Le Tour 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026!

[Bazza]

Paying attention to the stage on the app this morning and it is looks exciting again.

Holy cow....what a finish!

Poor SK. Ends up in 3rd when he had the stage won.

Chapeau to the King of Ecuador for (another) amazing ride today!

 

[Bazza]

Here we go, @Con ! I'm a bit nervous with those evil cobbles they have to ride on. Thankfully the rain has held off!

 

[Con]

Yeah. I have been watching their arms shake as they drive over them. The city sure looks pretty when they show the drone views.

 

[Con]

That was a fun race to watch!

 

[Bazza]

"There was nothing left in that body when he crossed the line....it was all or nothing!"
~ Phil Liggett


Epic......what a finish!

 

[Bazza]

 

[Con]

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This was my feeling yesterday when I watched their arms shake finish too. I was just telling my wife I was going to go ahead and cancel Peacock so they don’t charge me for next month.

It was a fun tour even without the top two drama. Watching their arms shake others battle out for 2nd and then all of the jerseys was very cool. With some of the up and comers the next few years should be interesting.

 

[Bazza]

Greg LeMond has thrown cold water on the Tadej Pogačar and Lance Armstrong comparisons, and he thinks the Slovenian is only getting started.
The only American to win the Tour de France, after Armstrong's seven titles were stripped for doping, was on the Paris podium as Pogačar celebrated his fifth win. Speaking to L'Equipe, LeMond predicted plenty more.
"He hasn't had any accidents, no physical problems; he'll be able to carry on for another three or four years. He's going to win at least seven Tours," LeMond said.
As for lumping Pogačar in with Armstrong, LeMond wasn't having it: "Lance didn't have his talent; he 'found' it at 28. Pogačar won his first Tour at 21."
He put it down to raw physiology: "Some people are born with a high VO2 max. Every now and then, out of millions of people, you have one who has 3 or 4% more. It's not much, but it changes everything in the Tour."

 

[Con]

Greg LeMond has thrown cold water on the Tadej Pogačar and Lance Armstrong comparisons, and he thinks the Slovenian is only getting started.
The only American to win the Tour de France, after Armstrong's seven titles were stripped for doping, was on the Paris podium as Pogačar celebrated his fifth win. Speaking to L'Equipe, LeMond predicted plenty more.
"He hasn't had any accidents, no physical problems; he'll be able to carry on for another three or four years. He's going to win at least seven Tours," LeMond said.
As for lumping Pogačar in with Armstrong, LeMond wasn't having it: "Lance didn't have his talent; he 'found' it at 28. Pogačar won his first Tour at 21."
He put it down to raw physiology: "Some people are born with a high VO2 max. Every now and then, out of millions of people, you have one who has 3 or 4% more. It's not much, but it changes everything in the Tour."

I have thought this about Pogacar because they used to talk about how cyclists never hit their peak at the tour until their late 20’s because they had to build their legs up to handle the tour.