None more so than at the 1976 Bol d’Or he 40th Bol d’Or, held at Le Mans in the dying embers of a sun-kissed 1976 summer, was one of the most memorable race meetings I’ve ever been to.

For example, J'ai eu un coup de bol, il restait de la place pour le concert (I was lucky, there were still some tickets left for the concert) or Coup de bol, il m'a embauché tout de suite !

From tiny blows to the major downers - le seum is a great way to blow off some steam when you're feeling blue. J’ai trop le seum, j’ai plus de batterie sur mon téléphone.

Cees Bol en Mike Teunissen rijden bij Astana hun zesde Tour de France. Pascal Eenkhoorn gaat kopmannen Tim Merlier en Remco Evenepoel steunen.

Or the vote represents what the French call a mid-term ras-le-bol, or fed-upness, which would not survive at its current level when the stakes are about the daily government of France.