Public with a mosaic of neighbors, gossips, pedal freaks and tourists. Barcelona is this Saturday the world capital of cycling. The Tour de France has started in the city with a team time trial and tremendous heat. A seen and not seen, the passage of the cyclists, which for once many have not seen on TV on the couch at home, but live and next to their home. The route, almost twenty kilometers long, is a showcase of the city, and passes through points that Barcelona likes to boast about: the beaches, the Eixample grid, the Sagrada Familia, or Casa Batlló, on Passeig de Gràcia. The climb to Montjuïc also offers images of slopes and epic passage of the teams dressed as aerodynamic astronauts. They go from the city plan on the back of 5% and 7%. In the television broadcast, the images of the runners are interspersed with aerial shots of other iconic points: the coastline, museums, the Three Chimneys, the new Camp Nou…
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