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In the first week punchy stages, Narvaez In the big mountains, Almeida/Yates (never count out Yates but it should be mainly Almeida)

33 second lead for Vauquelin. Should be easily overhauled by Almeida tomorrow.

I don't think Brian Smith realizes how hard the climbing TT is tomorrow. Keeps saying Vauquelin may have done enough to win GC.

Don't think there's any mention at all of him possibly riding the Nationals. Don't even think it was in the initial plans in December. All he's been saying in the interviews is that he is going to altitude at Isola before coming down some days before the Tour.

July 6, 2025 Stage 2, 2025 Tour de France

Talk about a bounce back. That was some demolition job by Pogi and UAE. Pogi was my favorite for the stage win but I did not expect him to put over a minute into Jonas. He's definitely on track for the TDF. Also, shout out to Sivakov, Wellens, and Narvaez. Sivakov with the set up at the bottom...

View: https://x.com/legruppetto/status/1933426873515577632?s=61&t=ZKEjWhZs_lhx6xYjfM44ig Actually seemed like quite a hard crash from Remco yesterday. He’s lucky to not have been injured there.

Think Pogi is still faster than Remco. Jonas' sprint looks sharp but normally, I still have Remco faster than him.

Isn't it normal to be disappointed when you have a subpar performance relative to your standards?

It was really bad in the first 7 km. But it was also bad after the climb. Right now, I think might be more of an issue with the bike than the legs.

Don't think there's any tracking for that due to the position of the time check.

View: https://x.com/maticklaric/status/1932820677985272004?s=61&t=ZKEjWhZs_lhx6xYjfM44ig From this pic, Pogacar was already around 30 seconds behind Remco and this was around the start of the climb. So he pretty much went at the same pace or was slightly faster than Remco on the climb (Pog...

Yeah I also don’t think Milan would survive that climb if the riders are aggressive but Lidl wouldn’t chase back to the peloton for nothing. Still think they’ll try to control for a sprint. Honestly though, Bahrain should be thinking this might be the best chance for Wright to get a win.

Looks like the Milan group has rejoined the peloton. The sprinters’ teams might chase this down.

MVDP because he would have the least sum of positions in the first two stages.