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Danish police raided the hotel of Team Bahrain early Thursday on the eve of the start of the Tour de France in Denmark. The team announced the raid itself just a few days after similar raids at homes in France and a year after their hotel was raided during the 2021 Tour. "Officers have searched all team vehicles, staff and riders' rooms," said Bahrain. The police reportedly found nothing suspect in their two hour search.
The wait is almost over. The riders are taking in the sights of Copenhagen; all Covid tests have been taken and eleventh-hour substitutes drafted in; Quick-Step have finished toying with fans over their lamentable will-they-won’t-they selection of Mark Cavendish (they won’t); at least seven teams have released new or limited edition Tour kits; even EF Education-EasyPost have awoken from their dreams of dragons and deigned to make their cutesy eight-man squad selection known a few seconds before the deadline… Some 3,328km of rampant riding over the roads of Denmark, France, Belgium and Switzerland now lie in store, along with 20km of cobbles, 18km of exposed sea bridge, over 53km of time trialling, 61 categorised climbs and no fewer than six mountaintop finishes.
Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador believes Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates represent the best hopes for Great Britain at this year’s edition, but warned against ruling out Mark Cavendish in future editions. Thomas and Yates are part of a three-prong attack for Ineos Grenadiers alongside Dani Martinez and the team are going to go into the race without naming an outright leader, preferring to wait to see how the race unfolds.
PARIS: Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat as he targets his third consecutive Tour de France title when the race sets off on Friday (Jul 1), with the 23-year-old Slovenian looking to become one of the sport's all-time great riders.
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Paris : Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat as he targets his third consecutive Tour de France title when the race sets off on Friday, with the 23-year-old Slovenian looking to become one of the sport's all-time great riders.
Jens Voigt says the first week of the Tour de France is comparable to «gladiatorship» and that it is «one step away from a matter of life and death». The second and third stages in Denmark and the following two day sections in northern France are vulnerable to strong crosswinds which adds to the risk that will already arise from venturing down narrow cobbled streets. Ad/> Two-time yellow jersey wearer Voigt is predicting chaos and that many in the field will fall early on.
