Yates has the coolest dog
can I continue to make changes until the teams are confirmed
Deadline is usually just before the race rolls out. In this case
Make sure to enter your team ahead of the entry deadline of 12:30 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on Saturday 29th June 2024. Good luck to all directors!
After last years successful gamble on Yates gc e/w this year's flutter is Ayuso gc e/w (was going to go with yates again but 33/1 vs 22/1 clouded my judgement)
And last years failure of Girmay to win stage 1, which would have been amazing, this year thinking a select group sprint, so WvA at 12/1.
My Velogames team is in (although I may change on Friday). This year there seems to be a clear winner, but anyone's sprinter could win a stage. I think one can't go wrong with at least 2 UAE riders.
Bloody hell, Intermarché - Wanty are fielding 13 riders according to Velogames 😀 😀
https://twitter.com/roadcc/status/1805578740560224478?t=0vz2saJZePqCPLcdNRJjxQ&s=19
That's an impressive amount of snow still blocking the Galibier....
Cycling Weekly have started banging on about how Cav will definitely win at least one stage, greatest sprinter of all time, most Tour wins ever blah blah.
Which is more or less what they said last year right up to the point he hit the deck.
Geraint Thomas was talking Cav up on the podcast, saying most of the rest of the field aren't really on form. It's a big ask, there's so many good sprinter's now. Would be amazing to see though.
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/british-riders-tour-de-france
Guide to the British riders in this year's Tour.
To be fair, Cav was going well last year. He won the Giro finale don't forget. This year not so good BUT if everything flows then he's got it. Imagine if it was him with the MvdP leadout.
(That's SIR Cav to you)
Here's Mr Pogačar saying he's got even better at bike riding than he was at the Giro:
https://twitter.com/Domestique___/status/1805876642612461866
Personally, after everyone else has played up their underdog status I quite like the fact he's just coming out and saying he feels good.
Good job Madiot isn't bitter, eh ?
Kuss is out, that's bad for visma
Currently sat in a bar in Florence and there's loads of team cars and trucks driving around.
Currently sat in a bar in Florence and there’s loads of team cars and trucks driving around.
https://twitter.com/Domestique___/status/1805959787512807568
I'm hoping to spectate on the Col du Galibier climb, I plan to ride up as far as I can be bothered on my MTB early morning. Any tips for the day? I'm also wondering if there's an offroad way back down. It's not a fully formed plan, I'm about an hour from foot of climb by car. I realise roads will be closed!
I’m hoping to spectate on the Col du Galibier climb, I plan to ride up as far as I can be bothered on my MTB early morning. Any tips for the day?
Get there early, take water, suncream, food...
You might be there for a while once the race has passed as well. Support cars, police, the whole "post race convoy" plus a million other spectators all trying to get off the mountain!
Inner Ring are doing a rundown of the various jersey competitions starting with Green:
https://inrng.com/2024/06/the-green-jersey-contenders/#more-44798
Anyone got a link to the road book that doesn't need a login?
Anyone got a link to the road book that doesn’t need a login?
https://www.reddit.com/r/tourdefrance/comments/1do8287/heres_the_real_tdf_2024_roadbook_in_pdf/
Anyone got a link to the road book that doesn’t need a login?
There are login details further up this thread, maybe on s previous page
Thanks @klunk for the tweet about Juan Ayuso, a timely reminder to keep checking your velogames teams!
Thanks for the roadbook link!
https://twitter.com/vismaleaseabike/status/1806236193253699846
how does being in a van help ? could be in an office in Munich Eindhoven for all the difference it would make or do they double up as soigneurs ? Seems like an extra layer of complexity and a another possible point of failure 😕
I was dying to Mrs Slow the other day that cycling will be getting like F1 with strategists and links to "the factory".
inside the visma control room when the Pogi attacks
Strava are doing some in depth Tour coverage too; profiles of the stages, who to follow, previous stats around speed/power etc and links to TdF challenges and news stories.
https://stories.strava.com/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-the-tour-de-france
I was dying to Mrs Slow the other day
Not dying, saying.
That Team Visma "Control Room" van is just another way for DS to shout "get to the front!" and "stay at the front!" to riders...
