Tour de France Tour de France Femmes 2023 (July 23rd-30th)

[awavey]

Iris showing how to do the motorbike broadcasting job properly there.

 

[awavey]

Arkea go for it

with Lifeplus Wahoo chasing

 

[RedheadDane]

Le Deunff and Tacey.
Some activity in the peloton.

 

[yaco]

yes I think Kopecky or Kool, I dont think Wiebes is going to find much of a SD Worx sprinter train for her, so shell end up following DSM if it comes to a sprint, which I think will favour Kool.

but I could be completely wrong, it has happened occasionally

Kool will be dropped on the climb - Gotta say that I am surprised there is not 15 riders in the break and make SD Worx work.

 

[awavey]

and caught, oh well, at least the peloton seem to have woken up abit now.

 

[RedheadDane]

Laurance with a small gap.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bad crash.
Quickstep.

 

[tobydawq]

How did she crash there?

 

[awavey]

why isnt Laurance letting Fouquenet catch up ?

 

[awavey]

How did she crash there?

tough to tell from the camera angles, Im not convinced she just clipped the side of the road, as she seemed to be exiting to the right at a sharper angle than that would suggest to me at least.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Commentators curse strikes again. Happened one minute after 'you've got be so careful, anything can go wrong at any time...' speech.

 

[KZD]

I think we will see a changing of the guard with Vollering beating Van Vleuten for the overall. Longo Borghini is a good pick to complete the podium.

 

[awavey]

Audrey Cordon Ragot making some new friends with Liv Racing there

 

[Izzyeviel]

every time someone says 'tour de france femme avec zwift' have a shot.

 

[yaco]

I doubt there is a need for full race coverage of any stages - Having no break which is common in women's cycling makes for uninspiring viewing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not all Danes, who've gone to France, are in Paris.
Danish Tv2 spoke to a couple, who has chosen to go to Clermont-Ferrand, in part because "There are enough Danes in Paris supporting Vingegaard."

The final climb is relatively steep. Steep enough to make oranges roll quite quickly.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Elisa Balsamo's bike

Why do the girls get the best bikes & kit?

 

[awavey]

I doubt there is a need for full race coverage of any stages - Having no break which is common in women's cycling makes for uninspiring viewing.

the stages are usually more animated than this, it feels like everyones doing a "theres a long way to go" approach to it, quite nervous, not wanting to make mistakes save energy until the really important bit.

but hey part of that is the parcours, a strong crosswind here would have decimated them riding as a group like this, and then if theyd not covered the whole stage and picked up later youd be thinking what on earth has been going on.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

that was .... such a weird intermediate sprint. Do Wiebes and Vos not go for them? No one seemed to challenge Balsamo.

 

[RedheadDane]

that was .... such a weird intermediate sprint. Do Wiebes and Vos not go for them? No one seemed to challenge Balsamo.

That was Deignan.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

That was Deignan.

oh wow, I didn't ever consider her haha. Just saw a trek shirt with rainbow stripes on the sleeves and thought of Balsamo. Even more interesting.

 

[IndianCyclist]

1. Wiebes 2. Balsamo, 3. Vos

 

[Danskebjerge]

I doubt there is a need for full race coverage of any stages - Having no break which is common in women's cycling makes for uninspiring viewing.

The problem with women's cycling: You never see a race like the one in the men's Tour two days ago when there were attacks and chasing constantly throughout the stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kopecky goes for the KoM + possibly the stage.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Nice little selection at the end, I thought nothing was going to happen any more on this hill.