Smile yellow? That’s a bit. On July 2, at the end of a stage connecting the two Danish cities of Roskilde and Nyborg, the so -called Wout Van Aert climbed on the podium of the Tour de France. The Belgian cyclist received the yellow jersey from the race leader, a plush to the image of Crédit Lyonnais, a bouquet of flowers, and then that’s it. Since 2020, the kiss tradition offered to runners by two smiling hostesses has indeed disappeared. From now on, it is a mixed couple that supports the ceremonial of the yellow jersey, in a much more sober, and much less tactile way.
included
If this new configuration obviously marks major progress, it is also the occasion for a relentless observation: while the outfit of the hostesses was once characterized by their lightness, that of the hosts is distinguished today by its heaviness. Thus, this poor young man, on the left of the podium, wears a terrible combo bowed toe yellow breeds which gives him the air of a coffee boy on the evening of a event sponsored by the house Pastis 51.
Maintaining questions
If the choice of yellow obviously responds to the color code of the competition, and therefore to a marketing logic, we cannot help wondering, despite everything, about the choice of suspenders. Why this low -end clip models that is? Why not have opted for a yellow belt rather than straps? And then why this skinny jeans holding alone, and therefore requiring no straps? And where did his jacket go, damn it? We will undoubtedly be told that we ask too many questions.
trapeze flying
On the other side of the podium, the hostess has a large trapezoid dress. More consensual? Do not judge on appearance. If this dress is obviously not as horrible as the pair of suspended suspenders, it carries in it a real controversy. Between the fans of Yves Saint Laurent swearing that it was the master who invented the trapezoid dress in 1957, while he was still working with Dior, and the supporters of André Courrèges, assuring that it is the designer who Created the model in the 1960s, clashes remain rare violence.
natural protection
Since the hero of this image remains still Wout Van Aert, let’s end up with a word on his outfit – and, more precisely, on his latest cyclist, of the AGU brand, guaranteeing comfort that athletes of years 1950 would have envied him. These were forced to slide, for long steps, a veal cutlet in their cyclist. Of a density similar to the human fabric, meat attenuated friction, absorbed shocks and warned the appearance of boils … This is also a major progress.