{"id":174473,"date":"2019-07-19T06:38:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T06:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=174473"},"modified":"2019-07-23T06:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T06:38:35","slug":"the-craziest-fans-of-le-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/07\/19\/the-craziest-fans-of-le-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"The Craziest Fans of Le Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Every family has that one odd member who you should be always watchful around because you never know what shenanigans they might do. Well, the cycling family has one as well. More than one, actually. And they are all drawn to the Tour de France like flies to a chocolate. Here are the ones you should be especially watchful around.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>El Diablo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The undisputed king of the Tour de France fans comes from Germany. And his real name is Didi Senft.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHkduMqApTU\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Digger Truck Fans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>They have a tandem bicycle, lots to smoke and\u2026 a freaky digger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/44848744754554.JPG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174477\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/44848744754554.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1016\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Chickens<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A chicken crossed a Tour de France road and\u2026 multiplied. Apparently.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-174473 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.27.17-1024x676.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.27.17-1024x676.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.27.17-1024x676.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.27.17-1024x676-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.27.17-1024x676-768x507.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680-768x510.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-23.17.22-1024x680-272x182.webp 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>The Nudists<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>They. Are. Nude.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/b1d775edd5c7b5952b19f474f598eb7a-portrait-ideas-waves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174481\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/b1d775edd5c7b5952b19f474f598eb7a-portrait-ideas-waves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Forrest Gumps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Do you really want to know if a man riding professionally on a bicycle is faster than a middle-aged man running not-professionally, holding a phone in selfie mode? Congratulations, you are probably one of them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Tour256.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174485\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/Tour256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Artists<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether it is a giant bike drawn in a field of wheat or a ballet of tractors, these guys always get attention.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=XCXqyrZcUWQ params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/XCXqyrZcUWQ\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<h2><strong>The Touchers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You love them so much you want a piece of them? Please, don\u2019t be those guys. Respect the pros!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0W__FNIGwA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every family has that one odd member who you should be always watchful around because you never know what shenanigans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":174487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[3226,2396,3232,3231],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-174473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-2019-tour","tag-2019-tour-de-france","tag-el-diablo","tag-tour-de-france-fans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Craziest Fans of Le Tour de France - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every family has that one odd member who you should be always watchful around because you never know what shenanigans they might do. 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