In response to the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht, EYE has digitized the film Tour de France from 1953. This film was thought to be lost and gives us a unique view of the cycling race from a Dutch perspective. To produce the film ‘Tour de France’ (1953) the film production company Haghe followed the Tour de France for three weeks, with the legendary Dutch participants Wim van Est, Gerrit Voorting, Jan Nolten and Wout Wagtmans. It is considered the first modern sports documentary in Dutch history.