Watch how the Tour de France deals with NSFW graffiti on the route
The Tour de France is televised worldwide, so the last thing the organisers want is for anything to appear on screen that would offend viewers and discourage channels from taking it up again. If you thought the drug cheats were the only dicks to have appeared on the Tour, think again – for reasons best known to those who make it, there are often paintings of giant cocks and balls on the road, leaving officials with a problem.
Unfortunately we don't have time to talk about @LeTour and this eh, road art (via @ScoJo262) pic.twitter.com/PK5hzqAQlD
— Anton Savage (@AntonSavageShow) July 4, 2016
That’s where these guys step in, armed only with their painting equipment and a creative mind
Hoe verander je een 'Tourpiemel' op het asfalt in een vlinder of een uil?
"Ik maak er ogen van" 👀🦉 → https://t.co/9GjYhoROyz pic.twitter.com/4K6nyCxoVV
— NOS Sport (@NOSsport) July 20, 2019
Even if you don’t speak French or Dutch, it’s obvious what they’re doing, and we have sports journalist, Ned Boulting, to thank for bringing it to our attention.
This is brilliant
Dutch TV have made a short film about the TDF crew whose job it is to spot painted genitalia on the road and adapt it beyond recognition. This is a high art form.
— Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) July 21, 2019
Here’s what people have been saying about it.
These are the mysterious markings our alien replacements on planet Earth will be mistakenly interpreting as primitive attempts to calculate the movement of the sun, or to mark a route to the human sacrifice party spot.
— Katie Puckrik (@KatiePuckrik) July 21, 2019
Le Coq Sportif 🐓🏐🏐
— Andy Garner (@Chimpanzeeman68) July 21, 2019
I was wondering why there were pictures of aliens on the climbs.
— Tris Charnley (@tristramc) July 21, 2019
“This is a nice party isn’t it? So tell me – what do you do?”
“Er…..”— Sue Lee (@pennychoocards) July 21, 2019
Twitter user, David Poulter, submitted this effort by way of a job application.
Here is my job application for next years Tour. pic.twitter.com/T1oIkpcGHp
— David Poulter 🚲🚴🏻♂️ (@Retlouping) July 21, 2019
He’s hired.
Source: @NOSsport
H/T: Ned Boulting