With the world’s greatest sporting event starting this weekend it’s a good time to share the brilliant video series that Jaegher bicycles in Belgium produced three years ago.

Having met, ridden, eaten and drank with these artisans in their homeland, I can say that they are some of the most passionate purveyors of the framebuilding craft and a pure bike lifestyle. Not only do they make some of the most beautiful and fantastic-riding road bikes in the world, they are also talented artists in other creative fields.

This video series was produced for the 21 stages of the 2013 Tour de France, and depicted the unique conditions and features that each day would bring, through the use of some very clever and innovative methods and materials.

The intro video above gives an overview of the project, and the video below starts the Tableau series. The rest of the videos can be viewed here. Enjoy.