The Tour de France is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. After ten days of racing, the time of an episode, Thomas de Saint Leger and Alexis Bedu, journalists at RFI, tell how they cover this cycling competition on the radio. Between logistics, organization and anecdotes, they give behind the scenes of this great 2022 loop.
In this episode of News cookieswe find Thomas de Saint-Leger and Alexis Bedu, in the Alps on the occasion of the first day of rest for the riders. ” We take the opportunity to prepare the reports that will be broadcast the next day on the airexplains Alexis. It’s not really a rest day for the peloton either.continues Thomas, riders don’t really stop riding. They do a little two-hour training and are also asked by the media to answer interviews “.
It is by car that the RFI team follows this Grande Boucle: “ We try to hurry every day to be at the finish before the runners. This requires a lot of organization and logistics, says Alexis who is living his first Tour de France. It surprised me, it’s very complicated to move “.
Thomas and Alexis also recount the sounds of the Tour de France. That of the omnipresent official Tour announcer with a very powerful voice. The sound of the publicity caravan preceding the passage of the runners and that of the walkie-talkies in the finish area.
A finish area in which you sometimes have to jostle: ” It is also a very special time of the day, said Alexis, there are many photographers, cameras rushing towards the winner and in the middle, there is me trying to make room for myself to go and interview the riders. But overall everything is going well and the runners are very accessible “.
In this episode, our two journalists also explain the way in which they try to bring the competition to life both on the sporting level and on the sidelines, but also the balance to be found in order to address both passionate listeners and neophytes.
They each conclude with an anecdote that we let you discover by listening to this episode.
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