{"id":56571,"date":"2025-08-10T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56571\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:28:13","slug":"announcing-the-best-dog-of-the-2025-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56571\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Best Dog of the 2025 Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Announcing<\/p>\n

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Alex Baudin\u2019s family spaniel, everybody.<\/p>\n

\"Iain<\/p>\n

There are few home comforts in the world of professional cycling, with its athletes whisked relentlessly around the planet in pursuit of UCI points. So the moments when there is something familiar at a stage start for the riders is a cherished thing: maybe some gifts, the embrace of a loved one<\/a>, or a furry friend by one\u2019s side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Almost accidentally, documenting the last one has become an annual tradition at Escape Collective. There have been great dogs in Tours de France past\u00a0\u2013 Hugo Hofstetter\u2019s enormous Rottweiler, Petrus<\/a>; Adam Yates\u2019 cloud-like Samoyed, Zoe<\/a>; Ben Healy\u2019s floppy-eared Dachshund, Olive<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0but this year, dog visitation seemed way down on years past* and I\u2019d resigned myself to a year without a definitive Goodest Boy\/Girl of the bike race. [*Olive was there again, but it seemed unfair to all the other deserving doggos of pro cycling to give her back-to-back wins, no matter how charismatic she is.]\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then, one morning in Boll\u00e8ne, we saw HER: Alex Baudin\u2019s family spaniel, Phoebe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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