00:00I think it's all the heritage, all the history, everybody knows it.
00:06Many times you realize how big the tour is when you come home, because the recognition
00:10is like being a rider was like you live in your bubble, you don't realize.
00:19But then you come home, you go to the bakery and they ask you like when you grabbed at
00:23stage 12 at kilometer 45 into your back pocket and pulled something out, what did you eat
00:28then?
00:29And then you start to think like you monitor, it feels like 24 seven, you're in the spotlight
00:36for so long.
00:38The effort that people do to get on the course, if you ever do not race, but you're a part
00:45of the Tour de France and you see like they come there two days earlier, they put up their
00:49tents, they suffer through rain, to bad weather conditions, to heat, to lack of food, just
00:54to see this 20 minutes of racing, how the people honor the Tour de France and respect the Tour
01:01de France.
01:02They don't come by, you know, with a metro to a big stadium where it's climatized and
01:08where they have like, you know, a bratwurst on the 15 minute break and a beer.
01:14The effort to be part of the Tour de France, spectator or athlete or stuff, it's just much bigger.
01:20The commitment is huge.
01:21And I think that is, that, you know, blows people's minds how important the Tour is and what people
01:28are willing to do to be part of it.
01:30And what would you say has been the biggest change in the race since you rode it?
01:35Oh, it's still, it's still mountains.
01:37We still do the Tourmalet and the Morbon 2 and everything.
01:40They ride a lot faster, they have climatized team buses, that's, that's nice.
01:46On the other side, that takes a little bit the way that direct contact with the riders, you know,
01:51we're still sitting out here with a camping chair where everybody could see what we do,
01:56how we load the food and then do everything.
01:58So that dramatically changed, but I still think being close to the public,
02:04being close to the fans is super important for everybody, the riders and the spectators.
02:10But there's a big move, and otherwise, yeah, they go incredibly fast.
02:14Their preparation of it is just, you know, mind-blowing.
02:18The time away from family with altitude camps and so on and so forth.
02:22How the Tour turned from a very, very, you know, like big commitment and emotional involvement
02:28into like a very professional sport, that's maybe the bigger thing to say.
02:33You know, like, it's not just like it's a tour and I'm willing to die for it.
02:37It's a tour and I know I have to do altitude.
02:40It's a tour and I know I have to eat 120 grams of cards for an hour.
02:43It's a tour and I know I need to recover and relax and jump into the ice water.
02:48So, to be competitive, I think, you know, there's a shift from emotions to professionalism.
02:55And I have to do toward all the limits.
03:01If you want the impression of the D-I-S-A-N-D-I-S-L-O-S-L-O-I-S-L-O-I-S-L-O-I-H,
03:07you might be in the mall in just a little while you're going to enjoy the bike.
03:09And there's a tour and they are all in the mall in the city.
03:14Now, you know, I want to be in the mall in the mall in the mall.
03:18And I know I really want to service four or five miles,
03:22but I really want to have a tour and that's my friend.
