Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***
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misforturob
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Seixas won the ITT at Itzulia Basque Country on a similar-ish parcours (albeit less climbing and shorter), beating Del Toro by 51s. So highly possible
mididoctors
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Not out of the question
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Having pog as a super domestique is a helluva advantage in the third week
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I had to get up at 2am last night for a wee.
I'm being extra careful today.
I'm being extra careful today.
No Ta Doctor
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Redefines the concept of de luxe, doesn't it? Like if your hotel breakfast was made by 3* Michelin chefs
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Early starters
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It seems Remco and RedBull got the knock at 10pm last night. Probably scared of waking him up if they were any later.
Other teams have apparently been tested at other points but have stayed quiet about it - not sure why except the para about it being an exceptional circumstance thing might be a bit much for them to want to put it out into the public. But it looks like either they have some very specific evidence that absolutely everyone is at it, or they're just target testing in order of priority (based pretty much on performance)
Or *conspiracy hat on* they tested Jonas & Pog before the big mountain stage as that was their strong point, and they tested Remco before the TT as that's his speciality. *conspiracy hat off*
Other teams have apparently been tested at other points but have stayed quiet about it - not sure why except the para about it being an exceptional circumstance thing might be a bit much for them to want to put it out into the public. But it looks like either they have some very specific evidence that absolutely everyone is at it, or they're just target testing in order of priority (based pretty much on performance)
Or *conspiracy hat on* they tested Jonas & Pog before the big mountain stage as that was their strong point, and they tested Remco before the TT as that's his speciality. *conspiracy hat off*
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They are off the ramp.
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I'm interested in MvdP time
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I was just browsing the rankings and it's all far from boring, provided you accept that 1st on GC is done and dusted and Pog is nailed on to win at least 2 of the remaining stages probably.
There are gaps of less than a minute from 2nd to 6th, and with all that Alpe d'Huez shenanigans coming up a minute is easily gained or lost.
There's the white jersey with Toro, Seixas and Ayuso all within a minute and a half.
There's the intruige of Pog being Toro's domestic servant.
There could be fun and games in the green jersey tomorrow.
There's stage 21. Can someone like MvDP, Mads or even Pidders* do a Wout and deny Pog?
There's the question of who will get tested next? When? Are the testers actually on to something?
Yawn. 🥱
* Or Remco. Remember the Olympics.
There are gaps of less than a minute from 2nd to 6th, and with all that Alpe d'Huez shenanigans coming up a minute is easily gained or lost.
There's the white jersey with Toro, Seixas and Ayuso all within a minute and a half.
There's the intruige of Pog being Toro's domestic servant.
There could be fun and games in the green jersey tomorrow.
There's stage 21. Can someone like MvDP, Mads or even Pidders* do a Wout and deny Pog?
There's the question of who will get tested next? When? Are the testers actually on to something?
Yawn. 🥱
* Or Remco. Remember the Olympics.
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T4tomo
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given they off next to each other, both will be getting time updates real time as they ride. should be a good battle
misforturob
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Got to think he will want to tick off the Alpe (via the 21 bends) and the final Montmartre stage
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Next bunch
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Josh fastest at 2nd checkpoint
