Raging Bull
6/16/202656 min
With the Tour de France just three weeks away, the mountain stages at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (aka the Dauphiné) was set to be a big test for two young riders who are set to make their debut appearances in La Grande Boucle.
Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss wrap up an enthralling week of racing in the French Alps as Mexico's young pretender Isaac Del Toro continued his development into one of the finest stage racers in the world. We know he'll be a huge help to his UAE Team Emirates leaders Tadej Pogačar at the Tou...
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:11
you are listening to the cycling podcast Welcome to the Cycling Podcast and our third rollout with our own Tour de France Attitude Camp with me, Graham Wilgos, and once again joined by Lionel Burney.
Graham Willgoss· Host0:33
And Lionel, so many riders for their build-up to the Tour look to altitude. For you and I, once again, it's a case of, I'm going to call it psychological elevation gain, reaching, we hope, let's call it the peak of perception as we get our attitude spot on before we head out to Barcelona for the Grand Apart in only two short weeks.
Lionel Birnie· Host0:53
how's morale graham i'm feeling pretty good i'm tuning up nicely for the tour not overdoing it just i am like you morale is high very excited about it not overdoing it i just always find particularly with the number of races that come so thick and fast at this point in the calendar it's almost impossible to keep up but you and i are going to do our best We are. I mean, the focus of this episode is very much the Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes. Got it in one. The race formerly known as the Criterium du Dauphiné. And, well, a fantastic week of