Brailsford’s Tour selection bombshell, Cav out - all the reaction in our Tour preview
The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport
Eurosport
4.6 • 814 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Brad and Graham preview every aspect of the 2020 Tour de France.
Brad has the inside track on the news that Mark Cavendish will once again miss out on competing at the Tour, while giving an in-depth analysis of the shock exclusion of Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas from the Ineos Grenadiers team.
We also hear from Orla Chennaoui on how the coverage of the Tour will differ in the age of Coronavirus, and the fallout from Brailsford’s decision.
The Bradley Wiggins Show is produced by Pete Burton.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm on holiday this week, scuba diving in the Caribbean. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm going to be underwater most of the time, so if you want me, you might have to learn whale. |
| 0:16.0 | Ooh, whew... Yours, Lucy. |
| 0:24.8 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
| 0:29.8 | At a protected. Welcome to the Bradley Wiggins show by Eurosport, the home of cycling in association with Laca bicycle insurance. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Graham Wilgos and Brad. We're recording one week before the Tour de France on a day when it seems everything |
| 0:55.6 | is happening at once. |
| 0:57.4 | It is, yes. |
| 0:58.2 | First of all, how are you? |
| 0:59.3 | Good, thank you. |
| 0:59.7 | Just me and you this week. |
| 1:00.5 | Just me and you. |
| 1:01.3 | For the big one, isn't it? |
| 1:02.0 | The Tour de France special. |
| 1:03.0 | Indeed. |
| 1:03.5 | Well, we might have to start doing daily podcasts from now on, given the greatest show on earth |
| 1:07.9 | is upon us. Well, we will be doing a couple of weeks, when we... |
| 1:10.8 | We will be... |
| 1:11.3 | Well, we'll be doing bonus podcasts every day. |
| 1:13.5 | It now seems like a very good time to mention it. |
| 1:15.6 | The drama's already started, isn't it? |
| 1:16.9 | Because we've had some big news the last couple of days. |
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