Tour de France Femmes 2026 ** SPOILERS **

[No Ta Doctor]

A country would be acceptable, no need to be city/town specific.

I'll go with England then. I assume we're talking about where the crop to produce the mustard comes from, rather than where does the mustard the people of Dijon buy in the supermarket come from, or where does the finished product mustard sold as Dijon come from?

 

[mididoctors]

Time to see who cuts the mustard in Dijon.

For those with Carlton Kirby commentating, think of that as a taster

You spread mustard not cut it

 

[No Ta Doctor]

You spread mustard not cut it

You've got to cut the plant to harvest it though. It seems nobody is sure of the etymology of the phrase, though it's earliest appearance is in the US in the late nineteenth century.

 

[Dogtrousers]

You've got to hand it to Carlton, when it comes to puns he's keen as ... ketchup.

 

[BrumJim]

A country would be acceptable, no need to be city/town specific.

Canada. 35,000 tonnes of the stuff a year. Which, at roughly 0.5 - 1mg a piece, relates to roughly 55,000,000,000,000 seeds.

I didn't count them all.

 

[Shadow]

Canada

Correct 🇨🇦 (but I surmise a little cheating maybe, @BrumJim?)

How do I know this I hear you ask. Well, as there is a little time before todays stage starts, a little story.

A few years ago, 2021/2022, I was having supper in Ay with a champagne producer and I asked why there was no Dijon mustard on the shelves of the local supermarkets, delis or convenience stores. (Except for a very few jars in the massive Leclerc outside Epernay. It is so massive, employees whiz around the store on rollerskates/blades, I kid you not). Mme Champagne Producer told me the Dijon makers used to obtain mustard seeds from Ukraine but supply was stopped, almost overnight. That interruption is ongoing. Saskatchewan, the flat prairie province in Canada 🇨🇦, stepped up and now sends approx 55,000,000,000,000 seeds to France.

And there I was naively thinking France grew its own mustard seeds to make Dijon mustard.

When does the ITT start?

 

[BrumJim]

Correct 🇨🇦 (but I surmise a little cheating maybe, @BrumJim?)

How do I know this I hear you ask. Well, as there is a little time before todays stage starts, a little story.

A few years ago, 2021/2022, I was having supper in Ay with a champagne producer and I asked why there was no Dijon mustard on the shelves of the local supermarkets, delis or convenience stores. (Except for a very few jars in the massive Leclerc outside Epernay. It is so massive, employees whiz around the store on rollerskates/blades, I kid you not). Mme Champagne Producer told me the Dijon makers used to obtain mustard seeds from Ukraine but supply was stopped, almost overnight. That interruption is ongoing. Saskatchewan, the flat prairie province in Canada 🇨🇦, stepped up and now sends approx 55,000,000,000,000 seeds to France.

And there I was naively thinking France grew its own mustard seeds to make Dijon mustard.

When does the ITT start?

Correct. Monumental cheating on my part.

I now want to go to Epernay and see the roller-skating mega store employees. And relive the whole Champagne experience, where even the local screwed-down plastic chair pizza places serve it by the glass.

 

[Archie from BR]

Good ride from Millie

 

[mididoctors]

Zoe off the ramp

 

[Archie from BR]

Good timing, Poland finishes turn over to the ladies and Zoe is going down the ramp

 

[Pross]

Going to be interesting to see how she goes here, could suit her well.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

You've got to hand it to Carlton, when it comes to puns he's keen as ... ketchup.

I can't tell you how hard it was not to come up with a false etymology for "Cut the mustard" for him to explain on TV.... Only the fact that I watch Danish coverage, so wouldn't even know stopped me.

 

[Pross]

Bredewold using her team mate as a lead out in the final few hundred metres. Comms may have something to say about that.

 

[mididoctors]

Zoe is fast at intermediate

 

[mididoctors]

Zoe slowing down ?.