Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[No Ta Doctor]

Which is weird, really, because no-one outside the top ten is really fussed. I've always mentally equated the prestige of a stage win with top-6 on GC.

I'd never heard of Jordan Jegat until just before this year's Tour, when I looked at last year's GC results. Totally anonymous!

You mean you didn't know the winner of the 6th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs (1.1) this year? Shocking.

I think while he may have been very pleased with his tenth on GC last year, he only sneaked in at the expense of Ben O'Connor on stage 20, having been in a couple of breaks (inc. stage 20) , so while he may have been quite familiar to break-watchers during the Tour he wasn't necessarily someone to remember.

O'Connor obviously won a stage, so I doubt he was all that upset about it

I think if you get a top ten by hanging with the GC boys for as long as possible you're more likely to be remembered, and more likely to demonstrate you're worth a new contract and your team is worth its sponsorship

 

[mididoctors]

Rivetting

 

[misforturob]

Pidders. But not getting away

 

[No Ta Doctor]

By the way, I'm having a whip-round after the stage to buy Luke Plapp some shoulders

 

[mididoctors]

What a dig

 

[mididoctors]

Downhill

 

[mididoctors]

Shoe the descent

 

[mididoctors]

What's up.eith.moto 1

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Mads P on the front of the peloton pulling to bring Pidcock back a bit for the GC boys

The man is nuts

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Ridiculous average speed coming up.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Mads P on the front of the peloton pulling to bring Pidcock back a bit for the GC boys

The man is nuts

Pulls off, shift done, now climbing like a sack of potatoes

He demands a lot from his team, but he gives back in spadefulls as well

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Shoe the descent

I know this climb and the descent.
It doesn’t have the gradient or technical difficulty.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Pulls off, shift done, now climbing like a sack of potatoes

He demands a lot from his team, but he gives back in spadefulls as well

It was a child’s sandcastle spade today.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

If I were a DS I wouldn't tell my riders they were "in the right headspace" when they were, it just immediately conjures up the idea that I thought they were mentally weak most of the rest of the time

Bit of sports psychology for you there, Ineos DS.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I have a horrible feeling that another UAE win is just around the corner.