Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[No Ta Doctor]

Alaphilippe attack! I can't believe he's already going to be spat out the back after just a few km of a flat stage

 

[mididoctors]

The.btdakaeay hopeful trans should attack every flat stage .... Just to tire the sprinter teams out if nothing else

 

[T4tomo]

Hmmm... people actually trying to get into the break - MvdP included.

It could be to neutralise the intermediate, or it could be to avoid Alpecin having to work all day for the sprint. Or just that they've not got a lot of faith in Philipsen so why not?

Its nailed on for Philipsen today...

Wet roads, sprint finish, bound to crash and abandon....

 

[mididoctors]

Trek.shoulf encourage breaks today and tomorrow to take points away from the green jersey

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Ah, Chateau de Billy. Looks old, but it's actually flatpack from IKEA

 

[Blazing Saddles]

We could now have our break of the day….

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Alaphilippe attack! I can't believe he's already going to be spat out the back after just a few km of a flat stage

My memory appears to have made up that he retired last year.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Another flat stage. Baptiste Veistroffer is wearing a fake moustache and attempting to speak with a German accent on the Lotto Intermarché team bus...

"Baptiste? Nein, I have not zeen him"

"Hey Liam, my man! Great ride on the Bergerac stage, truly exceptional, love your work, you know we do! These flat sprinter stages really suit you and Baptiste. Now listen a moment, we can't find Baptiste anywhere, but some strange German guy with a moustache said you might know where he was? Lol, no, we're not going to get caught out by a prank like that - false moustache, haha, as if! Anyway, the break's already gone, but just pretend it's a potato right? What? Get out and hunt it of course, what else do you do with potatoes? Great stuff, great stuff, we've all got faith in you, au revoir!"

 

[Legs]

Woot - Nelson Oliveira is in my Velogames team!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Philipsen, Kanter, Mads P, Girmay take 10, 9, 8, 7 from the intermediate. No big deal with these scraps

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Woot - Nelson Oliveira is in my Velogames team!

Decent save on a wet corner from him just before the intermediate

 

[mididoctors]

Sensible tactics by trek .,

 

[phreak]

Worked out today that since 2024, Pogacar has won 25 of the 29 races he's entered, including 3 Grand Tours, 4 Stage Races, 7 Monuments, and 11 Classics/Championships.

At the same time, in both 2024 and 2025, he won over 40% of the time he pinned a number on. This year, that ratio is over 60%.

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Worked out today that since 2024, Pogacar has won 25 of the 29 races he's entered, including 3 Grand Tours, 4 Stage Races, 7 Monuments, and 11 Classics/Championships.

At the same time, in both 2024 and 2025, he won over 40% of the time he pinned a number on. This year, that ratio is over 60%.

I found myself scrolling through his PCS stats yesterday and he's only finished outside the top 100 on a stage twice in his career

Once was the TDF sprint stage in 2022 where there was a crash and the other a sprint day in the Vuelta in 2019

 

[mididoctors]

Situation