Tour de France Theme Tune

[Tatsunoko]

As C4 never bettered Peter Shelley's TdF Theme tune that was synonymous with C4 coverage in the 80's I was pleased to find that @letourdetwit www.twitter.com/letourdetwit/ has it in a nice easy to download mp3, so each time the adverts come up, I can mute the tv and hit play on the PC! It will be like things never changed

http://tourdetwit.com/ringtone.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg

roll on the 7th when it hits Chelmsford!

 

[Ian Raleigh]

I've always been partial to the full version!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0FchiH ... Q&index=75

 

[rusty bodie]

Re:

it still goes through my head when grovelling up a climb with phil's immortal words from the 1985 tdf . .

.. "and the finish line is as high as the eye can see ahead . . . and higher!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUTyzmP4H90

cycling never got any better than this . . and all with a 42t inner ring!!

 

[spark303]

I've always been partial to the full version!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0FchiH ... Q&index=75

OMG that brings back so many memories

 

[MrW]

I liked this one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=243BJu0zB50

Can't think why....

Ah, must have been the bike!

 

[Ian Raleigh]

Should bring back this theme!

 

[rusty bodie]

Re:

they should bring back cycling that was this exciting!!

i'm totally bored watching the current tour already - all skinny, po-faced,
anonymous riders with black plastic bikes, boring outifits, ugly oakleys, silly wheels . .i could go on and on and onnn....

:roll:

 

[vademecum]

Re: TdF retro theme

This is an awesome find. I love it, reminds me of summer time-trials as a kid. Now I need to nip out and buy a pair of crocheted gloves, will be installing the mp3 on my 'phone directly.

The modern theme has been frenchified with that preposterous accordian motif. Not that I dislike French music, I just prefer Air to Sasha Distel.

I also can't see how it is possible to say that the TdF stages in the Vosges or on the cobbles are boring. What was exciting about the 80's was working out exactly which riders were out of their mind on dope and speed without any testing.
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[Ian Raleigh]

Re: Re:

they should bring back cycling that was this exciting!!
i'm totally bored watching the current tour already - all skinny, po-faced,
anonymous riders with black plastic bikes, boring outifits, ugly oakleys, silly wheels . .i could go on and on and onnn.... :roll:

You watched the style of gutless sprinting the riders are doing in this years tour ??

I have seen more exciting shits coming out of my arse :shock:

 

[rusty bodie]

Re: TdF retro theme

I also can't see how it is possible to say that the TdF stages in the Vosges or on the cobbles are boring. What was exciting about the 80's was working out exactly which riders were out of their mind on dope and speed without any testing.

. . .and what guys were absolute naturals like greg and hinault . .

these days i think that they're all at it - their cadence is completely bizarre to watch!! i reckon that the teams are one step ahead of the doping control and am sure that epo was the drug of yesteryear by now . . let's face it - you just can't ride races like that unless you're the one in a billion natural . .i'll take my hat of to these two naturals for now . .



sorry!!

i meant these two . . .





ps this was my favourite tdf theme tune - from 1985 . . and two of my all time favourite stages . .still gives me butterflies to think about how exciting the bike was back then . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUTyzmP4H90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r1jD4IC9NU