It getting a bit boring now tagej disappears and no one goes with him. Why can he do it and no one else can.
Why can he do it and no one else can.
Maybe because he's better than the others.
Going to miss Gary & team's highlights after this year's TdF.
was thinking exactly this when they were showing the clips of Bardet fetching his gloves on the demand of his daughter. Just a lovely little part of the race that I don’t think we’d ever see on the TNT coverage.
As for Pogi dominance, it’s definitely more impressive than exciting or interesting. Visma have shown here that they can dismantle the UAE team a bit and I suspect they’ll also need to dissect Pog a bit too like they did in 2022. Here’s hoping we get to see some cool tactics.
Last day of the Dauphine, MvdP is off the front: 3:50 to the peloton, so an outside chance of a stage win
Tour de Suisse starts today too. Not showing live on tnt today but you can find streams if you look
I'm not hopeful of the current top handful of riders knocking seven bells out of each other in TDF this year, after Vin recovering from crash last year and Pog recovering from crash in '23 iirc.
Pog, with or without supplements, looks well ahead of Vin; Even etc.
Valentin Paret - Peintre needs a pie or two (also his brother, also Lenny Martinez). Considering the telly put 10lbs on, they all must be painfully thin in the flesh.
Good win for Oscar Onley in the Men's TdS queen stage.
And... Inner Ring TdF guide is out. https://inrng.com/tour/
On the subject of the Tour, BikeRadar has a great interview here with Ned Boulting:
Very good result for Oscar Onley in the TdS overall, with Finlay Pickering and Joe Blackmore also in the top 20 overall.
So many great British riders coming through - what are we, 13 years after 2012? So 6-12 years old at the time?
TdF starting on Saturday - Velogames anyone?
TdF starting on Saturday - Velogames anyone?
Same code / league should aplpy all season long, so if you entered the GIro and / or Dapuhine and now enter the TdF, you'll be in the league.
Entry is now open on Velogames
And a a reminder
The code for the STW mini league is 170623027, and that league will cover you for ALL velogames competitions so we can use the same one for the TDF and the vuelta
Not sure if I'm more excited for the TdF itself or the STW league 😂
So many great British riders coming through
Yep. Great to see more Brits winning the national champs. 😏
32 points for Pogi in Velogames 😮
So many great British riders coming through
Yep. Great to see more Brits winning the national champs. 😏
Colour me confused... my comment was a week ago. 34 British riders on World Tour teams now.
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/british-worldtour-riders-men
15 entries in the mini league already but do remember to keep checking back - rider lists have not been finalised as there are some teams with only 4 or 5 riders listed, and a couple with TEN!
I'm in - if there is a change in roster I'm assuming I can make changes up until Friday?
if there is a change in roster I'm assuming I can make changes up until Friday?
You can change until Saturday lunch
Entries will close at 13:15 CEST (12:15 BST; 07:15 EST) on Saturday 5th July 2025.
It's nearly time
My team is in (2nd draft)
Can anyone see a world in where Pog is ever really under threat this Tour ? I just can't see any way Vingo is getting anywhere near him... well, he'll be nearer than anyone else.. but still.... Nah.
Injury, illness, heat stress, crash, some other kind of incident... but apart from that, no.
I am in, 3rd in the Giro comp, so fingers crossed I guessed right again this time. Pog + 8 others.
Can anyone see a world in where Pog is ever really under threat this Tour ?
No
Maybe a remote chance where pog gets all excited in week 1-2 and expends effort to minimal gain. Then come stage 18 he bonks and vingo pulls massive time on the loze. Echoes of 2023. Pog bonk is not unheard of. Except it is not 2023 and quite a lot needs to happen for this to occur.
Team Higgo entered again for another year. Fresh off winning the Dauphine 😁.
So are we saying if you choose Pog' in your team, your are handicapped....I have left him out, be more interesting;) Hopefully 🙂
So when Pogacar won it last year it was by 6'17"
Looking at his form this year, no one will come close to him. So do we reckon he'll get the winning gap up in to double figures this year?
do remember to keep checking back - rider lists have not been finalised
I had assumed that riders would magically disappear from my team if they weren't on the start list but they don't. Seems you actually have to check against the rosters. I'm not going to do it again though - I'm in as is, unless a "high-tariff" rider drops out
I left Pog out of the Daupine velogames and that was a BAD plan.
Team Tarte Tatin is ready for action. Trying my hardest to get good riders and not just the guys I like :O)
30 in the league, tha's not bad.
I had assumed that riders would magically disappear from my team if they weren't on the start list but they don't. Seems you actually have to check against the rosters.
On your team list, there's a column "StartList" that should indicate if they're still on a roster.
I think our best bet of a hard fought GC win, instead of a runaway Pog victory this year, is the extreme heatwave going on in France.
On your team list, there's a column "StartList" that should indicate if they're still on a roster.
Thanks nbt, not noticed that before
Anyone have an idea of how long it usually takes for the ITV highlights to become available on ITVX? Can't usually watch them when they broadcast at 7pm. In years gone by it used to be the following day before they were on ITVX, but I haven't tried for a long time as I had GCN/discovery before the price hike.
Highlights tend to appear by 10pm same day on ITVX
They got better at doing that as they realised people can't always watch and were complaining, i seem to recall last year they were normally up before the programme finished airing, or perhaps even earlier if it was on late (highlights on day 1 are not on till 11pm). No guaranteed time though
Anyone have an idea of how long it usually takes for the ITV highlights to become available on ITVX?
I've found it pretty variable. Anything from 9pm that night to 9am the next morning.
GCN have done a TdF preview here:
Definitely worth checking back against your raster. At least 2 of my team have gone from the list but were still on my team with a cross next to their names. Have changed them out. A certain top sprinter has gone from the list that many may have already chosen. So do check ....
A certain top sprinter has gone from the list that many may have already chosen.
Can you just tell us which sprinter it is?
Is anyone out in France to watch Stage 1 tomorrow?
The velogames who-is-in-what-list can be pretty random
