Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[No Ta Doctor]

Grossschartner gave it beans for the UAE tema comp, but fading now

 

[mjr]

?), it looked to me as if Pog still had the legs to win the sprint; but chose not to for PR reasons. Sure, Remco got a massive leadout/tow from Pog, but I still think on that kind of climb Pog could have outsprinted him.

That kind of climb? I don't think it was steep enough at that point. The steep bits of that climb were near the start and they failed to drop Remco on that.

 

[mididoctors]

Arensmen ramp going to cost him

 

[mididoctors]

EF helmet

 

[mjr]

EF helmet

Glad that I remembered to buy the mushrooms for dinner!

 

[mididoctors]

Glad that I remembered to buy the mushrooms for dinner!

They are pretty bonkers

 

[matticus]

That kind of climb? I don't think it was steep enough at that point. The steep bits of that climb were near the start and they failed to drop Remco on that.

A rider that hangs on can still be knackered after 11km at average 9% (I think?). Pog has won a lot of hilltop sprints (and a few pan-flat ones!), Remco's more of a diesel. We know Pog is stronger than his domestique, so probably had something left. Past mountain stages suggest Remco is not as strong as Pog, so quite possibly had nothing left after those 11km. We don't know either way, let's be honest!

I'd love to think that Remco is now strong enough to win like that on merit, but my gut feeling is that Pog coulda won if he chose.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Arensmen ramp going to cost him

Ouch
2nd by 5"

 

[mididoctors]

That late start was about 5 secs

 

[mididoctors]

Pidcock got a big buffer

 

[No Ta Doctor]

That late start was about 5 secs

9" according to DK coms

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Right then. Come on Skjelly!

 

[mjr]

Ouch
2nd by 5"

He gave it away because it would have been bad PR to win after that start! ;-)

 

[mididoctors]

Sexy ass

 

[mididoctors]

Too fast?