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

[TourOfSardinia]

AVV isolates herself
again

 

[Salvarani]

Vollering is doing alright... but it is 5km still to go.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Vollering looks so much more composed, van Vleuten just has more watts to give.

 

[ice&fire]

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

She doesn't spend enough time looking at her stem

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Vleuten's bike just has to survive the final 4.6 km.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Vollering poked the bear, no stage win for you.

 

[RobertCrawley]

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

Beautiful style of Dawg?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Once Lippert swings off we're going to be left with the same status as yesterday, right? AVV --> Demi --> Kasia towing everybody else

Edit: or maybe Kasia will get frustrated and not even wait for Liane to swing off before she decides to do too much work.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Just think all the work they had to do
to erase the painted name of the guys on the road
before painting those of the gals

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Persico and Cille struggling to the back now

 

[Andy262]

Gotta love Demi Vollering. Full marks for effort.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

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

The new marginal gain is having your saddle too high and your cleats too far in.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

IJzeren Miek is gonna stick around to get to 100 wins isn't she

 

[Samu Cuenca]

IJzeren Miek is gonna stick around to get to 100 wins isn't she

I don't think she has to ride for more than this season to achieve that.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Great crowds. So great to see. Bodes well for the future of the TDFF.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

ELB dropping. Labous has been the best protected rider of the entire race, she hasn't had to put her nose in the wind once until just now at the final kilometre, thanks to the amazing domestique work of... er... Niewiadoma...

 

[RobertCrawley]

This announcer is no Carleton.

 

[Andy262]

Chapeau Annemiek, class apart

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Moto crash.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Well done. Great victory for Annemiek.

 

[Andy262]

Demi made some time there on the gravel.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Moto crash!!! A rite of passage for any of these ramps.

On this gravel finish you can see the trouble that Annemiek has in controlling the bike compared to Demi who has just stayed completely planted and in the saddle. Brilliant ride from her.

Sprint for 3rd, Kasia has the GC spot safe now, but we can learn, is 24% steep enough to overcome Kasia's deficiencies in a sprint?

...no. Persico being a 'crosser probably helps with that, but still. Kasia barely even made it to the line!

 

[RobertCrawley]

I like how they assign guys at the top of the Planche to push riders on down the track because they are zonked at the finish line. They did it for the men's race too.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Really impressive of García to ride in with her upper body so totally still on that finish, especially with Lippert bouncing around like a jackhammer immediately behind her.