Tour de France Tour de France Femmes 2022 (July 24th-31st)

[Valv.Piti]

This is 10x worse than Pogacar and UAE. Completely one man army, her team can pull a few kilometres on the flat into dead

 

[Davesta]

Huh? Looked to me like she had caught up with the back of the bunch at first.

Yes, and looked like the commissaire setup a barrage for that reason

 

[Pirazziattacks]

This is 10x worse than Pogacar and UAE. Completely one man army, her team can pull a few kilometres on the flat into dead

It probably doesn't help that AVV took the bike of Sierra, her strongest teammate.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Oh no I was referring Cancellara's policeman act for Andy back in the day.

Sure, but Movistar don't have the strength to pull that kind of act like Saxo did back then. Hence the 'Cancellara' of the group would have to be riding for one of the teams profiting, remembering Cancellara's subsequent refusal to wait for Chavanel when the maillot jaune had a mechanical just a single day later.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Sure, but Movistar don't have the strength to pull that kind of act like Saxo did back then. Hence the 'Cancellara' of the group would have to be riding for one of the teams profiting, remembering Cancellara's subsequent refusal to wait for Chavanel when the maillot jaune had a mechanical just a single day later.

I was mostly kidding, there's no ridiculous self-appointed patron like Cancellara here.

 

[JosefK]

Five bike changes for AVV . . . so far!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So they did a totally yellow bike for AVV, but she doesn't like it?

An unprecedented outbreak of good taste?

 

[Monte Serra]

So they did a totally yellow bike for AVV, but she doesn't like it?

An unprecedented outbreak of good taste?

The yellow bike is probably heavier than the black one.

 

[RedheadDane]

Five bike changes for AVV . . . so far!

But at least she didn't totally Vingegaarding.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A shame Doebel-Hickok missed the initial move, cause she's not a bad climber.

Will Vollering attack on the descent?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The yellow bike is probably heavier than the black one.

Good point, but why make it then, knowing what the last stage is like?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Good point, but why make it then, knowing what the last stage is like?

Marketing. It's their first yellow jersey since 2008.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So have it for the photos at the end, not as a replacement bike on the roof of the car where a bike she would actually want to use could have been.

 

[RobertCrawley]

At what point does Annemiek turn on the rockets up the Super Two by Four of Beautiful Women?

 

[RedheadDane]

So have it for the photos at the end, not as a replacement bike on the roof of the car where a bike she would actually want to use could have been.

I'm pretty sure she started on the yellow bike. She then took a bike from a teammate - Sierra, I think - and then I've lost track of the rest of her bike changes.

 

[ice&fire]

I'm pretty sure she started on the yellow bike. She then took a bike from a teammate - Sierra, I think - and then I've lost track of the rest of her bike changes.

She used the yellow bike only for the pictures at the start. She was on her black bike when she had the mechanical and took the blue bike from her teammate.

 

[dercuforever]

She will crush all hope in that last climb.

 

[RedheadDane]

She used the yellow bike only for the pictures at the start. She was on her black bike when she had the mechanical and took the blue bike from her teammate.

Sure looked to me like the bike she got off was yellow...

 

[BR2]

Interesting analysis of Claudia Lichtenberg who says she has the impression SW Worx are now riding like van der Breggen did as a rider: keeping everything together until the really selective parts, then making the difference with individual class, but that that is likely not the best/ most successful way to go now for the team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They tried, but I don't think Van Vleuten was in too much difficulty. They have made her angry though.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Wow, a quarry. Incredible scenery.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Annemiek back at the car again. i wonder what's going on.

 

[Monte Serra]

She used the yellow bike only for the pictures at the start. She was on her black bike when she had the mechanical and took the blue bike from her teammate.

Indeed, the yellow bike is even a heavier model:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1553755233574010880

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/maartenvkooij/status/1553755233574010880

 

[Red Rick]

Big tailwind on the climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Van Vleuten really mixes the beautiful styles of Robert Gesink and Chris Froome