[durkie]

reminds me of an anecdote from Le Ride (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ride ) that talks about in one of the early Tours de France, a rider was disqualified because he broke his crank, hobbled to a nearby town, found the blacksmith, and the rider welded his own crank back together, but the blacksmith's son operated the bellows and this was seen as too much external assistance.

[ydant]

Looks to be this rider - Eugène Christophe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Christophe

[wiether]

Eugene Christophe' story is actually a meme for French fans because almost every year on French TV, the History guy will tell the story.

No matter what happen and where the race goes.