Each year the tour takes over my month of July evenings. I started watching it years ago when Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen were the commentators for SBS Australia.
The tour is a marketing exercise as much as a sports race. The country of France combines funds with neighbours to promote the summer, food and wine, chateau’s and beautiful countryside that is France and the surrounds.
I loved learning about the chateau’s and their history from a couple of experts who also happened to love food and wine and yapped about their culinary experiences as they travelled the tour course.
I think it’s what I miss with the current set of commentators, that love for the landscape, it’s eccentric people and the discovering and sharing of the local fare / à manger et à boire.
Great things about the tour are: how close spectators can still get to the competitors, the endurance, location, massive reliance on data and evolving tech, connection to country, food and culture.
For now I really enjoy having the race on while I sketch away or write. It’s become a regular in July evenings, although it maybe on mute 🙉
The French summer looks so inviting and I’m looking forward to exploring the region one day, maybe at a slower pace tho 😂🥾
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