La Marseillaise
The Cycling Podcast
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4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau tell the story of Marseille's cycling history and take in the opening race of the 2023 French season.
Lionel heads to Marseille in search of a mid-morning coffee, pre-lunch pastis and the perfect bouillabaisse. François tells the story of the city's rebellious history and its newspaper's Communist roots. There's a trip to the Vélodrome, the role of Bernard Tapie in revolutionising Olympique de Marseille and professional cycling in the 1980s and the origins of the French national anthem.
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:01.0 | Bailal |
| 0:04.2 | By the way, can you tell us a little bit of where we are today? |
| 0:06.6 | We're on the outskirts of Marseille just off the grounds of a horse racing track by the |
| 0:11.4 | looks of it. |
| 0:12.4 | I can see the ground stand over there and the track which looks like it could do with a bit |
| 0:16.8 | of grass on it. |
| 0:17.8 | There's also a ferris wheel, not unlike a small version of the London Eye on the horizon |
| 0:23.3 | as well. |
| 0:24.3 | Pretty sure it's not the London Eye. |
| 0:25.3 | It's not the London Eye, that's in London. |
| 0:28.3 | But yeah, we're just outside the press room to see. |
| 0:31.2 | I mean, we haven't managed to find anywhere nearby for a cold beer. |
| 0:34.5 | Yeah, it would have felt an appropriate perhaps after Daniel's troubles today to be, you |
| 0:39.0 | know, drinking beer while he's sweating at Marseille or trying to get a replacement car. |
| 0:44.6 | I would have felt bad about that for a couple of moments. |
| 0:47.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.5 | The cycling podcast first visited Marseille in 2013 during the first week of the Tour de France. |
| 0:57.1 | On the day when Mark Camadish won the fifth stage, it finished at the park Barreli, a majestic |
| 1:02.2 | shadow with beautifully manicured gardens. |
| 1:05.3 | Richard and I recorded our episode overlooking the race course, before galloping to the |
| 1:09.5 | old port for an aperitif and dinner, followed by overpriced fish bowls of gin and tonic I |
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