Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[TakeTheHighRoad]

A real technical, nerdy question, which I probably know the answer to. But what do the riders do with the outershell of the ice packs they put down their jerseys?

Obviously the ice will melt after a while and just become water. I assume they just lob them, as they do bidons, but it seems a little wasteful tbh

Would it not be better to refreeze the water back to ice?

 

[misforturob]

According to Kasia N all of the bits of fabric (usually tights) that hold the ice stay in place until the riders take their jerseys off at the end of the stage.

This was from one of the little stage review videos her and Taylor Phinney are doing on Instagram which are quite fun

 

[Dogtrousers]

Thinking about it, having the ice in a permeable container like tights you get a double hit from the ice. First it takes heat away to melt the ice into water and then second it takes heat away to evaporate the water.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Oh dear, I feared as much.
Going to be a long, slow afternoon in the saddle.

 

[mididoctors]

They're off

 

[mididoctors]

Soft break

 

[No Ta Doctor]

"Hey, Baptiste! Absolutely sterling work you did babysitting De Lie on stages two and three. Really really appreciate your work, if it wasn't for you he'd have abandoned far earlier. Yeah, I know, but you haven't caught anything, so it's all good. Anyway, stage five is going to be hot and flat, and it's almost certainly going to be a bunch sprint finish, buuuuuuut we don't have a sprinter anymore, someone didn't manage to get him through stage 3.... So, you know.... Could you just ride 150km solo in the baking sun for us to get on the TV? Thanks, you're a star, great work you do, really appreciate it, we really do."

 

[rich p]

First day back from hols and it's a snooze-fest with the ultimate schmoozer, CK, boring the arse off everyone. I'll carry on with clearing the bindweed from the garden until the nitty gritty bit.

 

[wakemalcolm]

"Hey, Baptiste! Absolutely sterling work you did babysitting De Lie on stages two and three. Really really appreciate your work, if it wasn't for you he'd have abandoned far earlier. Yeah, I know, but you haven't caught anything, so it's all good. Anyway, stage five is going to be hot and flat, and it's almost certainly going to be a bunch sprint finish, buuuuuuut we don't have a sprinter anymore, someone didn't manage to get him through stage 3.... So, you know.... Could you just ride 150km solo in the baking sun for us to get on the TV? Thanks, you're a star, great work you do, really appreciate it, we really do."

He did longer at Dauphiné in Flanders Fields a couple of weeks ago, but he really shouldn't have set off without a friend.

 

[mididoctors]

Snufkin

 

[mididoctors]

Thor is looking fit

 

[wakemalcolm]

Thor is looking fit

Put the mouse back in the hole, this is a family show.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Mads P with an update his team will appreciate:

"It's all damage control today. The team will have a rest day, we won't ride for anything. Last 10km we'll take as they come"

 

[No Ta Doctor]

He did longer at Dauphiné in Flanders Fields a couple of weeks ago, but he really shouldn't have set off without a friend.

He kept looking behind him. I couldn't tell if he was hoping someone would join him, or if he was reflexively checking for De Lie

 

[mididoctors]

Oh look quick step are in this race