Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[No Ta Doctor]

Which brings us back to why were UAE pulling yesterday? No threats in the break. Pog got a beef with Mvdp?

Oh it's simple. Either he wanted to win or he wanted Del Torro to win or they wanted to control or they were just doing "some teams" a favour. Depends who you ask though.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Oh it's simple. Either he wanted to win or he wanted Del Torro to win or they wanted to control or they were just doing "some teams" a favour. Depends who you ask though.

The one good thing about was that we didn’t have to wait 15 minutes between MvdP winning and the peloton arriving.
Whatever their reason, it had questionable value.

 

[matticus]

It's good for the tour MvdP wins a stage

Why do you say that? (I'm not disagreeing, just asking!)

Anyway, he deserved it. And he made the day exciting. I'm not much of a fan, but all credit here, and he did a very likeable interview for once IMO!

A proper Grand Tour stage, not every day can/should be about the GC, and these are more fun than bunch sprint days (for me).👍

 

[Pross]

Which brings us back to why were UAE pulling yesterday? No threats in the break. Pog got a beef with Mvdp?

Didn't look that way at the finish, he was among the first to congratulate him and they seemed to have a good natter afterwards.

 

[Dogtrousers]

So what will UAE be doing to make the rest day as hard as possible for everyone?

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

So what will UAE be doing to make the rest day as hard as possible for everyone?

They're having 8 individual press conferences, with each rider in a different hotel

 

[Dogtrousers]

Judging from Pidcock's interview, all that had happened was that one button stopped working on his shifter but there was (at least) one other that did work. So not catastrophic.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Judging from Pidcock's interview, all that had happened was that one button stopped working on his shifter but there was (at least) one other that did work. So not catastrophic.

Think what he wanted to say was "it's a Paul Calf bag o' $hite, but that'd oopset t' sponsors"

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Think what he wanted to say was "it's a Paul Calf bag o' $hite, but that'd oopset t' sponsors"

Yeah there's definitely an element of "we're sponsored by a bike company, let's not call the bikes rubbish"

 

[Pross]

Judging from Pidcock's interview, all that had happened was that one button stopped working on his shifter but there was (at least) one other that did work. So not catastrophic.

Yeah, couldn't change from the drops so had to move to the hoods mid sprint and lost the wheel (I think it may then have changed down too far and left him in too big a gear).

Kids today innit - not sure how they'd have coped with using friction shift downtube levers. Don't know they're born.

 

[mididoctors]

Why do you say that? (I'm not disagreeing, just asking!)

Anyway, he deserved it. And he made the day exciting. I'm not much of a fan, but all credit here, and he did a very likeable interview for once IMO!

A proper Grand Tour stage, not every day can/should be about the GC, and these are more fun than bunch sprint days (for me).👍

Feels right ... Big names get to show

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

So what will UAE be doing to make the rest day as hard as possible for everyone?

Sneaking around, replacing the latex sealant in teams' bikes with concrete.

 

[gsk82]

So what will UAE be doing to make the rest day as hard as possible for everyone?

Loud music during the night? Massive drugs bust?

 

[Dogtrousers]

They're having 8 individual press conferences, with each rider in a different hotel

I'm imaging Pog giving a Fidel Castro-esque filibuster of a speech, to deny Jonas any interview time.

 

[Jameshow]

Pog giving the other rides a chance today!👍🤔🎉