From a technical point of view, Cyanide's Tour De France: The Official Game is really impressive

Not only is it rendering upwards of thirty bicycles on screen at any one time, there's also a great sense of speed in some of the behind-player shots. We're just curious how Tour De France will actually play. Cyanide's promising lots of "respect" and "loyalty" mechanics, but we want to know how the core racing will work. Hold R2 to pedal?