In some ways, the Ventoux stage is almost the least interesting stage left in the TdF. At least if the racing continues this way. Of course Ventoux might make time gaps so big that the last two stages get a bit muted.
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Ideally this will be 80% me discussing pro cycling with likeminded morons but there should be some other random stuff too. If I revert to Swedish I'm likely irate about some local issue that may or may not be relevant if you live in Kansas or Kuala Lumpur.
That was a killer stage. People cracking all over the place. And I'm getting curious how a Niewiadoma in this form can compete with Vollering on the final stages?
Kasia once again the bookies' favorite to win the sprint.
TV completely forgot about the UAE chasers but they are losing big time as well
If Ventoux is longer than this climb then Reusser might have a bit of a problem long term.
Squiban might be too little help against a motivated front group.
Reusser hung on on that climb but she wasn't having much fun at the end.
Performance Directors for men's cycling teams are of course working on versions of this to gain an aero advantage as well. But as usual in pro cycling they can't agree on the terminology.
Dan Deakins@dandeakins.bsky.social · 2d agoWell...
Shout out also to Tone and Karl at the Continental team Hitec for developing and shaping Sigrid! Without smaller teams these riders wouldn’t have a chance to develop and be picked up by bigger teams that overlook riders like for far too long
Kim Le Court not shy about saying she was almost sure to win if the favorites group had gone to the finish to contest the win. Which is pretty cocky when Marianne Vos is in the same group.
That was an impressive ride! Another TdF stage for Uno-X. What the peloton got up to I really don't know?
Haugset does not look like she is enjoying her little ride around the French countryside right now.
Looks like the SD Worx car got back up to Kopecky. The gap is dropping again.
Wanna throw out a line and really tow Kopecky along? Why half-ass it with that wind shelter?
Feels like Kopecky is sensibly reeling in Haugset for a stage win atm.
Is Lorena Wiebes secretly French? Is that why we're getting lots of images of her bravely fighting in the gruppetto in yellow?
Dumbasses on Eurosport doing dumbass pre-race dumbassing as if race hasn't already started and we all don't already know half the answers to the dumbass jibber jabber they puke up to fill time.
It probably won't work in the end but this really is the only realistic way of improving your chances to beat Wiebes, burn her team so she has as little assistance in the finale as possible. She's good anyway but her margin for error gets way smaller.
It's too bad we have the photofinish evidence, I would have enjoyed this just being two Danish dudes in the photo finish booth on their seventh Tuborg since lunch deciding they should teach Alpecin a little lesson for beating Mads Pedersen on the Champs Elysées
Lesson is: don't hurry the results and winner interview just beacause you're cutting the international video feed shortly after the finish.
The official sponsor of the Postnord Danmark Rundt results booth is Tuborg Grøn. And lots of it.