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This is Bespoke.

The BBC Cycling Podcast with Tom Fordyce.

It's the big one, the greatest bike race in the world.

The Tour de France, three weeks of sprinting, climbing, slogging and suffering.

Rob Hales, you've covered plenty of these since you put your bike away.

Jeremy Whittle, you will be covering the tour for The Guardian as always,

as well as joining us on Bespoke.

It's a really open one this year, isn't it?

It is, yeah, and I think it's going to be really intriguing.

I'm actually really looking forward to seeing a race that isn't dominated by one team,

which has been the case, obviously, the past few years with Sky,

and just seeing a lot of young riders that are coming through as well who are going to...

It feels like because Chris Frum isn't going to be there,

that people are suddenly really up for it a lot more than they have been in the past.

In this programme, we are going to be hearing from defending champion Gerais.

Thomas, we're going to hear from French hero, Julianne Alifelit.

We'll talk through some of the big stages and how it might play out on the road.

Rob, if you had to give us, and we'll do a proper podium later,

but what is your head telling you at this point?

Egan, Bernal, is kind of the out and out.

He's the story at the moment, he's the one.

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