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    GCN’s Essential French Cycling Phrases Vol. 1 | Tour de France 2018



    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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    16. Pierre Madrenas on

      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)

    23. Robin Hood of YouTube on

      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)!

    24. John Rogers on

      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!

    29. S D on

      French🤢. Just sayin'. Stick to the english for us non french. Same with weaboos (non japanese speaking japanese).

    41. Tatane on

      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''

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