Tour de France Tour de France 2026 route rumours

[Krzysztof_O]

Where do I find the stage 6 profile?

As for Remco's 2024 level, on PdB Jorgenson might well have cooked Remco in the first 5km but the stop watch shows it was still a great performance from Remco. It only looks less so because Pogacar was stratospheric.

Strong positive split by Remco in the first 5 km. He couldn't maintain his initial w/kg after Vingo's attack.
Similarly Vingo couldn't maintain his level anymore when Pog attacked.
Only Pog produced similar w/kg for the whole climb achieving ridiculous VAM.

 

[Cookster15]

Thanks. Sorry I am late to this discussion but those earlier climbs of Aspin and Tourmalet are hard but don't look hard enough for Pogacar to cause carnage on Gavarnie? Gavarnie is only 3.7% and weaker climbers can hold on in the draft? Will require UAE to destroy everyone on Tourmalet I suppose.

 

[Netserk]

Will require UAE to destroy everyone on Tourmalet I suppose.

Indeed.

It will be ridden harder and be more selective than the previous time on that side of Tourmalet:

 

[hayneplane]

It’s not like they know the route of the Giro. Hard to make such a decision then. I would think Lipowitz rides TDF anyway, maybe another GT too

Doubtful for the latter given how done in he looked in his post tour racing this year despite not doing any more than a standard pre tour buildup of Paris-Nice, Itzulia and Dauphine. He only did 52 race days and still wrapped up in mid September with a brace of DNFs in Canada.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I don't think anyone was ever suggesting Remco will rival Pogacar climbing? I was simply pointing out based upon his PdB performance that Remco is a better climber than some seem to portray here. But as 2024 PdB proved he only suffers by comparison to Pogacar. But so does everyone - even Contador, Armstrong and Pantani.

Most here believe he is a world class climber but during 3 weeks, he already showed he is not very reliable.

 

[hayneplane]

Thanks. Sorry I am late to this discussion but those earlier climbs of Aspin and Tourmalet are hard but don't look hard enough for Pogacar to cause carnage on Gavarnie? Gavarnie is only 3.7% and weaker climbers can hold on in the draft? Will require UAE to destroy everyone on Tourmalet I suppose.

I would have thought that any real gaps are based on Pogacar being solo at least 3-4km from the summit of the Tourmalet as otherwise the final climb is going to at motorbike pace Cipressa style and hard to drop everyone.

 

[AlpRaid]

...mythical climbers like LA and Contador.

freakin' hysterical.

have not laughed like this for quite a while.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I would have thought that any real gaps are based on Pogacar being solo at least 3-4km from the summit of the Tourmalet as otherwise the final climb is going to at motorbike pace Cipressa style and hard to drop everyone.

It's the first mountain stage, UAE will put such a strong pace that Pogacar will probably be 1'30" - 2' ahead before the top of Tourmalet. I will be shocked if there is someone not named Vingegaard under 2' of Pogacar in the end.

 

[AlpRaid]

...achieving ridiculous VAM.

ridiculous (noun)
Synonym: absurd

you got that right.

 

[houtdffan]

I don't think anyone was ever suggesting Remco will rival Pogacar climbing? I was simply pointing out based upon his PdB performance that Remco is a better climber than some seem to portray here. But as 2024 PdB proved he only suffers by comparison to Pogacar. But so does everyone - even Contador, Armstrong and Pantani.

Only on the CN forum can someone who smashes a Pantani record, as Remco did on PDB, be called a bad climber

 

[Berniece]

Doubtful for the latter given how done in he looked in his post tour racing this year despite not doing any more than a standard pre tour buildup of Paris-Nice, Itzulia and Dauphine. He only did 52 race days and still wrapped up in mid September with a brace of DNFs in Canada.

I think that has more to do with mental fatigue than physical

 

[Lorzenz08]

Only on the CN forum can someone who smashes a Pantani record, as Remco did on PDB, be called a bad climber

Because we are talking about beating Pogacar and Vingegaard.

In current state of affairs, Remco has no chance no matter how much ITT there could be. He needs to be way better in the mountains.

Pantani lost 7:39 minutes to Ulrich in the ITT and still won the TdF by 3:21minutes.

 

[Monsi]

Because we are talking about beating Pogacar and Vingegaard.

In current state of affairs, Remco has no chance no matter how much ITT there could be. He needs to be way better in the mountains.

Pantani lost 7:39 minutes to Ulrich in the ITT and still won the TdF by 3:21minutes.

But to me, that does not mean he's a bad climber. He is a good climber. He just so happened to ride in the same era as two of the greatest climbers in history.

 

[HashRouge]

On a slightly different note: we had a great time at the Tour this year and have opted to go again next year. We are going to see stage 6 (Aspin-Tourmalet-Gavarnie), and then finish our trip with stages 15 (Solaison) and 16 (TT). I know everyone hates TTs on the TV, but they're great for in person viewing as you get to appreciate and cheer on individual riders. Accommodation for the stages is booked, which is always the most stressful bit!