Tour de France 2026 ***Spoilers***

[mididoctors]

Next lot

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Tarling tearing up the lantern rouge group.
Meanwhile, the Addams family decides to cross the road.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Tarling tearing up the lantern rouge group.
Meanwhile, the Addams family decides to cross the road.

Great bit of adrenaline doping for Tarling courtesy of the French public there

 

[Blazing Saddles]

TNT tv coverage is currently 5 minute splits between the time trial and ad breaks.
Truly appalling rip off.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Got to think he will want to tick off the Alpe (via the 21 bends) and the final Montmartre stage

If he wins stage 21 it'd be the first time since Lemond in 89 that the GC winner won the final stage, but that was an ITT. Before that the last GC winner to win a road stage on the final day was Hinault in 82 who won on the Champs Elysees.

(Unless I'm wrong ... I didn't start checking until a way back but there may be a bleedin obvious more recent one that I've forgotten)

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Dan Houle blowing everyone out of the water

 

[mididoctors]

Ganna off the ramp

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Great bit of adrenaline doping for Tarling courtesy of the French public there

Goes fastest by several minutes.Thanks the idiots*


*probably

 

[mididoctors]

Josh in the seat 🪑 by 3 mins

 

[No Ta Doctor]

If he wins stage 21 it'd be the first time since Lemond in 89 that the GC winner won the final stage, but that was an ITT. Before that the last GC winner to win a road stage on the final day was Hinault in 82 who won on the Champs Elysees.

(Unless I'm wrong ... I didn't start checking until a way back but there may be a bleedin obvious more recent one that I've forgotten)

Cav won in 2012, and he was the winner of our hearts*, so that should probably count



*Like some sort Princess Diana, but on a bike, and occasionally very prickly and sweary

 

[Legs]

Dan Houle blowing everyone out of the water

9 seconds behind JT on the live timings now, though.

Appears to have blown his doors off early on and is dying on his arse.

 

[Legs]

9 seconds behind JT on the live timings now, though.

Appears to have blown his doors off early on and is dying on his arse.

From 21s up to 39s down.

Impressive ride by Tarling - Ganna's slipping behind his time now.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Josh Tarling’s timing may have been wrong, but it was a lot better than the Dutch duo.

 

[Legs]

Josh Tarling’s timing may have been wrong, but it was a lot better than the Dutch duo.

He's a big unit, too; better suited to the second part of the stage than the climb.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Tarling keeps his seat