Le Tour teams presentation

[WheelofGear]

Tejay going for the Horner look.

 

[Carols]

Wow Samu is here, he could be the ninja too

 

[Rollthedice]

The title for the skinniest of them all goes to TeeJay Kojak Vangarderen.

 

[Carols]

Was Tejay speaking Dutch?

 

[Guybrush]

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Wow Samu is here, he could be the ninja too

why not! he has been one all the season

 

[Carols]

Movi --- Bala!!!! Nairo!!

 

[Rollthedice]

Nairo loves it. He smiles!?

 

[Carols]

LOL Nairo taking selfies . He does look Happy!

 

[Guybrush]

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Nairo loves it. He smiles!?

yep, he has the whitest teeth of the peloton

 

[Rollthedice]

Valverde not looking too happy. He hides something...

 

[Carols]

Nairo was literally grinning through the entire thing. He must be feeling good!

 

[Guybrush]

everybody at Lotto NL is former dutch champion?

 

[Carols]

Nibali!!!! Nibali!!!

 

[May0maniac]

And of course Birdsong has to wear white sunglasses...

 

[dicanio_michael]

Bakelants and Bardet switched places

 

[Carols]

Well of the big 4, Nairo seemed the most at ease!

 

[Christian]

Re:

Contador not looking too relaxed.

Maybe he saw La Florecita in the crowd

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Loved the Team Presentation

Super excited - Hope there are no crashes

Happy that LeMonde is staying with the Team

And a Green Jersey for CAV ! ! ! ! ! (Would settle for another Champs Elysees win )

 

[Electress]

As always these things more than slightly cringworthy. Must say Sky have those worrying lollypop headed look about them. Alberto looked pensive, Petr like the lost BeeGee.

 

[ILovecycling]

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Nairo was literally grinning through the entire thing. He must be feeling good!

He waited 2 years for this chance I think he is really happy, fingers crossed for first week

Good presentation btw, except that clown with mic ...those dancing crazy guys in helmets were ..crazy

 

[IamIronMan]

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As always these things more than slightly cringworthy. Must say Sky have those worrying lollypop headed look about them. Alberto looked pensive, Petr like the lost BeeGee.

This is the first time I watched one of these (saw it on YouTube). I must agree, it was incredibly awkward. The riders looked completely disinterested in all the shenanigans they were "forced" to take part in, and the interviews were just painful. Even if everyone spoke the same language (some of these guys were clearly struggling with English), this would have been awkward, but with the various language problems, coupled with how weird the whole thing was, it was somewhat painful to watch!

 

[gunara]

As always these things more than slightly cringworthy. Must say Sky have those worrying lollypop headed look about them. Alberto looked pensive, Petr like the lost BeeGee.

This is the first time I watched one of these (saw it on YouTube). I must agree, it was incredibly awkward. The riders looked completely disinterested in all the shenanigans they were "forced" to take part in, and the interviews were just painful. Even if everyone spoke the same language (some of these guys were clearly struggling with English), this would have been awkward, but with the various language problems, coupled with how weird the whole thing was, it was somewhat painful to watch!

Cringeworthines, awkwardness, and global ceremonial sports events are inseparable, stadium-sized multievents opening ceremonies are probably the exceptions, since everything is in longs shots without intimate close-ups needed.
To make these things happen, you always have to involve people with little interest in sports and the sportspersons mostly don't have personalities for such things, then awkwardness reign.