Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[mididoctors]

Stage 9 Malemort>Ussel 155.5 km

Stage shortened due to the oceans boiling off into space . Basically 3 uncat hills before sprint taken out .

Rollout 13:45 CEST

New route

Intermediate sprint is a climb

Last km drags uphill to the finish line

 

[Jameshow]

You've been saying that for 15 years .....we all love you for it though

I think pog has deffo been more prominent than any rider I can remember over the past 30yrs?

Big Mig, Lance (cheat excepted) froome etc...

 

[Pblakeney]

I think pog has deffo been more prominent than any rider I can remember over the past 30yrs?

Big Mig, Lance (cheat excepted) froome etc...

Where Pog is different is that he doesn't just target the GCs unlike those you mentioned.
Or even Vingegaard.

 

[mididoctors]

Where Pog is different is that he doesn't just target the GCs unlike those you mentioned.
Or even Vingegaard.

What race has he entered to make up the numbers. Early in his career learning?

 

[Dogtrousers]

So what does this shorter course mean for how the race is likely to play out?

 

[Dogtrousers]

What race has he entered to make up the numbers. Early in his career learning?

There was a thing in Canada last year(?) that he rolled in 20th or something, smiling, having obviously entered for a larf

 

[Pross]

What’s the thinking with chopping the start, trying to finish earlier? If so why not start a bit earlier? I appreciate logistics may be difficult and there’s TV slots but they may as well do the kms without TV as not do them at all.

 

[mididoctors]

What’s the thinking with chopping the start, trying to finish earlier? If so why not start a bit earlier? I appreciate logistics may be difficult and there’s TV slots but they may as well do the kms without TV as not do them at all.

They are starting later to end same time .... just less hours on the road ... Well 40 odd mins

 

[Milzy]

I think pog has deffo been more prominent than any rider I can remember over the past 30yrs?

Big Mig, Lance (cheat excepted) froome etc...

Big Mig & the white Kenyan Froome cheats accepted as well.

 

[mididoctors]

So what does this shorter course mean for how the race is likely to play out?

Break.has to go at the Sprint. Makes it harder for trek.to.thin the field for Quinn or mads

How much I don't know.

 

[Pblakeney]

What race has he entered to make up the numbers. Early in his career learning?

Dogtrousers answered that quite well but generally when he enters, he enters to win. Or gift it to a teammate.
Those that were mentioned targeted GT races and skipped the rest.

 

[Dogtrousers]

What’s the thinking with chopping the start, trying to finish earlier? If so why not start a bit earlier? I appreciate logistics may be difficult and there’s TV slots but they may as well do the kms without TV as not do them at all.

I read a thing that said they can't start earlier than planned because the arrangements. (police, road closures etc) are all so complicated. Maybe they could hurry up the signing-on a bit but I don't think they have much wiggle room.

 

[mididoctors]

Maybe trek.just ride the whole thing for the sprint

 

[M.R.M]

MvdP could be going into the break since Philipsen hasn't delivered a win yet. With Merlier having closed the points gap for the green jersey, Pedersen has to go. Trek would probably send him with Simmons and Vacek again. Healy and Baudin probably also fancy a shot. I expect the break to make it to the finish.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

MvdP could be going into the break since Philipsen hasn't delivered a win yet. With Merlier having closed the points gap for the green jersey, Pedersen has to go. Trek would probably send him with Simmons and Vacek again. Healy and Baudin probably also fancy a shot. I expect the break to make it to the finish.

Yeah, Mads has said the aim is to do what they did stage 4, but the shortened route will make that more difficult