2023 Tour DeFrance official unofficial thread.

TheBigUglies

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Tom, what did you think of Stage 1? Pretty cool how the Yates twins finished.
Did you see the interview with their mom and dad, pretty neat. They were actually driving their RV to the next stage when the mom got a text to turn it on and she tried pulling it up on her phone but entered the password wrong a couple times and then made the dad pull over on a layby to watch them cross the line. It was on Stage 2's coverage.

Not liking how it is only the full stage on Peacock and not a highlight couple of hours on NBC Sports in the night time.
 

Navion N8865H

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Did you see the interview with their mom and dad, pretty neat. They were actually driving their RV to the next stage when the mom got a text to turn it on and she tried pulling it up on her phone but entered the password wrong a couple times and then made the dad pull over on a layby to watch them cross the line. It was on Stage 2's coverage.

Not liking how it is only the full stage on Peacock and not a highlight couple of hours on NBC Sports in the night time.
Yes, I happened to tune in yesterday just as they interviewed the mom & dad (the mom is quite talkative). I'm with you, not liking the Peacock thing for full race coverage. The Guardian newspaper provides live updates and then later in the day, the YouTube recap gives you a decent idea of what happened.

I know no one really knows who is doping or not, but it is still impressive to see these guys climb the grades that they do, then absolutely fly down the descents.
 
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Not liking how it is only the full stage on Peacock and not a highlight couple of hours on NBC Sports in the night time.
USA is doing a four hour block on most days starting an hour or so into the race.

The idiots throwing nails and tacks on the road are utter ********.
 
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Yep, basically a parade until they get serious at the end. Everyone saving their legs for the mountains in Stage 5.
 

TheBigUglies

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Been watching on Peacock while working. I enjoy the scenery sometimes more than the race. Yesterday's stage was boring as most flat stages are but was exciting at the end when they got onto the raceway and started wiping out. Hoping Cavendish gets a stage win before its all over. It doesn't appear he has the team to get him into position yet. He seemed to have a hard time getting out of the pack to actually sprint.
 
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