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Picture 4 shows a participant from Brittany drinking red wine, actually a very old tradition: in the early Tours de France, when the stages could be 400 km long or a little more, the revictualling was the same for all the participants and consisted of a chicken and a Bordeaux bottle.

Source: Uncertain... possibly "Télégramme de Brest" or "Ouest-France"
(Image and caption provided by Jean Richard)

PBP Photos - 1966