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Official festivities for the 2018 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France began on Thursday with the teams presentation at the Place 💯Napoleon in La Roche-sur-Yoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn, the host city for the finish of stage 2 on July 8. Le Grand Départ will actually take place Saturday with a 201km stage from Noirmoutier-En-L'Ïle to Fontenay-Le-Comte.

As is often the case, world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan stole the show on Thursday with his crowd-pleasing, off-beat antics, including handling introductions for his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates. Defending champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome and Team Sky, on the other hand, got a considera▨bly more icy reception in the wake of Froome's recently dropped an💟ti-doping case.

Frenchman Romain Bardet (AG2R La Moꦛndiale), third in last year's race and runner-up in 2016, was an obvious favourite, along with ಞWarren Barguil and his French Fortuneo-Samsic team. Performers wowed the crowd with gymnastics and dancing, while Tour director Christian Prudhomme had his time on stage as well.

In all, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:176 riders representing 22 teams from around the globe took their spots on stage as fans a🌺nd sceptics alike got their chance to see the peloton before the upcoming three-week race.

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