Yeah, Alan Phillip put in a great ride today. Will be interesting to see if he can hang on to yellow tomorrow. His coach has said his limit is a 40 minute effort and the Tourmalet in longer than that. However, DQS also have Mas in top 10 on GC so it will be interesting to see what tactics they employ.I like to watch Le Tour every year whenever I can. I've been watching since Amstrong/Shleck/Contador and this year seems wierd with Froome not being present. On the other hand, it will make the race more interesting. I like to tune in for the Alpes and Pirinees stages because that's what I love to watch more than sprints after 4h of boring strolls.
Today was the TT stage and it was amazing to follow. Surprise until the last man crossed the line, Alaphillipe keeps the Yellow Jersey 100 years (to the day) after being implemented.
Tomorrow is one of my favorite climbs too!
Yeah, Alan Phillip put in a great ride today. Will be interesting to see if he can hang on to yellow tomorrow. His coach has said his limit is a 40 minute effort and the Tourmalet in longer than that. However, DQS also have Mas in top 10 on GC so it will be interesting to see what tactics they employ.
Tony Martin from Jumbo-Visma and Luke Rowe from Ineos have been disqualified from the Tour after a bit of pushing and pulling today.
Absolute nonsense.
Tony Martin from Jumbo-Visma and Luke Rowe from Ineos have been disqualified from the Tour after a bit of pushing and pulling today.
Absolute nonsense.
Really? Had to watch that. I didn't follow yestarday's and today's stages because they were "recovery" for the Alps and I didn't like their profile. Tomorrow restarts the actual race!
It is ****ing hot here at the moment (record breaking heat) and that means a do very little to nothing day for Dennisch, and a slow ass Tour stage is perfect for that situation.
But yeah, the fireworks start tomorrow. I think Alaphillipe is going to blow himself up, as his helpers aren't very helpful going uphill. I think we are going to see a yellow-black train keeping the pace high going uphill.
I'm still waiting for Bernal to show something... And I don't believe Thomas will win in Paris.
Possibly Ineos felt Thomas was their best bet and prevented him from attacking earlier in the race. Thomas got the first opportunity to go today but after he was caught Bernal got the go ahead. Either way he's been brilliant in these last few mountain stages, as he was last year.Bernal finally showing up
The only climb.It's looking good for Bernal. Hopefully both Ineos riders will be allowed to duke it out on the final climb.