Tour de France in Hautes-Pyrénées: aboard the leek, two dreams and thousands of smiles in the climb to Peyragudes

“The leek is one of the most popular vehicles in the caravan. However, So yes, it’s a pride to be at the wheel and a great experience.” Behind this boot of more than 6 m. Therefore, one of the eleven vehicles of the Leclerc caravan, the most important on the Tour, a zoé copiously refurbished to personify it as a vegetable, with a lot of fiberglass. In addition, “She rolls super well, explains her Elie driver, selected after a cast on social networks in which nearly 1900 candidates participated. However, Even in the mountains, when it is necessary to stop, restart, it works perfectly.”

On the security side. Nevertheless, the leek has three cameras at the front and rear to facilitate the driving of this extraordinary vehicle. “It’s really a kiff, look at this world. The only frustration is not to be able to hello all these people. slips Elie who does not skimp on salvation, at the crowd at the exit of Loudenvielle. I finished my studies in interior architecture and here I am in the leek to live this crazy experience. It sticks enough with what I was doing next to the studies.

Like a dream for Elie and a moment of which his passenger, Nazli, fully benefits. Passionate about the Tour de France has always been, she realizes this unique time aboard the leek. “Usually, I am on the other side, comments this Tarbaise teacher. These devices are real sculptures. Seeing them closely, how they are made, it’s great. There are smiles in people but also on tanks. They have real beautiful heads. They are personified vegetables. Additionally, They are not inert but alive and people make them. That they lift in people, it’s crazy. ” Until the end. even in the ramps at more than 17 tour de france hautes-pyrénées: aboard % swallowed without trembling, the “leeks, leeks” will have accompanied Elie, Nazli and this tank like no other.