Last year, my family and I watched the final stage of the Tour de France with a friend of ours who is an accomplished academic and advocate. Her PhD thesis, which she wrote in 2016, predicted that we would be working from home – and the catalyst for that change would be an existential event, such as a pandemic.
So when our friend started asking questions about the Tour de France, I found myself struggling to explain basic parts of the race. I’ve been watching cycling for at least thirty years – is the sport and the race really that inaccessible? Or is it just me?
Two of the sharpest professional cycling analysts and, my friends, Andrew Vontz and Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton podcast, are here to break down the basics of race so that you can tune in and not zone out; so that you can watch the action and understand the commentary; and enjoy the Tour as it moves through Spain and into France.
Wait, the Tour de France starts in Spain?
