapeau to Eye Filmmuseum.
@christopherjamesfisher55193 жыл бұрын
Still time trial over 10 & 25 miles on a 1959 Carlton Catalina bike, Do this in memory of my late dad, a keen 'Old school fixed gear cyclist'. Every time I ride, I have a good day!! ⌚😊🙌👍👍
@geriesandmann44854 жыл бұрын
Wat een fantastisch mooie beelden en zo anders dan tegenwoordig, waar alles om geld en reclame draait. Ook de tussenshots van het publiek en de omgeving passen heel mooi in het geheel. Meesterwerk!
@Surfmus4 жыл бұрын
This is a gem. I wish I had a bike that old and one that actually was ridden there.
@SuperCbode4 жыл бұрын
Schon ein Wahnsinn, was die damals geleistet haben! Das ist Heute nahezu unvorstellbar, mit dem Material und unter den Bedingungen ... Etappen über 300 KM. Hammer! Schöne Doku :)
@andrewlabat996329 күн бұрын
Those bikes were absolutely beautiful.
@ohnoyoyo6 жыл бұрын
what amazes me is that, while much has certainly changed, so much is still exactly the same! chapeau to all the racers old and new.
@danjo19675 жыл бұрын
what parts are the same? the racing back then is nothing like it modern day racing.
@alexandrebrandt56783 жыл бұрын
Beautifull images and great editing. I like the style much better than today's style.
@PeterDiAntoni2 жыл бұрын
This is so special!! Thank you so much for making this available for viewing!!!!
@alanoneill306529 күн бұрын
Brilliant!
@Mike.A.6 жыл бұрын
Considering this was well over a half century ago, I was actually more surprised by the similarities than the differences
@offefone16696 жыл бұрын
Well cycling and especially the racing aspect of it hasn't really changed all that much and a lot of the things that make tour de france, well, tour de france, are old traditions
@livininchains47885 жыл бұрын
Was the same I thought
@johnmcmahon52255 жыл бұрын
Back in those days doping wasn't prohibited, and was an integral part of the sport. Fausto Coppi, who didn't ride in this Tour but is shown taking photos at 1:05:50, said "those who claim [that cyclists do not take amphetamine], it's not worth talking to them about cycling".
@chrisbatson34025 жыл бұрын
No EPO.
@normadicn57004 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcmahon5225 but Cocaine and Amphetamines
@captainkickstand5 жыл бұрын
The "unique view from the Dutch perspective" is great but I sure wish there were subtitles! Thank you so much for digitizing this film and putting it on KZfaq.
@JoaoPaulo-lr6wh4 жыл бұрын
8:08 The spare tyres, that was style :)
@MartinStrnad6 жыл бұрын
Incredible endurance, amazing race.... fantastic HD quality1
@WildPhotoShooter4 жыл бұрын
I'd take a guess the total distance would be about 1000km further than todays tour . Just checked, it was 4,476km. 2019 tour de France was 3,365km. 1969 tour de France 4,117km . They're getting shorter.
@JacobafJelling5 жыл бұрын
The quality is as good as today’s tv or better, But without colors
@carlosp.11615 жыл бұрын
I think they kinda remastered it
@JacobafJelling5 жыл бұрын
Carlos P. They used glass plates.
@gammondog4 жыл бұрын
I've noticed this at my aunt's fiftieth wedding anniversary twenty years ago. They had two sets of wedding pictures. One shot in color. The other in monochrome (black&white). The monochrome looked like they were shot a year earlier. The color pictures were faded and the colors had changed.
@nickdigrispino24096 жыл бұрын
I love the photographers who had to wield those huge Speedgrafic cameras while riding on the back of the motorcycle.
@siypic4 жыл бұрын
lot of Rolliflex there as well
@noelkearney52313 жыл бұрын
@@siypic Which means upside down images as well.
@mildandbitter2 жыл бұрын
Yvette Horner (10.29) champion accordion player, who in later years performed in concert with Boy George!
@ADamiani0076 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this time-capsule of a film. Simply Beautiful in so many ways: the splendor of the Tour... the respectful fans (unlike the circus of today)... and the Podium Beauties... even though they had no podium. The organizers of today's Tour de France should watch this film and try to recapture the traditional elements that made it such a classy sporting event back then.
@jimmycadena2708Ай бұрын
Most cyclist then had more body mass than today. With grueling speed without helmet, these are men of steel.
@woody19559 жыл бұрын
Prachtige kraakheldere beelden. Bedankt voor het opladen.
