Tour de France Stage 1 - Yates Family Sweep!

Phil Gaimon Cycling Podcast

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I know you me, you know that I have a complicated relationship with pro cycling, where I gave it the best years of my life, it stabbed me in the back and shoved me out in my prime, but then launched me to a better life than I ever could have dreamed of. To be honest (other than when someone texted me that a friend was going to win the stage) I haven’t watched a bike race since 2016. I was always turned off by some doper in the pack or the commentary booth, but folks liked the podcast series, and a ton of you asked me to keep it going during the Tour. Maybe this will be healthy for me.
I have done hundreds of pro races, I know these guys and the teams and a lot of what’s going on and I have plenty of inside squawk and gossip. I’ll give you the summary, tell you what I’m seeing that might be a little different from what they’re saying on TV, but mostly I’m looking to enjoy it together.
I’ll give a score every day on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 meaning don’t turn it on, 5 watch the last 20k, and 10 means force my wife @emialv to watch it start to finish. I’ll also ask questions like if I was on watching at the event, where would I want to be any why.
Today, we have a mostly boring stage but a hint of what's to come for the jersey points and the GC. A pair of twins battle it out for yellow! Adorable or awkward? Are mom and dad allowed to be happy about it?
Check it out, please share it, leave comments, but lets see if we can enjoy it together.