Devil rag

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Devil rag

The Teufelslappen ( French flamme rouge , "red flame" ) is a route marking that is mainly used in road cycling .

Form and use

The devil's rag is a red, triangular pennant that is usually made of fabric. It signals to the participants in a bike race that the last 1000 meters of the race or stage are ahead of them. The pennant is placed over the route at the beginning of the last kilometer, for example on a rope or under an inflatable arch.

Devil's rags are also used outside of road cycling, for example, they are also used in marathons to mark the last kilometer.

history

During the Tour de France 1906 , the flame rouge was used for the first time to visibly mark the beginning of the last kilometer of the stage. The German name Teufelslappen coined the journalist and long-time ARD commentator of the Tour de France, Herbert Watterott . During a live television broadcast of the tour, he is said to have spontaneously referred to the flamme rouge as the red devil's rag for the first time . The term spread throughout the cycling scene and became Watterott's best-known saying.

Others

The nicknames El Diablo and Didi the Devil of the German artist and former amateur cyclist Didi Senft , who was known for appearing in a devil costume as a fan at cycling events such as the Tour de France, are based on the devil's rag. As a child in the GDR , he “secretly watched the Tour de France on western television ” and, based on the reporter's statements about the devil's rag, decided to appear in public in devil's costume.

At the Tour de France 2016 , the rouge flame crashed onto the road during the course of the race. The driver Adam Yates was injured and the peloton was held up. According to the organizer, a spectator accidentally brought the air-filled arch to collapse. At the decision of the racing jury, the time intervals of the three-kilometer mark were therefore assessed.

Web links

Commons : Teufelslappen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Teufelslappen from HEW-Cyclassics comes from Toetzke. Die Welt, July 30, 2005, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Final spurt: laughing or crying? Men's Health, March 15, 2006, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Jörn Lauterbach: This is how I become Herbert Watterott. Die Welt, July 28, 2003, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  5. ↑ The tour devil: "A lot more drivers would have to strike". Spiegel Online, July 20, 2001, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Michael Ostermann: "Flamme rouge" falls on the track. In: sportschau.de. July 9, 2016, accessed July 22, 2016 .