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  • 5/22/2025
In 1928 an under-resourced and untested team from New Zealand and Australia competed in what is considered to be the tou | dG1fZ28xaVY3YlpiWnM
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00:00Transcription by CastingWords
00:29This is a story about courageous underdogs, the first English-speaking team to compete in the Tour de France.
00:35I don't know why people want to take on these challenges, but I really believe that.
00:40It's only by pushing yourself to the borders of suffering and discomfort that you really find out who you are.
00:48This is an insane idea, but what about if you actually go back and you retrace every mile?
00:59This is the Dream Team, my buddy Ben, Highway Patrol Officer Greg, and Ace Shooter Scott.
01:05These races were meant to be like the last man standing.
01:08I don't think you know what you're letting yourself in for, and if you did, you wouldn't do it.
01:13I'm going to try to make this ride as authentic as I possibly can.
01:17My bike feels like it's going to blow to fish.
01:19You can't ride that. You'll kill yourself.
01:25To ride a 1928 bike along the same roads while sticking to the same schedule, is that even possible?
01:32This way or this way?
01:33No, this way.
01:34This way.
01:38Oh, we're going that way?
01:39Yes.
01:39Climbing 20,000 feet in one day. That's insane.
01:52There are huge stretches of time that I don't remember.
01:58Beyond brutal.
02:00Beyond brutal.
02:09The most challenging parts are yet to come.
02:30The most challenging parts are yet to come.

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