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Chris Sidwells

FAQs of the Tour de France: How lean? How much power? How do they pee mid-stage? All that and more explained

Yellow jersey rider with beer bottles in his jersey pocket at the Tour de France.

The 2025 edition of the Tour de France is only a few days away - and if you’ve watched previous editions, there’s probably quite a fair few points that might have piqued your curiosity. That is to be fully expected - a lot is left going on behind the scenes that the cameras aren’t capturing.

Google's autocorrect can provide us with a wealth of information around the general public's deepest thoughts about the pros. For instance, it seems there are enough people desperately searching for ‘how do cyclists pee whilst racing the Tour de France?’ that the search engine is serving up this suggestion for everyone. 

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