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"Cycling on such a bigger scale": Tour de France sets off in Lille

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 5 Jul 2025, 3:16pm
Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG during the team presentation prior to the 112th Tour de France 2025 / #UCIWT / on July 03, 2025 in Lille, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG during the team presentation prior to the 112th Tour de France 2025 / #UCIWT / on July 03, 2025 in Lille, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

"Cycling on such a bigger scale": Tour de France sets off in Lille

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 5 Jul 2025, 3:16pm

One of the most watched sporting events in the world gets underway tonight as the Tour de France sets off in Lille. 

Only one Kiwi is competing in this year’s race, 22 year old Laurence Pithie hoping to score a few stage wins for Germany’s Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe. 

Sam Bewley is over in France as well, the Director of Sport for Israel Premier Tech. 

He joined the show to discuss the scale of the race, and what he hopes his team will achieve over the next three weeks. 

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