Tour de France 2023 Tour de France, Stage 1: Bilbao - Bilbao, 182 km (Spain, Saturday, July 1)

[Jagartrott]

So this is official. We'll hear snippets of teams race radio during broadcast

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674680185927487488

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1674680185927487488?t=T_Gy6m4dEn_-zFoa9znguw&s=19

Media need to pay (quite a lot) to include it in their broadcast though. Sporza didn't want to spend money on this, apparently.

 

[Gigs_98]

Surprised people dislike the team radio broadcast. Especially in a tactically driven sport like cycling, where sometimes the only things happening for hours happens under the surface, this seems like a great idea to me.

 

[RedheadDane]

Surprised people dislike the team radio broadcast. Especially in a tactically driven sport like cycling, where sometimes the only things happening for hours happens under the surface, this seems like a great idea to me.

I don't care either way. It's an interesting concept, but I probably won't be able to understand quite a lot of it.

 

[Escarabajo]

The radio communications will be filtered, so we won't get any inside information. Probably some basic stuff like don't forget to eat, watch out with that roundabout etc. We will probably get all the information after the race, if that.

Tour de France race radio broadcasts confirmed for 17 teams, five refuse

‘If you tell a rider to go right at a roundabout and they go left, you’ll look like a ***’

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[DenisMenchov]

View: https://youtu.be/wNmOx-3yW0U

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674752977880449024

View: https://twitter.com/stijnvlaeminck/status/1674752977880449024

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

So this is official. We'll hear snippets of teams race radio during broadcast

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674680185927487488

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1674680185927487488?t=T_Gy6m4dEn_-zFoa9znguw&s=19

Movistar had a whole series about them but won’t let them hear race radio clips, lol.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674752977880449024

View: https://twitter.com/stijnvlaeminck/status/1674752977880449024

Congrats on beating small kids.

 

[Lequack]

Also

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674817571290492928

View: https://twitter.com/NBCSCycling/status/1674817571290492928?s=20

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats on beating small kids.

He's ready to beat Teddy the Kid.

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674752977880449024

View: https://twitter.com/stijnvlaeminck/status/1674752977880449024

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XadLaAYKol0&t=30s

 

[Rackham]

Something to keep an eye on:

Le Tour de France «en contact constant avec les services de l'État», selon son directeur

Le patron du Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, a déclaré être «en lien constant avec les services de l'État» au sujet des violences qui touchent depuis trois jours de nombreuses villes de France. «Nous sommes en lien constant avec les services de l'État, comme chaque année, et on suit la situation avec une grande attention», a-t-il indiqué à la veille du départ de la Grande Boucle à Bilbao.
Après deux premières étapes dans le Pays basque espagnol, le Tour de France doit revenir sur le territoire français lundi, avec une arrivée prévue à Bayonne. Quelque 28.000 gendarmes, policiers et pompiers sont mobilisés cette année encore pour garantir la sécurité sur le Tour de France. Interrogé pour savoir si les émeutes en France pouvaient mettre en péril ce dispositif, Christian Prudhomme a déclaré: «on suit avec attention l'évolution. La situation d'aujourd'hui n'est pas celle d'hier et ne sera pas forcément celle de demain.»

The currently evolving situation with the riots in France could possibly impact the Tour, especially insofar as 28000 gendarmes, policemen & firemen are usually deployed as part of the Tour's security apparatus.

Prudhomme says he's in constant contact with the state & the situation can change on a day-to-day basis.

 

[Netserk]

Just as Froome clubbed FW winner Valverde on Mur de Huy in the 2015 Tour, Vingegaard will club Pogi on Pike tomorrow.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Movistar had a whole series about them but won’t let them hear race radio clips, lol.

Of course. Why should do it on the cheap as just a small part of racing coverage when they can have a documentary focused only on them?

 

[ice&fire]

Just as Froome clubbed FW winner Valverde on Mur de Huy in the 2015 Tour, Vingegaard will club Pogi on Pike tomorrow.

I don't get the logic: Jonas has more wins in the Basque Country than Tadej

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So while selfish Wout Van Aert is attacking children in classic crosser fashion, generous Tadej Pogačar is performing what looks like miracle healings on babies. Typical.

 

[Rackham]

So while selfish Wout Van Aert is attacking children in classic crosser fashion, generous Tadej Pogačar is performing what looks like miracle healings on babies. Typical.

Pogačar was actually training for the final podium in Paris, i.e. every GT winner gets to hold a baby. So that'll be the one Pog brandishes in three weeks time.

He just needed a little practice first.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogačar was actually training for the final podium in Paris, i.e. every GT winner gets to hold a baby. So that'll be the one Pog brandishes in three weeks time.

He just needed a little practice first.

His buddy Majka should lend him one for this occasion.

 

[KZD]

I will go with Alaphilippe for the stage win. He is climbing well and is better suited for this kind of terrain than Van der Poel, Van Aert or Girmay. I believe Pogacar will be on the podium gaining a few seconds on Vingegaard.

 

[Red Rick]

Surprised people dislike the team radio broadcast. Especially in a tactically driven sport like cycling, where sometimes the only things happening for hours happens under the surface, this seems like a great idea to me.

I'm sorry I prefer my broadcast interrupted with pre-race interviews with riders borishly discussing scenarios that have already been disproven.

 

[Red Rick]

Looks pretty steep out there

ammattipyöräily (@ammattipyoraily)

#TDF2023, Stage 1 | 📺 That house on R is located 650 m from 'summit' of Cote de Pike. I'd say that Vingegaard was not riding at high pace by accident right where the steepest point of uphill - 20 % - is. We'll see tmrw... (link to video: @opaisdociclismo)

nitter.net

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Most important about the final climb is that it contains a bridge over a motorway. Those are the most treacherous climbs.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I'm sorry I prefer my broadcast interrupted with pre-race interviews with riders borishly discussing scenarios that have already been disproven.

So let's hear what Vingegaard had to say before the start today.
"Yeah, it's going to be another difficult day. It will be important to keep focus right to the end. My team is strong and we have shown that we can do it so that great. But for sure, it will be another hard day, yeah."

 

[Lequack]

So let's hear what Vingegaard had to say before the start today.
"Yeah, it's going to be another difficult day. It will be important to keep focus right to the end. My team is strong and we have shown that we can do it so that great. But for sure, it will be another hard day, yeah."

What does he mean, another? Was the team presentation a hard day?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What does he mean, another? Was the team presentation a hard day?

He's a fish out of water, so every day is hard.