Category: Tour de France
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Seven seconds away | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2023 Tour de France
I can actually cover this middle week in a paragraph for all the significant developments there’ve been: Jonas Vingegaard’s lead over Tadej Pogacar has slipped from a barely meaningful 17 seconds to a neither-here-nor-there 10 seconds. Everyone else is now even further behind than they previously were. I say that Vingegaard’s advantage is neither here…
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Two heads are better than none | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2023 Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France was seen as a straight head-to-head between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and almost immediately appeared to become that. That’s probably better than only having one of them left in the race – or neither. We have a decent idea how good different riders can be going into the Tour…
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What if the Pogacar v Vingegaard head-to-head loses a head? | a 2023 Tour de France preview
This 2023 Tour de France preview is so breath-takingly comprehensive, it actually features a smattering of references to riders who aren’t Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard. There’s a quick look at some of the big stages coming up in the first week as well. Last year’s Tour de France was won by Jonas Vingegaard ahead…
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Jonas Wingegaard | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2022 Tour de France
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap Jonas Vingegaard had forged a 2m22s advantage over Tadej Pogacar in the Alps during the second week of the Tour de France. The Pyrenees brought another minute on top of that to give him the kind of time gap that wasn’t going to be surrendered…
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Team-mates, tiredness and Tadej’s toil | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2022 Tour de France
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap The week began with Tadej Pogacar low on team-mates but leading Jonas Vingegaard. The week ended with Vingegaard low on team-mates but leading Pogacar. I’ll get to how that happened in a moment. Before then, one of the things I haven’t yet touched on is the performance of…
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Van Aert and Pogacar and honestly not much else | a recap of stages 1-9 of the 2022 Tour de France
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week one of the 2022 Tour de France then… Wout van Aert is taking the points, Tadej Pogacar is taking time and no-one else is quite sure what to do with themselves. The Wout van Aert competition This year the green jersey will be worn by the rider…
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Who will win the 2022 Tour de France?
There’s plenty of scope for slip-ups and misfortune over the course of a three-week bike race. All the same, it’s hard to see the 2022 Tour de France as anything other than Tadej Pogacar v Primoz Roglic v Covid-19. Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap The favourite Tadej Pogacar’s 2020 Tour de France win…
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Victories for Froome and Cavendish, but mostly for Pogacar | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2021 Tour de France
The yellow jersey contenders Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Victory for Chris Froome, who was named ‘most polite rider’ by Tour de France organisers ASO after the race. Getting through three weeks of frenetic grand tour racing was kind of a win too, given he suffered a broken hip, fractured femur, fractured elbow, broken…
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Eddy Merckx says Mark Cavendish is pretty tidy | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2021 Tour de France
The yellow jersey contenders Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap After a frenetic first week that ended with Tadej Pogacar 5m18s ahead of his closest credible rival, the headline news from the second week is that the Slovenian is now… 5m18s ahead of his closest credible rival. Fortunately, the Tour de France…
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Pog smashes it, Rog crashes it, with dashes of Cavendish | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2021 Tour de France
The yellow jersey contenders Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap The first week of the Tour de France is not normally so much about the racing as what ensues as a result of the racing. I’m talking about crashes, basically. In other races, you have a good few riders who are only…