Race Radio: Tantalisingly Close – Warming Up for the Tour

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP The Tour is right around the corner! La Grande Boucle. The creme de la creme. The biggest race of the year. After a stellar Dauphine watching Pog, Jonas, and Remco show their cards I am so gee’d up to watch this year’s race; A grippy first week in the North of France, some epic mountains, and a brand new finish up Monmartre in Paris - what’s not to love?! I never raced the Tour as a pro, but I’ve worked it a few times chasing the race and making podcasts. One thing I’ve never done, though, is follow the race as a FAN. Luckily for me, I’ve got the boys over at Life In The Peloton’s Race Radio to give their ultimate guide to watching the Tour de France on the roadside as a fan. Here’s what old mate Harry had to say about this month’s episode of Life In The Peloton’s Race Radio: This ep is all about going to the Tour de France. Between us, Stu and I have been to the Tour more than a dozen times, both as fans and for work. There's nothing quite like cheering on your favourite riders from the roadsides, and we encourage you all to get out and hit the route, so we've put together our top tips and tricks for making the most out of a trip to the Tour. Learn how to chase the race, pick your spot, learn from our mistakes, and much more. Vive le Tour! I won’t be making the trip across to Europe this year - but I’m looking forward to catching up with the racing from the comfort of my couch back here in Aus. However, I can’t let the race go off without at least a little bit of LITP flair - so I’m sending the Race Radio boys over to record a few eps for me and capture that amazing Tour de France atmosphere! If you’re heading over to France to see some or all of this year’s race, give this ep a listen to make sure you’re armed with the best tips, tricks, and advice so you can have the best roadside experience possible! Cheers! Mitch ----more---- This episode is brought to you by our friends at Saily. If you're heading overseas for your next ride or trip? Avoid nasty roaming fees and get set up with Saily, the eSIM app from the legends behind NordVPN. Download the app and use the code PELOSURF for 15% off your next data plan — or hit https://saily.com/pelosurf to score yourself a special listener-only discount.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I can't even remember 15 minutes ago, let alone last week.
0:04.7	Here we go.
0:15.5	Let's take advantage of this.
0:20.9	I'm Mitch Stoker at this is Life in the Peloton's Race Radio.
0:26.3	Over to you.
0:27.8	Hello everybody.
0:29.1	Welcome to Life in the Palatons Race Radio.
0:32.8	The tour is just a couple of weeks away.
0:36.6	Can you believe it?
0:36.9	Tadely close. Oh, so close. It's you and I. weeks away. Can you believe it? Can't be it?
0:38.2	Oh, so close.
0:39.2	Stu and I, we've been a few times to the tour, both as fans and working there.
0:45.0	So we thought that for the episode of Race Radio, we might do a bit of a fans guide.
0:50.1	What do you think, Stu?
0:51.5	We may as well.
0:53.0	I mean, we're both card carrying francophiles as well aren't we so
0:55.8	yeah yeah we do bloody love france we do we do uh we thought that whether you're going or not this year
1:04.3	or maybe plan to go in another time going to see the tour de france is one of the ultimate bucket
1:10.4	list things to do as a cycling fan.
1:13.3	And so we thought that we'd share a little bit of our knowledge.
1:16.4	I mean, it's got to be said, there's no right or wrong way really.
1:20.1	But hopefully through our experiences, we can share a few ideas that might maybe like help you in your plans,
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