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December 7, 2012
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24 thoughts on “Tour de Francis”

  1. wah22100 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Got myself a Carrera Virago. Nice bike.Good value for money, but not one for the label snobs.

  2. villarule says:
    December 7, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    excellent video, thanks Halfords!

  3. piershazelgrove says:
    December 7, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    12:49 “race the ferrari, I win” yeah but you also broke the law in the process by not stopping

  4. tohopeti says:
    December 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    WELL DONE FRANCIS! NICE CLIMB AND GOOD RYTHM! 🙂 WELL DONE MAN!
    Greeting from Peter, HUngary!

  5. karanUltimate says:
    December 7, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    thats Jeremy Clarkson at 3:02 !!!

  6. Konquistadoren says:
    December 7, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    ooh, bit of frogs legs, lovely

  7. OfficialHalfords says:
    December 7, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    cheers for the feedback on the trailers it’s always interesting to get responses from the viewers of the ads. We found Dan Francis by contacting lots of local running and triathlon clubs for anyone with surnames or first names that allowed a play on words with France…it took us a while but we found Dan and the rest is history as they say.

  8. Darek80 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    really nice !

  9. peco11252 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Love it!

  10. Lee Boatright says:
    December 7, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    < photo of me on L'alpe du 'Huez.

  11. KSDKLF says:
    December 7, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    It’s sunny. Go outside.

  12. duncan28 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    great stuff. what a fantastic opportunity. well done….

  13. SudneyJames says:
    December 7, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    F**k the haters. Well done Dan Francis.

  14. INKFORDSBOY6 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    BET HE COULD WITH A PINT??

  15. bobransonknight says:
    December 7, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Brilliant, a credit to all involved, i showed this to my wife and for the first time ever she understands why i love cycling so much. Anyone who has ever ridden a real bike up a real mountain, with that sort of courage and determination, anybody who has broken down on the phone to their wife, anyone who understands the incredibly personal intensity of that experience will appreciate this video. Well done Dan, from the bottom of my heart, i would be proud to ride alongside you anytime.

  16. gary210968 says:
    December 7, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    Good luck to the bloke..jealous people can be so spitefull.

  17. ddssssdddssseee says:
    December 7, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    pahahahahaha hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahah oh gosh. hahah ha h ha

  18. Boogaloosoo says:
    December 7, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Oh, and I’ve only just realised that in the one clip they use over and over and over again, he’s actually saying “A really, really big climb” and not I want a really, really really big pint”!

  19. Boogaloosoo says:
    December 7, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    This film was actually interesting – those bloody trailers are abysmal though! I assumed it was all fake and he was an actor. Do they have to show the same two over and over again?? And I still don’t believe his surname’s really Francis though — what are the chances??!

  20. Leonard George says:
    December 8, 2012 at 12:26 am

    Thank YOU mr Francis for making me fall in love with cycling again,,
    Fantastic effort and very inspiring..

  21. Emily Hardisty says:
    December 8, 2012 at 12:53 am

    do you understand anything about cycling?

  22. ddssssdddssseee says:
    December 8, 2012 at 12:58 am

    YAWN, the adverts are getting so boring now!!! well done Dan , you took on hairpin bends like the pros’s, its not like every other cyclist couldn’t travel over and do the same! “The scenery is constantly changing”, well done Dan, that’s because your moving. For fucks sake get it off the tele now. (and by the way, yes i do ride)

  23. sICKgUY40 says:
    December 8, 2012 at 1:14 am

    nice story well done. but itv and halfords need to improve the actual advert on the tdf coz all it is is this guy on his bike, nothing else, no prices or speaking apart from the cyclist and its crap but well done for doing it dan!

  24. WeatherCam says:
    December 8, 2012 at 1:19 am

    Coming at this from a different angle. Only 20,029 views after nigh on three weeks, that’s pretty poor in terms of what I bet the Media Planners / Account Directors at al sold to Halfords when proposing this “film”.
    With the team behind it on location and all the logistics, then add the production/editing, and then add to that the cost of the overall sponsorship probably very view of this on YouTube has cost them 4k – not exactly a good ROI

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