INTERESTING INFORMATION ON WATER BOTTLES.
An average cycle racing team uses 20,000 water bottles a year.
In one stage of the Tour de France they get through fifteen 500 cc water bottles a day per rider.
Water bottles used by the pros and thrown away are A sought-after collector's item.
A support worker fills an average of 100 water bottles before the start. A number of these are taken along in cool boxes, the remainder on the bikes.
A cyclist with the task of fetching fresh water bottles for his leader is also called a water carrier.
Water carriers can take up to ten water bottles, tucked in their pockets and even inside their jersey.
The other word we use in English for water bottle is the original French word, ‘bidon'.
Bidon is also a town in the south of France. You can find Bidon in the Ardèche; it has a population of only 145.