@judysoulliere42697 жыл бұрын
Alpine Mortgage Company
@tabstabs12045 жыл бұрын
AMAZING...At 1:15:55, they show Maurice Garin first winner of the Tour in 1903 !!
@-Stop-it Жыл бұрын
Wait, which one? He would be 70 ish?
@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 Жыл бұрын
@@-Stop-it The very old man on the bike.
@AirCrash13 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see how far chemistry has come.
@simonverkerk83922 жыл бұрын
Look how long these stages are, incredible!
@analogman96973 жыл бұрын
This was awesome! I'd never seen a "tire bra" before. It looks really uncomfortable. Yes, I rode (and rued) sew-ups back in the 80's. Wait a pain they were. Thanks for posting!
@chinaiwei5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Impressive. Thanks for sharing. Gem. One thing never change is riding spirit and the welcoming fans and locals.
@WildPhotoShooter4 жыл бұрын
What superb picture quality.
@fabiopunk16613 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. A huge thanks to the EYE Filmmuseum of Amsterdam
@adamkulchyski4 жыл бұрын
It is shocking to see all the devastation just being a few years past the war ending. So much residual tragedy. Amazing the size of the caravans given the size of the cars and motorcycles back then. And the clothing, OH how so much has changed. Not just for the riders, but for the fans. It is a total gong show now for fans of the tour. LOL. This was great to watch. And yes, I don't speak a lick of Dutch but found myself watching the whole thing. :)
@germcevoy8 жыл бұрын
Stunning footage.
@genova20064 жыл бұрын
If only this video could be in color. Great coverage. I‘ve watched it several times now. Classic
@alanoneill306529 күн бұрын
The musical soundtrack is great
@youcantgain100ksubscribers53 жыл бұрын
if the Earth can remember and see anything,i guess it will cry everyday
@kurtismaximus80684 жыл бұрын
This Soundtrack is Glorious
@pingjiang15375 жыл бұрын
Fantastic fantastic fantastic footage.....thanks so much.
@thomasm57146 жыл бұрын
The beautiful, enchanting France that exists now only in memory. Worth watching alone for the exquisitely tender and modest smiles of the young ladies who greeted the winner at the end of each étape. Farewell, farewell, to a Europe that has been all but swept away...
@beemrdon524 жыл бұрын
As has everywhere else.
@garycowie86486 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when roadside spectators were better behaved
@brianmcg3216 жыл бұрын
Except for that time when that guy punched Eddy Merckx. Or when they used to throw nails in the road once their favorite already passed.
@garycowie86486 жыл бұрын
brianmcg321 Yeah I suppose there's always been badly behaved supporters but I think I'd rather get punched in the guts than a cup of pish flung over me absolutely disgusting
@navylaks25 жыл бұрын
Or perhaps they just didn't show it on captured film ;)
@Requiredfields25 жыл бұрын
@@brianmcg321 The Merckx incident happened in 1975, 22 years after this. Merckx was 8 years old in 1953.
@brianmcg3215 жыл бұрын
Requiredfields2 The OP was implying that fans "back in the day" were better than today. I used two examples, one with Eddy, which occurred later than this, and the nails example happened for years in the early days of the TDF. Fans were just as crazy back then as they are now.
@nmal63714 жыл бұрын
Louison Bobet sur un vélo Stella, fabriqué à Nantes. Super bonhomme, ancien résistant. Tout comme Gino Bartali. Total respect.
@Eitner100 Жыл бұрын
When those sportsmen had to work harder than any nowadays divas will ever do. And most of them never made any real money. It was the love for the sport that did it for them.
@gheorghefalcaru3 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
@UpHillEdd4 жыл бұрын
Hello, THANK YOU for this! Document of a better Time!
@danielangelodelima47244 жыл бұрын
Muito bonito de se ver. Era um tempo onde o ciclista não tinha nada de estrelismo e havia amor ao ciclismo... Homens valentes e românticos!
@Capital194 Жыл бұрын
These guys must have been making huge watts using those gears on climbs. Very strong riders.
@robbieallen38624 жыл бұрын
The film quality is fantastic.
@hagakuru4 жыл бұрын
Amazing all of them do it with a tire tied around their bodies. They should of incorporated that pattern resemblance into the Yellow Jersey.
@startsontime6 жыл бұрын
Incredibly good editing!
@kervilou59053 жыл бұрын
very nice !!!!!!
