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

[jaylew]

I thought she was a sprinter.

Also lmao, what is this team. Do they have the three best riders or whats going on. She was doing a peak Gilbert out there

She's kinda like WVA - good sprinter, TTer, and a great hill climber.

Ugh, SDW. I'm so tired of that team. How many 1-2 results can you have in a year?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lotte Kopecky is a sprinter in the way that Tom Boonen was a sprinter. She's very good at it and she started out primarily doing it or at least using it as her primary weapon, but she's largely a classics type rider.

SD Worx are like a turbo version of Jumbo-Visma - stupidly overpowered, and often tactically crazy or ass-backward but they can still win despite themselves because of how strong the riders are and how many options they have who are strong enough to win individually.

 

[awavey]

Stage 2 Profile, Clermont Ferrand to Mauriac

 

[jaylew]

I think FdJ was the only team with numbers before the second group bridged.

Movistar and Canyon had 2 each but Movistar didn't do anything and the Canyon duo was mostly attacking instead of working.

SDW was certainly interrupting the chase like they always do but they really shouldn't have been allowed to be that disruptive. It seems to me like the women are more likely to let that nonsense go.

I think part of the issue was that AVV wasn't rolling through like she usually does and Vollering was of course not working so when you get the 2 overall favorites not working that makes no one else want to push hard.

 

[awavey]

Team SD Worx having fun tonight, who says they dont all get along

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683198747218522112

View: https://twitter.com/teamsdworx/status/1683198747218522112

 

[awavey]

Good news from AG Insurance Soudal Quickstep, Mireia Bineto who crashed heavily early on stage 1, has been checked out and has a concussion, but no other further serious injuries.

 

[Skalman]

Todays stage is not broadcasted from the beginning? that seems weird with todays profile

 

[meat puppet]

Todays stage is not broadcasted from the beginning? that seems weird with todays profile

Seriously? How the ef are we supposed to #watchthefemmes if it is not even broadcast?

Avv vs. Sd Worx would have been cool to watch.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Yeah, I'm normally not that much on the "give us full coverage" train because it's in plenty of cases a niche aspect but this might blow off right out the gates and we won't be able to see it.
After the Petit Ballon debacle last year surely they gotta be a bit more adaptable with coverage and route planning. Like, obviously they did yesterday fully because it being stage 1 but everyone with a cycling perspective must've known that the first 2 hours of yesterday are completely pointless unlike the first 2 hours today.

 

[Skalman]

Vos attacked and then a crash happened in the Peloton

 

[awavey]

Yeah, I'm normally not that much on the "give us full coverage" train because it's in plenty of cases a niche aspect but this might blow off right out the gates and we won't be able to see it.
After the Petit Ballon debacle last year surely they gotta be a bit more adaptable with coverage and route planning. Like, obviously they did yesterday fully because it being stage 1 but everyone with a cycling perspective must've known that the first 2 hours of yesterday are completely pointless unlike the first 2 hours today.

If the wind had played a part the first 2hours yesterday would of been full of splits and echelons.

Stages should be covered in full, full stop, I don't understand why the TdFF can't do it when smaller races with less backing did.

We even had the daft situation yesterday they were broadcasting via twitter the sign on and Grand Depart, why couldn't the TV companies broadcast it !?!?

 

[awavey]

Amandine Fouquenet Arkea abandons, not sure if a result of the crashes.

Two up breakaway Hannah Ludwig & Georgia Williams 1min10 on the peloton after 15km, though sounds like the peloton keep splitting and coming back together

 

[shadowrider]

I thought she was a sprinter.

Also lmao, what is this team. Do they have the three best riders or whats going on. She was doing a peak Gilbert out there

She is not a top sprinter but still pretty fast. She is not a climber but can handle steep slopes. In fact she is more a puncher and strong at the end of hard races. She won twice the Ronde van Vlaanderen and once the strade Bianche (beating Van Vleuten). She should have won the strade this year as well.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Amandine Fouquenet Arkea abandons, not sure if a result of the crashes.

Two up breakaway Hannah Ludwig & Georgia Williams 1min10 on the peloton after 15km, though sounds like the peloton keep splitting and coming back together

shes been sick for the past few days so could be that.

 

[awavey]

Breakaway still holding the gap at 56km, now they go downhill for a bit, still 4 categorised climbs to go in the stage

 

[Skalman]

Still no pictures, disgrace of a broadcast

 

[yaco]

When will teams learn - You have no reason to be at the front of the peleton - This is the job of SD Worx under all circumstances, and especially seeing SD worx have the yellow jersey.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Jackson's jersey is a disgrace. EF should know better.

 

[Izzyeviel]

sprinters have been dropped.

 

[Didinho]

Van Vleuten little crash.
3 teammates with her. Nothing bad.

 

[awavey]

First break caught, new breakaway started Van Agt, Kastelijn & Koster towards the sprint which Anouska Koster took.

A QoM sprint just before Yara Kastelijn took, which means she's in the virtual QoM lead at the moment

 

[awavey]

Koster takes the bonus seconds sprint & Kastelijn takes the QoM points, 23km to go

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit damp out there.

 

[Izzyeviel]

if this was F1, they'd stop the race

 

[DNP-Old]

The race has seen more rain in the past five minutes than we just saw in three weeks.