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

[Sciatic]

Riders are going to be spread across the entire mountain range at with this start to the climb!

 

[Red Rick]

I don't get why Movistar smoked all their helpers in a headwind on the easy part of the climb.

 

[iBanesto]

Good to see Lippert not looking too bothered by her crash.

Setting the pace right now with blood seeping from her knee.

Still a relatively large group.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kopecky is looking quite well here.

Lippert ups the pace. The AVV attack will happen soon.

 

[Didinho]

Would expect Vollering to be sitting in Van Vleuten’s wheel. A bad sign? Or just staying with Reusser and feeling strong herself.

Edit: Never mind.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Kasia is gonna hang today come on

 

[glassmoon]

AVV goes, Demi follows with ease

 

[Red Rick]

Kopecky could go GC if she lost weight is the new Van Aert could go GC if he lost weight

 

[dobrien]

AVV looking much more stressed than Demi to my eye.

 

[Red Rick]

AVV looking much more stressed than Demi to my eye.

AVV looks bad.

That's the secret

She always looks bad.

 

[iBanesto]

AVV looks bad.

That's the secret

She always looks bad.

Just like Zatopek.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kopecky could go GC if she lost weight is the new Van Aert could go GC if he lost weight

She is quite comparable to Van Aert as a rider, obviously. Not a true sprinter, but one of the fastest in the peleton. Not a true TT specialist, but good enough to win certain TT's. And one of the best climbers apart from the GC riders. Lots of second places.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What happened persico form? Seriously. The world championships is approaching, hopefully she is getting good training

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Kopecky could go GC if she lost weight is the new Van Aert could go GC if he lost weight

Kopecky is much better than wva

 

[Didinho]

What happened persico form? Seriously. The world championships is approaching, hopefully she is getting good training

In the first stage she dropped really early, bad sign and confirmed here again. She was 5th last year? Would’ve been one of the favorites next week but not sure in this form.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Why is Annemek not looking to vollering to do some work?

 

[dobrien]

AVV looks bad.

That's the secret

She always looks bad.

I don't know; unfortunately I think she's going to get torched today. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[JosefK]

Robo Vollering preparing a thunderous stomp.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why is Annemek not looking to vollering to do some work?

Because she is trying to tire her out. Vollering wouldn't pull anyway.

 

[iBanesto]

Why is Niewiadoma taking up the pace with Tourmalet to come?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Because she is trying to tire her out. Vollering wouldn't pull anyway.

Vollering looks like she is doing a recovery training ride

 

[Monte Serra]

AVV looking much more stressed than Demi to my eye.

Yes, Van Vleuten might regret pulling into the headwind. I'm afraid Vollering is gonna smoke them on the Tourmalet.

 

[JosefK]

Kopecky doing a Wout.

 

[Red Rick]

Because she is trying to tire her out. Vollering wouldn't pull anyway.

I might get this slightly on a climb with steep sections, but on the Aspin, with a headwind it just doesn't make any sense.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why is Niewiadoma taking up the pace with Tourmalet to come?

She's trying to secure a podium. Also she's not someone who's going to refuse to pull.

I might get this slightly on a climb with steep sections, but on the Aspin, with a headwind it just doesn't make any sense.

That's her style of riding though, and she's used to SDW riders not wanting to do anything,