dutch  are getting tonked at the moment the Turks are all over them.

this is going to be mental tomorrow looking how narrow the sections are if you have a mechanical and don’t have a team mates bike to take you’re going to be **** because the team car aint getting to you. Think I’d be using team motorcycles :?

another section close to the finish

might be some nettle rash in the peloton

quite rough in places

never strays far

the parkour

Bloody Starmer!

england getting leggy already !

There’s the option of 5Live’s professional football describers on the iplayer. It’s much better/less awful

yeah It’s a life saver.

oh ffs not shearer as the in match pundit again he’s **** dreadful :( #prayforITV #thankgodformute

might as well give out free mogadon with every match :?

and why no swiss pundit  ? #bbcbias ;)

Southgate doing his utmost to prove Einstein right again :?

the UAE enve wheels look fab @ speed!

see Sam Bennett just voided the frame warranty :D

lovely traction avant parked on someones drive :)

also this

https://x.com/eurosport/status/1809576138215174147

SS Cars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cars#/media/File:SScarsbadge.png

https://x.com/Stroppa_Del/status/1809555669567086726

could be in Yorkshire !

remco selfie

looks like it’s going to be very wet for most of the day

making a day of it

You’re not allowed to lean out and fix bikes on the move any more.

eh ? seen it more than once on this edition :?

missed this one (oh I remember hamster day) a Cav “OK Dad” Selfie from thursdays start ;)

? Selfie courtesy of the one and only, @MarkCavendish #TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/wZKil12l0u

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 4, 2024

wout mobbed @ the finish yesterday

why don’t teams have custom doors for the mechanics these days ?

looks much like here damp and miserable

? Étape pluvieuse, étape heureuse ?

La pluie c’est en tout cas le thème du jour au départ de Semur-en-Auxois !

?️ @bleubourgogne en direct jusqu’à midi ?#FBsport #TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/NuTdxanwch

— France Bleu Bourgogne (@bleubourgogne) July 6, 2024

didn’t realise it was the “Charles de Gaulle died here” stage :?

the “what a lovely neck of the woods” section

the parkour for today

looks like thursday with enough of crosswind and a few open sections to make the peloton nervous but not enough to break up the race.

anyway some random imagery from yesterdays tt

the gc going into todays stage….

1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 27hrs 16mins 23secs

2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +33secs

3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 15secs

4. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1mins 36secs

5. Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 16secs

6. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 17secs

7. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 31secs

8. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick Step) +3mins 35secs

9. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) 4mins 03secs

10. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe) +4mins 46secs

never strays far….

think pogi will be pleased with that (though he loves winning :) ) he could even take a back seat and watch Jonas and Primoz rough up Remco in the mountains. Though of all the contenders you’d have to say Remco looks to be the best prepared…. Can he hold on or even attack in the mountains with one of his 40 minute threshold blitz’s ?

WvA looks laboured :?

apparently Remco has dropped 2kg since the Dauphine wonder if that might effect his power output  :?

Brexit Jims faux landrovers have Covid paranoia…. all masked up.

?? Tadej Pogačar will wear a specially tailored Yellow Jersey today for the ITT!

? @SANTINI_SMS

?? Tadej Pogačar sera aujourd’hui vêtu d’une combinaison Maillot Jaune sur-mesure pour le contre-la-montre !#TDF2024 | @TISSOT pic.twitter.com/Z4gbmufijy

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 5, 2024

fancy losing 250 seats !

love the archetypal french winery 2/3rds the way round…. gets good reviews too :)

some google mappage of todays itt

the 25k sightseeing tour

a few images from yesterdays damp squib

and the current gc

1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 26hrs 47mins 19secs

2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +45secs

3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +50secs

4. Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates) +1min 10secs

5. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1mins 14secs

6. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +1mins 16secs

7. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick Step) +1min 32secs

8. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +1min 32secs

9. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 20secs

10. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 21secs