Serrat: Tour is 'our adolescence'

At 82 years old, Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat still passionately follows the Tour de France, calling it "our adolescence and summer." The beloved Catalan artist, who covered the race as a journalist for El Periódico de Catalunya, expressed his admiration for cycling legends like Poblet, Pérez Francés, and Ocaña, as well as current stars like Van Der Poel. catcross.org

Serrat, whose Barcelona streets are now filled with cycling fans for the weekend races in Montjuïc, made provocative comments about Tour contenders Pogacar and Vingegaard. "Let's see these two get hostile," he said, while acknowledging Pogacar's dominance in one-on-one competition. "But in a head-to-head fight, Pogacar wins."