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

[awavey]

Van Vleuten retiring at exactly the right moment.

is she not doing the worlds though ?

 

[Unchained]

Time trial is absolutely terrible.. Some riders look to be doing their first TT, which can't be true.. Racing up the mountain in fog and now this what an emotional swing..

 

[Red Rick]

Kopecky should really get a penalty for how close she passed Moorman there

 

[Red Rick]

Time trial is absolutely terrible.. Some riders look to be doing their first TT, which can't be true.. Racing up the mountain in fog and now this what an emotional swing..

At least nobody is switching to a roadbike because there's a hill at the end.

 

[Red Rick]

is she not doing the worlds though ?

I'm talking about the year, not the race.

 

[Red Rick]

Niewiadoma losing 2nd too?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Vleuten retiring at exactly the right moment.

In retrospect, absolutely incredible that she managed to win both the Vuelta and the Giro in a season where her age has really started to show. Kind of like the alternate reality in which Valverde somehow pulls off another Liège and the Vuelta in 2019.

 

[Volderke]

So who is second?

 

[ManicJack]

So who is second?

Kopecky on the same time as Kasia it appears.

 

[roundabout]

So who is second?

Should be Kopecky by 0.21'' if I have it right

 

[Red Rick]

So who is second?

Kopecky. She did 29'53"00

 

[Mcgrave]

Seems Kopecky is second..

 

[Valv.Piti]

In retrospect, absolutely incredible that she managed to win both the Vuelta and the Giro in a season where her age has really started to show. Kind of like the alternate reality in which Valverde somehow pulls off another Liège and the Vuelta in 2019.

Valverde's second in 2019 in the Vuelta was on a completely other level than Annemiek's race

 

[Volderke]

Kopecky second in GC... Nieuwadoma 3rd in the same time (bar the 10ths and 100ths after the second).

Has this ever happened before?

 

[Monte Serra]

Van Vleuten retiring at exactly the right moment.

Froome should take notes

 

[DNP-Old]

Froome should take notes

I mean, Froome has 6 million reasons not to.

 

[Rackham]

Kopecky should really get a penalty for how close she passed Moorman there

For a second I thought she was about to ride into her.

Vollering also delivering some emotional images at the end (that's sarcasm btw).

 

[DNP-Old]

So, the most important lesson of this race? Wout can win the TDF.

 

[ManicJack]

Froome should take notes

I bet if VV was on a $5m salary we'd see her a couple more years

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Valverde's second in 2019 in the Vuelta was on a completely other level than Annemiek's race

Than this Tour? Yes.
Than Van Vleuten winning the Vuelta and the Giro, beating Vollering in the former? Unless you consider women's cycling an irrelevance, absolutely not.

 

[Volderke]

Kopecky should really get a penalty for how close she passed Moorman there

Is there a rule on how close you can pass? I thought there is a rule that you cannot draft or stay in the same line for too long, but I don't know how they apply this if the chasing rider has more significantly more speed.

 

[Unchained]

At least nobody is switching to a roadbike because there's a hill at the end.

Still didn't get why no 1 by..saw a few camera close ups and riding in small chain ring in the middle of the cluster and the " hill" didn't look to be more than @5% near the end.. saw a few women fiddling around.. Mens close ups showed guys with various discharge coming out of their faces holes and at the finish having hallucinations from the over effort. I mean I get it.. If you are way way down in the GC why kill yourself? Doesn't mean I have to like seeing some " racers" doing a fast paced coffee ride..

 

[Netserk]

Than this Tour? Yes.
Than Van Vleuten winning the Vuelta and the Giro, beating Vollering in the former? Unless you consider women's cycling an irrelevance, absolutely not.

I don't think it makes sense to compare one-week races with three-week races.

 

[Red Rick]

Is there a rule on how close you can pass? I thought there is a rule that you cannot draft or stay in the same line for too long, but I don't know how they apply this if the chasing rider has more significantly more speed.

Yes you have to pass by by at least 2 meters or something like that. This was at least 0.21 seconds of draft abuse.

 

[awavey]

Kopecky should really get a penalty for how close she passed Moorman there

it wasnt that close for a TT pass , plus Ashleigh wasnt exactly maintaining a straight line