Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[mididoctors]

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

Boulting said in 2026 his hit rate per racing day is over 53%

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I see the break are being given a massive 1.30" again today

 

[Dogtrousers]

Boulting said in 2026 his hit rate per racing day is over 53%

He's not wrong. 26 race days (up to & including yesterday). 14 wins 53.8%

17 podiums btw

Edit. Actually if you ignore the TTT it's 14/25 = 56%

 

[mididoctors]

Average so far today 51.1 km

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Average speed over 51kph. That’s 4kph faster than the fastest schedule. This stage won’t take much more than 3 hours.
Thank God.

 

[mididoctors]

Lulu dropped

 

[Blazing Saddles]

This has the look and feel of a first week stage. The Tour de France in reverse.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Chute.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Ben o’Connor for one.

 

[mididoctors]

Crash ...o Conner .... Zimmerman

 

[mididoctors]

Kuss delayed

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Stuck with another pointless insert, so zero info.
Lotto rider worse off. Zimmerman I am reliably informed.
All these split screens ruin it for me. I just want to watch the race.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Once the world's best puncheur - with double rainbows to prove it, reduced to getting in the break on a sprint stage and getting dropped on a cat 4

 

[Pross]

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%.

Sounds like there's plenty of scope for improvement still then

 

[Pross]

Once the world's best puncheur - with double rainbows to prove it, reduced to getting in the break on a sprint stage and getting dropped on a cat 4

Probably ready for a 'swallow his pride' thread.