# Black and white flag at Tour de France

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-flag-at-tour-de-france/313132>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-flag-at-tour-de-france/313132 "2005-07-19T13:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![iberian\_notes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9bcb4/32.png) [@iberian\_notes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iberian_notes)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-flag-at-tour-de-france/313132/1 "2005-07-19T13:55:04Z")

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I’ve done some searching for this and can’t find anything. At the Tour de France, which I watch every afternoon in July, I see fans waving flags in the pattern of the American flag, but with black and white stripes and what appear to be about twelve small pine trees on a white field. I’ve been seeing this for the past several years. As far as I know it’s not a Basque or Catalan separatist flag, and as far as I know it doesn’t represent any of the teams. I can’t figure out what it means, and I see it several times every day. This is starting to get on my nerves. Please help.

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**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-flag-at-tour-de-france/313132/2 "2005-07-19T14:35:53Z")

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You’re likely seeing the [Breton flag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brittany) .