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It means a lot, because it's hard and cruel to be a professional cyclist, you suffer a lot in preparations. You sacrifice your life, your family. You do everything you can to get here ready, and then after a couple of days you realize that everyone is just so incredibly strong...I don't often win because I'm not as strong as the others, but I can keep cool and focus in the crucial moments...the whole day, I just wanted to give my best...every single rider at this moment would deserve a win...I wish that everyone could win a Tour de France stage, but it's just not possible, and that's cruel, no?

With the 2025 Tour de France in the rearview mirror, an emotional interview with Matej Mohorič after winning Stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France. We looked for him in the paddock at Stage 17 in 2024 (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux à Superdévoluy) but it was so blistering hot and humid that the riders stayed in the busses until it was time to race. The level of performance in professional cycling is off the charts, but the empathy and honesty of Matej are hard to come by – definitely one for Gino Mäder!

Such great energy at the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France!

This Instagram post really captures the connection between the riders and the crowd at The Basilica of Sacré Cœur de Montmartre.

POV: Watching the Tour de France in Paris (the sound is great)

Instagram post with great photos from Thymen Arensman, after his Stage 19 win at the 2025 Tour de France.

Another great ride by Thymen Arensman today! It’s his second stage win in the 2025 Tour de France.

And such a heartfelt post-race interview:

It's Tadej and Jonas, and everybody knows they are the strongest in the world -- they are like, almost aliens. And just as a human, I still want to try and beat them. I just can't believe I beat them today.

We’re in TDF: Unchained! We finished watching Tour de France: Unchained on Netflix, and we’re in the last episode in Nice! We’re blurry figures on the side of the road during the time trial, but still there ☺️ (S3: E8)

I took this video of Tadej Pogačar at the time trial. The video was taken with a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in slow motion, but slow motion video doesn’t include audio. So I used my iPhone to record ambient sound, and then synced the video and audio together with Final Cut Pro on Mac.

So excited to watch Tour de France: Unchained, Season 3, especially after visiting the Tour during its filming.

I’m sure it’ll be a different perspective, enlightening our trip to week 3 of the Tour last year in July, 2024.