The Tour de France is almost here. On Saturday the peloton will roll out of Florence kicking off the first grand départ on Italian soil in the Tour's history. Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker will be following the race to Nice, producing nightly episodes of The Cycling Podcast on the way. Join our Tour de France trio for this XL Preview episode, in which they weigh up the likely rivals to Tadej Pogačar, the unmissable stages, Mark Cavendish's pursuit of a record-breaking 35th stage and everything else you need to know before the world's biggest race gets underway. There's also details of DVine Cellars' Tour de France case of wines telling the story of the Tour from Greg Andrews. The 2024 Tour case is already on sale. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast Instagram @thecyclingpodcast The 11.01 Cappuccino Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am). MAAP The Cycling Podcast x MAAP collection is available now. Go to maap.cc to see the full MAAP range. NordVPN This episode is supported by NordVPN. Get an EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tcp Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Friends of the Podcast Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at thecyclingpodcast.com to listen to more than 100 exclusive episodes. Our latest KM0 specials, ‘How to Become a Pro Cyclist’ and ‘How to Become an Ex-Pro Cyclist’ are available on the Kilometre 0 for Friends of The Cycling Podcast feed now.  The Cycling Podcast is on Strava The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.