“Der Kaiser” (“The Emperor”)

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

What is a Beckenbauer? Sounds like some sort of plumber...

So many jokes so little time

 

[pigman]

Not just party but a pie habit; he seemed always to use the early season to shed a few kilos.

They reckoned he used the first week of the tour to shed a few kilos and as it went on he got better.
Back then the tour tended to start with either sprint stages or the 250km affairs for small breaks to have a go.