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La Femme Ã Pois

“Becky? Yeah, its Jean-Paul with the Podium Girl Selection Committee. No, I don’t know how I landed this job either, and I’m not about to ask any questions because its a pretty cool job. I’m calling you about the auditions you attended for La Grande Boucle that’s coming up.

“Yes, the good news is you got the job. The bad news is you’ll be presenting the maillot Ã¡ pois.”

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frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Buck Rogers says:

Jul 6 2012 at 8:20 am

Lord, Man, that one cracked me up! But I must admit, I lingered over pic number eight for a bit ....
mcsqueak says:

Jul 6 2012 at 8:27 am

"No, please don't worry if it rains - just lift your skirt above your head and you'll stay dry".
wiscot says:

Jul 6 2012 at 8:55 am

Personally, I love the outfits the podium girls wear in the Tour. Sure, les dames des pois get wacky and often awful (outfits in #4 & 7) but I thought the umbrella skirts were brilliant. Let's face it, it's about catching the consumer/TV watcher's eye and product placement. Who wouldn't want to take shelter from a storm under there?
mrhallorann says:

Jul 6 2012 at 9:01 am

I know how they could improve this category.

All together now!

"She wore annnnn itsy. bitsy. teeny. weeny. red. polka. dot. bikini..."

:)
Chamac'h says:

Jul 6 2012 at 9:17 am

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote "Les femmes Ã pois." Or even better, the title should have been "Les femmes en pois."
Great subject though... ;)
wiscot says:

Jul 6 2012 at 10:49 am

@Chamac'h

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote "Les femmes Ã pois." Or even better, the title should have been "Les femmes en pois."
Great subject though... ;)

Apologies, it's been many decades since high school French. The Maillot Vert girls usually look pretty sweet too. Frank - some images please?
936adl says:

Jul 6 2012 at 11:45 am

Mingers! ;-)
silkrider says:

Jul 6 2012 at 3:42 pm

i wonder if they get to keep those outfits.
sthilzy says:

Jul 7 2012 at 4:30 am

Is it just me that the podium girl that is on Hinault's side of stage hotterer than the opposite side?
frank says:

Jul 7 2012 at 4:16 pm

@Chamac'h

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote "Les femmes Ã pois." Or even better, the title should have been "Les femmes en pois."
Great subject though... ;)

You're right, it should have been Ã (fixed) but I believe its either La Femme Ã Pois or Les Femmes en Pois. Becky's, fictional and hot as she is, is not so arrogant as to refer to herself in the Royal "We", so we'll leave it as-is. Cheers.

@mcsqueak

"No, please don't worry if it rains - just lift your skirt above your head and you'll stay dry".

A mother of a friend in grade school used to sing "Lady in Red" as, "Lady in Red, how I adore you, lift up your skirt, and then I explore you". Perhaps she's now on the Board of Les Femmes en Pois Board?