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Thanks. Fun to watch. Pretty comprehensive.
A couple of points:
Around 1:30 he states that originally, participants consisted of individuals, the "tourist routiers", and riders on teams either "organized according to bicycle brand names" or organized by Desgrange himself. I am pretty sure that Desgrange insisted on it being an individual race, and that riders were not allowed to work for each other. He does say that after the 1930's "there was no place for individuals in the post-1930's Tour". I am thinking that is when riders were allowed to work together. I am also pretty sure that national teams featured in the Tour for a number of years at some point.
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