@theedge60 Жыл бұрын
Enigste voordeel van het internet tijdperk. Dat je dit soort fantastische films kan zien die je anders nooit onder ogen zou zijn gekomen. Ging er wel wat anders aan toe als tegenwoordig. Dank voor de upload.
@tabstabs12043 жыл бұрын
Louison Bobet, so cool, winning the Tour and combing his hair at 1:16:45 !!! King of cool (in cycling world)
@nicholasivanderstoop42825 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, well done, I lived in Holland at that time , Ramp jaar, Korean War. Wagtmans van EST The Voorting brothers. Brilliant great quality
@Booblickoff5 жыл бұрын
The race took place in 1953. You could not have lived back then. Humans don't live that long.
@KrMees4 жыл бұрын
@@Booblickoff humans dont live past 67?
@HumbleWolves3 жыл бұрын
@@KrMees He's Russian, they don't get that far.
@kervilou59054 жыл бұрын
very good
@heidivanbiervliet6413 жыл бұрын
Geweldig
@geeknee5515 жыл бұрын
the semi formal dinner at the long table with villagers joining with their gaze through an open window...priceless.
@charliedillon14003 жыл бұрын
The Dutch fans were so dignified back then.
@PleasantEyes3 жыл бұрын
Wow...🇵🇭
@anarmo024874 жыл бұрын
Hermoso documento histórico. Muchas gracias por compartir. No se necesita hablar holandés para entender, las imágenes hablan por sí solas. Para destacar la educación del público en las carreteras. Muy diferente a los rufianes de hoy en día.
@ForeverOld_4 жыл бұрын
Better quality than the tour retros from Jan at the 90ies 😂
@f1mikeyboy6 жыл бұрын
Riding with spare tyres over their shoulders. A lot more grunt, than cadence back in the day.
@booklover39595 жыл бұрын
The great men of old! They were tough, inscrutable, and poetic.
@klausjensen91504 жыл бұрын
one of the best black and white race films from the 53 era i have seen so far . Awesome
@michaelbarbosa57007 жыл бұрын
I love it!! This is some stunning footage and a great print. This is the year I began serious cycling. All the ExPats in New York said Bobet was their hero. Now I see why. I love the few seconds of seeing Coppi as a Tifosi.
@judysoulliere42697 жыл бұрын
Michael Barbosa no
@jameswester67736 жыл бұрын
Michael
@jameswester67736 жыл бұрын
Michael Barbosa y
@jameswester67736 жыл бұрын
Michael Barbosp
@walterbalducci90276 жыл бұрын
monzon pugile
@MJ-fy2no4 жыл бұрын
Big 630 wheels, wearing a tubular spare, just a few gears and well behaved fans, absolutely perfect.
@windhoek-land83394 жыл бұрын
"...But it pales in comparisson to the crowning achievement of his career..." man I was so waiting for "Mildred Pierce" here.
@juditheneric88118 жыл бұрын
Om oud met een moderne kreet te koppelen, EPIC! thxx voor deze mooie docu..
@Liofa738 жыл бұрын
Wish this had English subtitles, looks like a great film.
@pascalxavier33677 жыл бұрын
Louison Bobet won.
@djarvils5 жыл бұрын
That times every word was reasonable by commentators.
@matchlessajsbsa21575 жыл бұрын
It's a superb film, even without the subtitles. I recognised a few names - Bobet, Koblet, even Fausto Coppi made an appearance as a spectator - one of my heroes when I was a cyclist many years ago...
@jimmeeGray4 жыл бұрын
@@matchlessajsbsa2157 what is a hero?
@mad44614 жыл бұрын
Select the CC button and then in the settings you can auto translate
@poly_hexamethyl4 жыл бұрын
13:30 It's interesting that bicycles haven't changed all that much (well, at least until the popularity of carbon fiber), but the cars looked positively archaic!
@kevinpeterman71273 жыл бұрын
You're kidding, right?
@gundalaputrapetir62354 жыл бұрын
Meriah sekali jaman dulu tour d' france yaa... Salam fans GIANT BICYCLE from Indonesia 👍🙏
@dylanwhitney92283 жыл бұрын
Beautiful :D I think that with this, subtitles are better some how but with say A Sunday in hell from 1976, it's better without subtitles!
@jacksonjxnatti5966 жыл бұрын
What's most interesting about this footage is how much similarity there actually is to the present
@valentinkozachok60915 жыл бұрын
Во люди ехали по 300 км этап на стали по таким дорогам с пару звезд.Просто герои!
@dmltrylakhov90535 жыл бұрын
Да уж, по брусчатке так вваливать!!! Хотя Сталь все-таки хоть как-то амортизирует.
