It’s Tour de France time, so here is volume one of our key French cycling phrases. This edition covers the different types of riders and even a term that translates as ‘potato hunt’. Make sure to catch the full video to get your French vocabulary up to scratch!
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We start with the most important word of all: maillot. Rouleur, puncheur, baroudeur, grimpeur, sprinteur… there’s a whole list of terms to describe types of rider. Montrer le maillot, l’échappée and faire une bordure. What could they mean? Tune in to find out!
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42 Comments
Which is your favourite French cycling term? 👇
Emma you cold is it not hot!!
The Green jersey is the sprinter's jersey, you mean Sagan's Emma?
Love Emma!
How old is she? She looks young
Emma, you're simply brilliant, and quite good pronounciation👏👏👏
dear french people you should learn English!
Keep on raising the bar for awesomeness Emma. Yet again you have delivered🌹
Great video, Emma! Your delivery was excellent and super entertaining 🙂
excellent accent français, Emma, bravo…
Bike salad is my favorite. 😕😕😕😁😁😁
Every time Emma speaks I like her more.
Personally, I was not able to keep up! Thanks anyway Dr. Pooley!
Emma never ceases to impress! What can't this woman do? Formidable!
Epó 😛
Great job Emma! Your voice makes all of this sound like honey! (Does that even mean anything…?) Don’t listen to the naysayers, as a French man living in the US, I can tell you small imperfections do not matter in foreign languages, as long as everyone understands. But as far as I’m concerned, your pronounciation is excellent! (Especially with the “R”). Here is one: Chute à l’arrière! (Announcing a “salade de bicyclettes” in the back)
Volume 2 coming soon
Informative and well presented! You have hit the right speed and cadence (at least for me) in your speaking. Keep up the good work.
Cliquer sur LE pouce chère Emma! Votre français est très bien, il est à votre image. Merci d'exister! <3
Haha bicycle salad! Potato hunter.. I love the French 😄
Excellent as always, Emma is a welcome addition to GCN!
if your mayo is green, it has been in the sun for too long
Who can shed some light on the term opposite of poursuivants?! ie. when someone is going backwards/being dropped rather than counter-attack/pursuing. I don't mean arriere or dropped or gruppetto. I mean when say, 4 riders are tete de la course and then one of them can't keep up and so is dropped and retires to the peloton. Because that isn't pursuing or counter-attacking. I know there is a term as I heard them say it on Eurosport during the Giro but in French (can't remember what it is and Google isn't helping)!
Vainqueur! I think that has got to be what you are always looking for… If you get that shouted out when you cross the line then that is what you are looking for. It means that you are gonna be going to the Podium and that is always the goal!! Great video Emma and I look forward to some more French lessons from Madame Pooley! C'est Magnifique!
Emma ton français est pas mal ! Bravo du Québec 👍
sucer les roues…
mettre le nez à la fenêtre!
I love "Lanterne Rouge", meaning coming last. It is derived from the red carriage light on trains.
LOVE EMMA AS A PRESENTER
French🤢. Just sayin'. Stick to the english for us non french. Same with weaboos (non japanese speaking japanese).
Être à la planche = working hard for your team mates/ leaders
Emma for PM!!!!
Emma parle très bien, presque sans accent.
Hi, when will U start the GCN in french? I love Emma's french accent!
Only Emma can make French sound cool.
emma is a great addition to the team
How did we live without this gold?
Would be great if there was a Spanish phrases equivalent before the Vuelta
Vous parlez un français sans accent – c'est remarquable bravo ! 🙂
I know French and it is very good by the way.
Punchuer.i like that one
My favorite French term is ''a l'insu de mon plein gré'' it mean ''unbeknownst to me of my own free will'' (translated by Google translate) and the meaning is ''say that you were made to cheat / do something stupid without your knowledge when it was your fault and you know it like Richard Virenque in 1998 with Festina''
Good, but "cliquez sur LE pouce" not "sur la pouce ". But really nice video I even learn some french cyclist words