VIDEO: UAE Team Emirates spark confusion at the Tour de France with cryptic radio message

A new addition to the coverage of the 2023 Tour de France is the broadcasting of selected messages from the team radios. On stage 11, one of these messages from UAE Team Emirates confused everyone.

"Okay guys, now we do Plan C," the message starts, normally enough. "Everybody jump the tiger! When the crocodiles have to swim, you jump!"

Was this a coded message to signal an attack? Was it simply to confuse the broadcasters? Well the team car later revealed to Eurosport correspondent Jens Voigt that the message was simply a team in-joke sent to keep spirits high on what has been a relatively boring day so far.