VeloVoices Podcast 207: Throwin’ the Oakleys

Kathi, Midge,, and Euan gather round the table to pull apart the first full week of the 2023 Tour de France. It’s been a ding-dong battle at the top of the GC race with thrills and swings aplenty. They discuss:

  • Who wins between Pog and Jonas?
  • Do their teams understand tactics?
  • Mark Cavendish‘s sad goodbye to the Tour
  • We sing the praises of the fast men AND the riders who just stop!

Plus Midge wants a word with the UCI about motor racing circuits, Kathi waxes lyrical about her beloved Wout van Aert and Euan notices one team that seemingly isn’t trying.

Catch up on our Tour Moments of Joy here

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 1 – Lafay Lights it UP

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 1 – Cooler than Cool

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 2 – Cofidis finally pop the champagne cork

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 3 – You know it’s summer when…

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 4 – Capturing raw emotion with the Grubers

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 5 – Jai Hindley and #CouchPeloton

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 6 – Wout Power

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 6 – All aboard the autobus

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 7 – Fleeting vision of 35

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 8 – Pure Pedersen Power

Tour Moments of UNJOY: Stage 8 – Au revoir to Cavendish

Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 9 – Salute the Peloton on the Puy du Dôme

Tour Moment of Joy: Stage 9 – Twitter tag

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Tour Moments of UNJOY: Stage 8 – Au revoir to Cavendish

Well, Stage 8 of this year’s Tour de France will be remembered … for all the wrong reasons.

Mark Cavendish, so close in Stage 7 to breaking the record for most Tour de France stage wins, crashed and left the Tour in an ambulance. A moment of pure despair for both him and cycling fans everywhere.

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