For my time at this year's Tour de France, I gave myself a side project of reporting on the race in a slightly different way. My usual tack is that I'll go to team hotels at the Grands Départ, and photograph bikes while keeping an eye out for new tech. I'll then go to the start each morning and do some of the same. Anything I spot will be turned into news, such as my story about the new Factor O2 VAM, and any bikes photographed turned into galleries, like Jonas Vingegaard's Cervelo S5.
One branch of my 'alternative' approach was via social media. During my time, I basically stole the keys to the cyclingnews_feed Instagram and TikTok channels and went wild. Sorry boss.
