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Jul 21, 2024 • 50min

Stage 21: That's a wrap

Three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar discusses his historic Giro/Tour double win. The hosts cover a wide range of topics including post-Tour challenges, emerging rivalries, cycling tech, and Varied Discussions and gratitude to sponsors. They analyze Wout van Fart's rise, Harold Tejada's performance, and Mark Cavendish's final stage. The intense rivalry and controversies in Tour de France are also scrutinized along with insights on aerodynamic suits and gear impact in cycling.
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Jul 20, 2024 • 41min

Stage 20: Very Niiice

Writer for the Wall Street Journal, Joshua Robinson, joins the hosts to discuss Romain Bardet's last road stage and Tadej Pogačar's win record in the final road stage of the Tour de France. They explore the dynamics of the race, emotional finishes, French riders' performances, and the history of Monaco.
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Jul 19, 2024 • 38min

Stage 19: Embrun and done

The fight for the yellow jersey is over. Tadej Pogačar now has over five minutes, Jonas Vingegaard conceded it won't happen for him this year. Richard Carapaz has come close to locking the polka dots, and Biniam Girmay is close to making history. Caley, Jonny, Iain, and Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal digest and discuss the Tour's high water mark atop Isola 2000, and then catch up in Nice to bring you inside the race. 
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Jul 18, 2024 • 47min

Stage 18: Mind the Gap

The crew discuss the cleansing power of Dad Watts, the fireworks that await, and dig into the listener mailbag.
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Jul 17, 2024 • 41min

Stage 17: He can't help himself

The Tour Daily crew breaks down a stage 17 that finally saw a breakaway stage winner in the mountains – but that still featured attacks from Tadej Pogačar. Plus, the crew ponders whether someone on the Internet actually has special insight into what goes on behind the scenes at UAE.
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Jul 16, 2024 • 37min

Stage 16: Why'd you have to be so Nîmes?

Jasper Philipse edged closer to the green jersey as Biniam Girmay suffered a nasty crash, and we're about to head back into the Alps for a tough end to this Tour de France. Caley, Jonny, and Iain discuss all that plus a very flat rat, some live-on-TV swearing, carbon monoxide, and Cav's last sprint stage. To get the bonus After Dark segments at the end of each show, sign up now at escapecollective.com/TDF for just $1. 
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Jul 15, 2024 • 11min

Rest day 2: Tarps arf in the river

Welcome to the second rest day of the Tour de France. The boys have taken a pilgrimage to a site of lore on the Tour Daily pods, the river through Carcassonne, where the tarps came arf and many listener questions were answered. For access to the whole Rest Day episode, sign up at escapecollective.com/TDF for just one dollar/euro/pound. 
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Jul 14, 2024 • 37min

Stage 15: Cracking on Plateau de Beille

Jonas Vingegaard tried. He used a hard stage in the best way he and his team knew how, but it wasn't enough. Caley, Iain, and Jonny talk through a battle on Plateau de Beille, plus break the chip story wide open, discuss Pogačar's press offensive with the French people, and wonder why anybody would run up a mountain in flip flops. 
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Jul 13, 2024 • 1h 1min

Stage 14: The Pla d'Adet stepping stone

Cracker of a stage, that was. The GC lit up on Pla d'Adet as Pogačar improvised and attacked his way into time gains. Caley, Iain, and Jonny talk through the stage and consider where the race stands near the end of its second week. 
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Jul 12, 2024 • 44min

Stage 13: It's all Pau to us

Caley Fretz, Jonny Long, and Iain Treloar are in Pau after stage 13 of the Tour de France to break down Jasper Philipsen's win and the Pyrenees ahead, and Ronan Mc Laughlin joins the podcast to discuss the use of carbon monoxide during altitude training.

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