Unchained intrigue ahead of most anticipated Tour de France in decades

Cycling's showpiece will get on the road with the yellow jersey battle just one of the storylines worth following. 

STATE OF THE ART: UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar cycles to the stage during the official teams' presentation near the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on Thursday. Picture: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images

Anyone who watched the recently released eight-part Netflix documentary on the Tour de France ‘Unchained’ is probably asking the same question; where was Tadej Pogacar?

Partnering with the Tour de France organisers and the production company behind the Formula 1 series Drive to Survive, Netflix looked set to give the world’s biggest bike race the same sports documentary treatment many other sports have received.