Le Tour 2023, 2024, and 2025

[Bazza]

Today was Bastille Day!

The stage was won by an Englishman and the Yellow Jersey taken by an Irishman!

Tomorrow is a rest day.......

 

[Con]

Pogacar dominated today. I can’t wait to watch the replay.

 

[Bazza]

Pogacar dominated today. I can’t wait to watch the replay.

I missed the race today due to work and will watch tonight. But I did peek at the results.......and this......

Tadej Pogacar dedicated his memorable victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France to Samuele Privitera, the young cyclist who died during a race in Italy this week.

Privitera, 19, crashed during the opening stage of the Giro della Valle d’Aosta in the Italian Alps. The Hagens Berman Jayco rider reportedly came off his bike during a descent, losing his helmet and colliding with a gate. He was taken to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

After pulling away from the rest of his rivals to win atop the towering Hautacam climb in the Pyrenees on Thursday, reclaiming the yellow jersey in the process, Pogacar paid tribute to Privitera.

“This stage can go for Samuele, to all his family,” he said. “It was really sad, it was the first thing I read in the morning, and I was thinking in the last kilometre about him and how tough this sport can be, and how much pain it can cause.”

MSN

 

[Con]

I just finished watching today’s stage. Nothing but respect for Pogacar because he started attacking at the bottom of the final HC climb. He hammered that climb. Vingegaard tried to hang in there but he just couldn’t. Watching these guys climb the mountain is impressive because it looks straight up and they just keep coming back day after day even when they know they can’t beat the main contenders.

 

[Con]

The time trial today was fun to watch. I won’t spoil it for you.