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Why is the last place rider called Lanterne Rouge in Tour de France?
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∙ 11y ago
'Lanterne Rouge'means 'red lamp'.
Back in the days of steam trains and crude signal systems, the last car had a red lamp hanging off itin case the train should be caught up by another train.
The last rider gets compared to the last part of a train basically.
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