{"id":159988,"date":"2017-07-12T13:32:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=159988"},"modified":"2019-10-11T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T08:41:08","slug":"skoda-karoq-debuts-tour-de-france-support-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/12\/skoda-karoq-debuts-tour-de-france-support-car\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160koda KAROQ Debuts at the Tour de France as a Support Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As the first stage of the Tour de France was almost about to begin on 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0July, there was a literal never-before-seen appearance at the starting line, turning heads. This is in no way an exaggeration \u2013 this year the brand new \u0160koda KAROQ models waited at the starting line as service vehicles alongside three teams, bearing their respective colours and logos. More precisely, \u2018Team Dimension Data\u2019 from South Africa, \u2018Team Lotto NL \u2013 Jumbo\u2019 from the Netherlands, and \u2018Lotto Soudal\u2019 from Belgium.<\/strong><span id=\"more-140832\"><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=fjKANS89SiE params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/fjKANS89SiE\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>This place is usually reserved for \u0160koda OCTAVIA support vehicles, as many teams grew accustomed to using them, but this year\u2019s starting stage is extraordinary not in one, but two aspects. After 30 years the Tour de France happened to start in Germany again, and more curiously, stage one was designed to be an individual time trial. The route took cyclists from D\u00fcsseldorf\u2019s Messe along the Rhine to the famous K\u00f6nigsallee and back to the Messe. And as the city of D\u00fcsseldorf was having its historical premiere, the \u0160koda KAROQ joined in with a debut of its own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/170703-SKODA-KAROQ-at-Tour-de-France-2017-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159991\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/170703-SKODA-KAROQ-at-Tour-de-France-2017-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4500\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way, the preceding SUV, KODIAQ, made its world premiere at Tour de France as well. It lead the peloton at Champ-Elys\u00e9es avenue last year.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BIPGBtwhn28\/<\/p>\n<p>This year, tens of thousands of viewers witnessed the compact SUV making its way along the riders, providing the teams with all the assistance they might need during the 14-kilometre time trial. Not only is KAROQ a looker, but has the latest connectivity and state-of-the-art technology trends at its disposal.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-159988 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-scaled.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-1920x1280.webp 1920w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7596.JPG-1920x1280.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-scaled.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-1920x1280.webp 1920w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/IMG_7595.JPG-1920x1280.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159993'>\n\t\t\t\tTeam cook Jesper Boom (right) contemplates the evening menu.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our reporter Chris spent one whole day at Le Tour with the teams and if you\u2019d like to read more about his experience, please head over to \u0160koda Storyboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skoda-storyboard.com\/cs\/sport\/cyklistika\/skoda-karoq-na-tour-de-france\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first look at this all-new \u0160koda model is promising and the car is scheduled to hit the market later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first stage of the Tour de France was almost about to begin on 3rd\u00a0July, there was a literal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":159990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1213,1212,845,1169],"global-categories":[3377],"class_list":["post-159988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-lotto-soudal","tag-skoda-karoq","tag-tdf","tag-tour-de-france-2017","global-categories-karoq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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