Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***
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Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
But on the positive side I did get to revisit some sights from last year's fantastic holiday in Luz St Sauveur
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
The white jersey is not over just yet.
Del Toro is the favourite but there's a possibility that he may have to do work for Pog, affecting his personal chances.
That said, Pog's position is now unassailable so it's quite possible that it may be the other way round with Pog and the UAE team working to DTs advantage to get him onto the 3rd (or even 2nd) overall.
Go go Tiberi!! Miaow! 🐈
Del Toro is the favourite but there's a possibility that he may have to do work for Pog, affecting his personal chances.
That said, Pog's position is now unassailable so it's quite possible that it may be the other way round with Pog and the UAE team working to DTs advantage to get him onto the 3rd (or even 2nd) overall.
Go go Tiberi!! Miaow! 🐈
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mididoctors
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Greatest era of cycling I've experienced in my life
mididoctors
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I hate to say it but the most likely thing to stop UAE is the state UAE .
It's likely opposition to sports washing states involved in Sudan genocide is going to appear. Next season I think
It's likely opposition to sports washing states involved in Sudan genocide is going to appear. Next season I think
FWIW, I don't think you can group Sky, Ineos and Netcompany together.
Yes they are all a progression but Sky got out at the right time (for them). It's been downhill since.
Pross
Guru
It's interesting that people now consider a lead of less than 3 minutes at the end of week 1 to be unassailable. In 2022 Jonas turned a 39" deficit into a 2' 22" lead in a single stage before eventually extending that to 3' 34" at the end of stage 20 (he gave away over 50" on the final stage). I'm not saying it will happen again but there are plenty examples of collapses in GTs, it only takes bit of illness to knock someone off form and Pog has previous of going too deep in the early part of the race whilst looking unbeatable (less likely this year with him being fresher than post-Giro Jonas).
Dorset Boy
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I agree, it's not all over yet. Anything can happen -
A puncture on a descent leading to a crash.
The heat taking its toll on a mountain stage.
Crosswind splits.
No Ta Doctor
Veteran
Pross
Guru
It's a shame Traeen couldn't hang in yesterday. If he had just lost a few seconds here and there over the next week or so it could have kept things interesting. Getting into yellow obviously took a lot out of him as I expected him to do better than he did (pre-crash). I'd like to think that some of the others will be prepared to go all in to force something especially Jonas as he has the Giro and previous Tours in the locker so is settling for second again a worthwhile prize?
Blazing Saddles
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So how many will be in today’s break?
One? Two? None?….
One? Two? None?….
Blazing Saddles
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Well that took 2 seconds and it’s 2 for the break.
Time for a long zzzzzz in the peloton.
Time for a long zzzzzz in the peloton.
mididoctors
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They're off ..soft break
