 In the rest day between the thirteenth and the fourteenth stage, Anquetil had joined a lamb barbecue, and in the fourteenth stage he was immediately dropped.His team director gave him a bottle of champagne, which washed away the indigestion, and then Anquetil was able to get back to Poulidor.Poulidor then broke a spoke, the repair cost him some time, even more because a team mechanic, trying to help him gain speed, made him fall.