BILBAO, SPAIN: Cycling’s Tour de France, with its caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around Bilbao on Thursday, as champion Jonas Vingegaard prepared to start the defense of his title.
The 22 teams received a loud reception on their parade in downtown Bilbao.
Starting in front of the landmark Guggenheim Museum with the tension tangible as riders warmed up beneath low hanging black clouds with the peculiar hills straddling the horizon.
“I feel good, I feel ready, I’m where I want to be,” said Jumbo-Visma rider Vingegaard.
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