S14 Ep117: Stage 22 | The Post-Tour de France Press Conference

In a bumper post-Tour Press Conference episode, Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss tackle a final batch of listeners’ questions sent in as the Tour de France reached its conclusion in Paris.

That brings to a close our 2026 Tour de France coverage and we’d like to thank everyone who tuned in for our coverage of the men’s and women’s races.

We also recap some of the biggest post-Tour races and turn our attention towards the final Grand Tour of the season, the Vuelta a España, which starts on August 22.

Daniel Friebe will be back next week with our Vuelta preview episode.

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