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The century-old cobbled farm roads of northern France offered a new spin on the Sunday drive.
PARIS - Think Tour de France and you think bikes, but what keeps things moving behind the scenes for the teams in the world's preeminent two-wheeled event are the countless cars, trucks, and buses following the race.
La Grande Boucle - the Great Loop - is often a grueling three-week slog, so the vehicles need to be versatile and reliable and always ready to go, over the bone-jarring cobblestones of Roubaix, up the steepest Pyrenean climbs, and down the superfast, twisty Alpine descents.
The EF Education-Drapac p/b Cannondale team invited Business Insider to check out its fleet at the Tour. Take a look at the vehicles up close and in action: