Unclipped with Grace Brown - The Calm Before the Tour: What to Expect from UAE vs Visma

With national championships wrapping up and the Tour de France just days away, this week’s pause in the World Tour calendar is the quiet before a storm. Grace unpacks the squads from UAE and Visma, and the battle lines forming between offence and defence, Pogacar and Vingegaard, and two teams built with very different strengths.

The end of June marks a rare stillness in the cycling calendar, but the Tour de France is already looming large. UAE and Visma have both revealed their line-ups, and the contrast is striking. Grace breaks down the climbing firepower of UAE’s mountain-focused team, and the tactical versatility of Visma’s more defensive squad.

Grace signs off from Unclipped, for now, but you can catch her all throughout July and August on the SBS Cycling podcast with Christophe and Macka.