THE TOUR DE FRANCE IS ECSTASY AND AGONY, sometimes in the same day.
No one seems to know exactly how or why it became cycling’s crown jewel. It just is.
Riders say the Tour is the most stressful event on the calendar and not enjoyable, whilst simultaneously putting their hand up for team selection each season.
Reaching the final stage in Paris is considered an achievement, no matter what has transpired, and the peloton stops past the finish line on the Champs Elysees, forming huddles where riders smile with relief, shake hands and embrace in that acknowledgment.
“It's a pretty intense month because everything at the Tour de France is amplified,” said Jayco Alula Director of High Performance and racing, Matt White.
“It feels like you are working in a fishbowl and it's a very different feel from the other races we do during the season.”
With a Netflix series by the same crew behind Drive to Survive, the show which blasted Formula 1 into a new stratosphere, due to be released weeks before the Grand Depart in Bilbao, Spain, this year’s edition may
