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What really goes on inside a Tour de France bus during those closed-door meetings
Daniel McMahon/Business Insider
DREUX, France — For the Tour de France cyclists, the team bus is a sanctuary. Outside their hotel rooms, it's the only place the riders can enjoy some semblance of privacy. There are no fans in their faces badgering them for selfies, no journalists peppering them with the same questions day after day.
For an hour or so before and after each stage, the athletes get to relax in the air-conditioned coaches, with their covered windows, reclining seats, Spotify playlists, TVs, showers, espresso machine, and refrigerators packed with fresh food and cold drinks. And no matter how sultry it is outside, inside it's always cool and dark.
But the bus is also a working office, and as in any job there's a time to get down to business, to talk strategy and how to get results. The 22 Tour teams show up to win, after all, be it individual stages or the race overall. And they do need results — their jobs and sponsorship depend on it.
Success in the world's biggest bike race often comes down to executing a winning plan, and it's on the bus that each day's plan is reviewed in detail, or redrawn depending on how the race unfolds. The American outfit EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale invited Business Insider inside its team bus for one of its daily meetings.
Here's what we saw:
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