Tour de France Femmes *same day spoilers inside

retalivity · 26-07-2022 03:08PM

Non-stop crashes in the last few minutes again today

26-07-2022 03:09PM

No sign of Ewers on the climb, must have been her taking her team mates bike after those crashes. AVV didn't look all that comfortable on the climb, she was all over the bike.

26-07-2022 03:24PM

AVV dropped on the bonus climb!!!!! Can't stay with the pace, I knew she didn't look good on the previous climb and she took a toilet break earlier in the stage, hopefully not sickness.

CramCycle · 26-07-2022 03:29PM

Absolutely cracking 4 up sprint at the end. Thrilling finish.

26-07-2022 03:30PM

Yes!!!!!!! Can't wait for this interview 🤣

retalivity · 26-07-2022 03:31PM

Ludwig destroyed the lot of them at the end

26-07-2022 03:36PM

She's got her potty mouth on today 😁

dastardly00 · 26-07-2022 04:20PM

Just looking further down the classification... the Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime team started the day with six riders, but there will be only two of them starting tomorrow. Two riders were DNF and the other two were OTL 😬

Squidgy Black · 26-07-2022 05:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119389912#Comment_119389912

She’s said she’s been ill for the last two days, hopefully she gets over it and can get back up to speed

G1032 · 26-07-2022 07:21PM

Great finish today up that final climb but Lord God the commentary on GCN is absolutely shocking. The two on it are soooooooo boring. Then bring zero excitement to it.

griffin100 · 26-07-2022 08:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119385812#Comment_119385812

Just seeing this now. That’s was criminally reckless by Frain in my opinion. She could have caused serious long term damage to another rider just because she didn’t want to get caught up in a crash. She should have been DQ”ed and be looking at a ban.

Macy0161 · 27-07-2022 09:28AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119391166#Comment_119391166

I actually think he reaction after the stage was worse, seemed to be no thought for other riders. On the incident, she was kinda lead out into it - looks horrible in slow motion, and real time to be fair, when the camera is focused on the crash - but that's not really her POV in the race.

CramCycle · 27-07-2022 11:02AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119392823#Comment_119392823

Same here, in a race, if you played back some of my stupid moves I am sure I'd be accused of dangerous riding. A mistake was made, a very poor one but until she opened her mouth, thats all it was. A fine, maybe a ban from the race but thats it at most. She came out and never even seemed concerned about the other rider. I wouldn't be in a right state for I don't know how long if I'd fucked up like that.

dastardly00 · 27-07-2022 01:42PM

Four gravel sections today... The action should be great. The gravel looks very loose and not in any way compacted. Looks a lot harder than Strade Bianche

27-07-2022 01:43PM

Yeah from what Manon Lloyd was showing there it looks pretty sketchy to me.

dastardly00 · 27-07-2022 02:06PM

A good few splits after that first sector, although it did look like the peloton rode fairly conservatively. When a rider/team does go full gas on the remaining sectors, it will be carnage

27-07-2022 02:42PM

That was some wheel change under pressure for Ludwig, had she a tool or were there levers on the wheel, couldn't see?

Macy0161 · 27-07-2022 02:46PM

I know marginal aero gains and all that, but I've often wondered why over cobbles and gravel they don't use thru axle bolts with levers.

27-07-2022 03:05PM

The tool is easily taped under a saddle even. Balsamo on the Trek there has them on.

27-07-2022 03:12PM

Nightmare, bad to worse for poor Mavi.

MyDarkArts · 27-07-2022 06:32PM

Personally I'm cheering for a Longo Borghini win.

In a decent position in the GC at the moment, could've been in trouble today but the rest of the peleton didn't seem to put her under any pressure when she lost time after a bike change with Balsamo.

27-07-2022 07:10PM

Very likeable character is Longo Borghini always come across well. I was hoping the Americans Falkner and Ewers could do well as they've had a great year so far but the crashes haven't gone their way. Ewers did take back a handful of seconds in that move today.

CramCycle · 27-07-2022 11:53PM

Another cracking stage, missed it live due to family getting in the way but the highlights were great. I really do hope they drag it out to a full TdF race sooner rather than later.

fat bloke · 28-07-2022 08:19AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119395898#Comment_119395898

No, you have to say "Elisa Longo Borghini". Every single time. Just like the commentators. And don't worry, it's not annoying at all.

Luxman · 28-07-2022 08:59AM

I think it should be 'ELB' from now on.

Macy0161 · 28-07-2022 09:53AM

Watched the highlights this morning. As commented above kinda the anti JV mens team from Cecilie under pressure, even for the chase back on. To answer my own question when not watching live, I think Cecilie had the levered thru axel too. Mavi had a horror show, but whatever bad luck has to be tempered by them taking out the Bex rider!

Anyway, for those that haven't been watching and have GCN+, well worth catching the "long" highlights of all the stages so far!

eeeee · 28-07-2022 02:08PM

I can't believe Mavi Garcia only lost less than 2 mins after the horror show of yesterday. Fair fcuks to her, I hope she can work some time back in the mountains.

If she has any luck it's bad!

MyDarkArts · 28-07-2022 02:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119397726#Comment_119397726

Sounds like some sort of European Organisation of the type that the Brexiteers would be raging against.

28-07-2022 02:26PM

Wow that was quite the pile up

eeeee · 28-07-2022 02:40PM

Poor Emma Norsegard, I hope she's ok

Tour de France Femmes *same day spoilers inside

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