@linesided Жыл бұрын
Amazing footage. Liked the sponsored feed zone, the fact that the riders are spinning (grinding is so 80's) and the hair! Look like the kind of guys I would love to race with. Thanks for sharing.
@frankpolo20883 жыл бұрын
Before big Banks and commercialism entered cycling! Beautiful!
@Cyclingmasterseller4 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a crowd at the end -- the stadium is the way to go! And wow, the crowd was well-disciplined and gracious, as though the riders are gods. This is why I love TDF, long live cycling! In those days they doped with wine and other goodies; I just wonder how many Lance Armstrongs there were back then who would have also lost their winner-designation status as a TDF victor? I still enjoyed watching Lance, hence, to see what the human body could really do -- no different than putting a turbo on a race car in my opinion; after all, they all did it, but Lance got dinged because he was too successful. What a drag.
@flambo1234HD4 жыл бұрын
Cyclingmasterseller completely agree, everyone who caught caught didn’t get their names taken off the winning list except Lance.
@jthepickle74 жыл бұрын
When I first started riding the shoe soles were leather. You would ride a few hundred miles, until the pedal cage made a mark. Only then would you nail on the cleat. This race looks like it's for the riders. Seems today folk think the race is for the spectator!
@alexanderlawson16494 жыл бұрын
I remember my older brothers using leather soled bike shoes and like you say, they had to nail the plates onto the sole. Its like a bygone age.
@jthepickle74 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderlawson1649 , If I've got it right, the pros had their shoe soles sculpted in wood to precisely fit their feet, then leather uppers. Fact is, many more Average Joe had bespoke shoes in general back then. Just imagine how one could contour the sole to the preference of the rider.
@jthepickle74 жыл бұрын
@Cris LeRose Rat trap. Buying the parts, in Rome (1974) , I got out travel dictionary and told the clerk I needed a pair of topo trapola, he had no idea what I was talking about!
@leonilodumana46503 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1956 and so the Tour de France is being organised and this is 1953 tour
@boring247boring52 жыл бұрын
Bonne Happy New Years pour tous le monde Everyone in le World. Rest dans Peace Liliane
@Sills716 жыл бұрын
No rider radios, no helmets, no disposable bikes, less advertising, no VIPs but lots of hard racing over dirt, gravel and cobbles, longer stages and much more heart. Seems like the ASO could learn something about making a better TdF
@chrisbatson34025 жыл бұрын
No EPO.
@anthonyjackson91945 жыл бұрын
@@chrisbatson3402 but definitely cocaine and often steroids in their infancy
@theparalexview7854 жыл бұрын
Popeye (110) was wearing a sorta-helmet at 40:47 Looks like he was in pain too. Needed some spinach for an ecdysterone boost.
@ericberend20394 жыл бұрын
Too busy scapegoating Americans and covering up for their own cheats. ASO going for Prudhomme, was merely 'doubling down' on the dubious chauvinist bigotry.
@moneytron41434 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyjackson9194 I guess steroids dont exist in the 50's.
@RogueCylon3 жыл бұрын
Great just for the post war scenery. But they had some hard stages there.
@manueljimenez35703 жыл бұрын
impresionante lo bien que esta filmado,realizado, etc,bravoooooooo.
@johns31066 жыл бұрын
Love the first few minutes...L'Eroica of 1953!
@fransvanberkel22277 жыл бұрын
Geweldig ,wat leuk en goede kwaliteit !!
@tatters12320064 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for uploading this video (I was born that year) it is a fascinating inside into the tour at that time bikes where a lot more basic then. But oh boy!! Could these guys travel and the crowds that turned out to watch Them (but I wonder how many were where taking drugs of one sort and another) I just wish there were English. subtitles my Dutch is a little rusty these days!!!
@jthepickle74 жыл бұрын
Coffee was de riguer (not kidding) and amphetamines had made their way into the sport.
@patthewoodboy6 жыл бұрын
great restoration , they were tough. Its gone midnight and I'm going to have to watch it all :-)
@HR-ev3dt2 жыл бұрын
toller Film !
@henryecheverria40056 жыл бұрын
Gracias,yo tenia tres años...
@orlandogonzalez54674 жыл бұрын
Qué diferencia como se comportaba el público era más agradable
@jonraha5884 жыл бұрын
En visionnant ce film je me projette à plus de 60 ans en arrière, c était la belle époque, les gens disciplinés, et les coureurs avaient des mollets d acier.