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Some real choices out there - not sure how much any of them played out in such a short stage other than mental advantages. Solid rear wheel? Aero helmet? Aero bars? TT bike? Or Tadej’s road bike, no clips, no paint, no tape, death black. Jonas far and above the best rider out there not named Tadej. Though Tadej beating Remco at the first (flat) checkpoint…until we saw that Remco looked terrible.
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Holy crap - just saw an interview with Pogi where he says Narvaez had joked during the Dauphine about going all out on Hautacam. When they hit the base, Pogi’s mic was not working so he couldn’t tell him to slow down. So, you know, he just decided to go with it. WTF. I can’t think of a more entertaining racer in my life, who also appears to be gracious no matter the outcome.
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12k from the top? That was nuts. And yeah, he looked like he went deep at the end. Interesting that the top 10 on the stage is drawing heavily from the white jersey standings. Will be cool to see those youngsters develop.
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Soulor-Aubisque. An impossible road with a precipitous drop and a few short, dark and very wet tunnels. Saint-Savin and the magical valley. First trip up Hautacam in 2011 when I was young, beautiful, and quite a bit more fit than currently. Apparently this photo was taken with a potato.
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Hope it doesn’t linger. This is sizing up to be a great Tour. Into my favorite valley tomorrow - stayed twice at a cycling lodge in Saint-Savin, just by Argeles-Gazost. Two trips there - did the Soulor (beautiful high alpine scenery) and Hautacam (unrelenting, ever changing gradient from Hell) twice. There are such beautiful little towns here, none in any guidebook. On the way back from the Soulor, we did a little jog through the same route the tour is taking thinking it was a shortcut to the lodge. It was a mistake and it added a little climbing we really didn’t want. But we passed through the town of Bun. A nothing town, blink and you miss it. Still remember the sound of my freewheel echoing off the old stone walls of the buildings as we whizzed through. Beautiful. https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZYQBY33qVNGc6u6k7 Hoping for fireworks tomorrow.
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Love that Ben Healey. Love EF too - great way to bounce back k from the loss of their leader right before the TDF. They’ve been more than animators. A little strange UAE let the yellow go - my guess is with the loss of two of their mountain dudes they didn’t want to spend matches today. Agreed that Jonas and Tadej look closer than ever, minus that TT performance.
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Spot on regarding the dangers, though it was a necrotizing fungal infection - not a bacterial one. https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.121-a116
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Big difference from the Dauphine TT to today. A month ago JV was the strongest. Not sure what happened today, but he better hope his climbing legs don’t fail him.
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Having watched most of the races this season, tadej often seems to lack a little explosiveness that he seemed to have prior as the season has gone on. He creates gaps and outlasts people. Maybe burning all those matches are catching up with him? He’s still got more fast twitch than JV, but I’ve been impressed how he’s been able to bring Tadej back. Could be shaping up to be a very fun Tour…
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Strange ‘professional’ stage. I want to blame the Jasper crash but even before there was not much going on. Not sure I can remember a stage where the jury decided against awarding a most aggressive…because nothing happened.
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Yes because Peacock sucks. There’s also that nice ‘processing’ delay after the race has concluded before you can watch the replay (15 min or more). I’ve also had the issue where I’m watching it delayed, hit pause for a break and come back to have the telecast ended forcing me to wait for them to re-post it. The TNT/Max coverage is just so much better, and not just because of my crush on Orla. Better analysis in the studio and on the bike, the ability to ‘watch from start’ with stage in progress, a preview box as you fast forward. God I hate Peacock. The only positive is VdV on the bike. Worthless nothing input from Perino, dull and basic ‘analysis’ in the studio.
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Remco at least woke up and was keeping with the likely 1-2 podium. Primoz continues to drift back with each acceleration. He’s not that guy, not this year.
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I liked seeing Jonas take some pulls at the front today to split the group in the crosswinds. Good stuff. Primoz may be a nice guy, but he totally lacks any killer instinct. Frankly, a dumb racer. Losing time on stage 1? Not great Bob.
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In Kyoto now. Amazing city which seemingly is being crushed by tourism. And yet every person we come in contact with - from hotel staff to taxi drivers to our sushi chef - is warm, welcoming, curious about where we are from, and eager to speak what English they know. Amazing country, amazing city. My highlight of the day - the Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple a good 20 min hike north of the (congested) Arashiyama bamboo forest. Created in 811 by a monk to honor those who were buried there long ago, so long that those would remember them are also long gone. The muen-botoke or ‘forgotten souls’. Now more than 8000 statues of the Buddha commissioned by that monk, standing for hundreds of years. Profoundly moving. Also a bamboo forest all to ourselves. Splendid.
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Same. Halfway through and dreading the return. In Kanazawa now and loving the vibe of this town. Edit- sorry, suck at trying to put pics in a spoiler on mobile
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