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Video round-up Tour de France special - including Team presentationFans watching 2015 Tour de France presentation in Utrecht (picture Le Tour Utrecht on Facebook)

Video round-up Tour de France special - including Team presentation

Team Sky pose question, "How tough is the Tour," while young Dutchman gets to meet his hero, Chris Froome...
by Simon_MacMichael
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 15:11
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If you missed yesterday evening’s Tour de France presentation in Utrecht, here’s a highlights video from the organisers of this year’s Grand Depart plus the full version, if you’re inclined to watch it – as well as some other videos we’ve noticed in the run-up to the race.

First off, that highlights video of the presentation in the Dutch city yesterday, which saw the 198 riders arrive by boat to be introduced to a crowd estimated at 10,000 people.

Here’s the full version.

Next up, a video tweeted by Team Sky yesterday. While the cycling part opens with crowd shots from last year’s Grand Depart in Yorkshire, much of the footage comes from two years ago, when Chris Froome won the yellow jersey. 12 months ago of course, he crashed out on the cobbles.

 

 

Sky has also produced an infographic that seeks to answer the question, “How tough is the Tour?”

 

 

A young Dutchman who considers Froome his hero got to meet the Team Sky rider after winning the latest instalment in Shimano Race TV’s #BELIEVE competition.

Travis Klok’s friend and next door neighbour died aged 10, which inspired him to arrange a team to take part in a charity ride up Alpe d’Huez – and no doubt he will be cheering Froome on three weeks tomorrow when the race tackles what will be the final climb of this year’s race.

Finally, Orica-GreenEdge’s line-up for this year’s race, announced in this video, includes twin brothers Adam and Simon Yates – two of a record-equalling 10 British riders in this year’s Tour.

The Australian team has a pretty good record at Grand Tours – while not challenging for the GC, it does have a habit of getting riders into the race lead in the opening week or so, especially if there is a team time trial along the line, as well as getting individual stage wins.

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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