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A swarm needs a face | Stage 1 2026 Tour de France Daily

7/3/202640 min

The Tour Dailies are back!

Caley, Jonny, and Ronan join you from Barcelona, where Remco Evenepoel is already annoyed, team time trial tactics are simmering, and Chris Froome has made the announcement everyone is waiting for. 

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First 90 seconds

  1. Caley Fretz· Host0:00

    Every swarm needs a face [laughs] and every face needs a name.

  2. Johnny Long· Host0:04

    [laughs] I thought it was gonna be every face needs a swarm.

  3. Caley Fretz· Host0:06

    [upbeat music] Welcome back, everybody, to the Tour Daily Podcast, the first in about a year. We are in Barcelona. Remco Evenepoel is already annoyed, and Chris Froome has made the announcement everyone is waiting for. Ronan [laughs], set the scene for me. What's so funny, my man?

  4. Ronan McLaughlin· Panelist0:42

    [laughs] That we were waiting for that announcement. [laughs] And I, I don't think anybody was expecting it anymore. I think the announcement was just- Mm. It didn't need announcing anymore.

  5. Caley Fretz· Host0:49

    You need to set the scene. That's about it. That's what I need.

  6. Ronan McLaughlin· Panelist0:51

    We're almost at the top of Montjuïc in Barcelona. The sun is shining. We're getting baked. We found some shade. The shade may be moving. Hopefully, it lasts- I think it's- ... for the entirety of this podcast, but we're in Barcelona.

  7. Caley Fretz· Host1:03

    We may just move in the middle.

  8. Ronan McLaughlin· Panelist1:04

    We're in Barcelona for the Grand Départ of the Tour de France.

  9. Caley Fretz· Host1:08

    And Johnny, welcome.

  10. Johnny Long· Host1:10

    Hello. Good to see you fellas live in the flesh. You haven't changed a bit.

  11. Caley Fretz· Host1:15

    [laughs] Not even a little bit.

  12. Ronan McLaughlin· Panelist1:16

    Oh, I've, I've changed in bits that you can't see.

  13. Johnny Long· Host1:18

    Oh. [laughs] Save it for after dark.

  14. Caley Fretz· Host1:21

    We have landed in Barcelona. We've picked up our credentials, and there have been some press conferences, as always- Mm ... ahead of the Tour de France. What

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