Tour de France Femmes 2024 (August 12th-18th)

[Samu Cuenca]

According to Emma Norsgaard, Movisar wanted her to wait for Meijering, but she decided to ignore that message.

 

[DJO]

Any word on Georgi?

 

[awavey]

Waiting patiently for the nonsense excuses from the team and team mates...

It might be a long wait, they took hours after stage 1 to comment on it, this one will take a while to unpick positively

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dygert openly admitting to smashing it on the front on purpose, none of this race was on nonsense!

 

[Izzyeviel]

Language Mischa!

 

[Netserk]

Dygert openly admitting to smashing it on the front on purpose, none of this race was on nonsense!

Homosocial differences laid bare.

 

[yaco]

I think the problem was after the crash teams were unable to make quick decisions on whether to wait for your GC leaders or contest the final. I saw two or three riders on the radio pull out of the front group which was ' neither her nor there.'

 

[Izzyeviel]

Any word on Georgi?

DNF

 

[awavey]

Any word on Georgi?

Has had to abandon the race

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vas 'This is the best day of my... errr YAH MIXED FEELINGS'

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Great to see someone who blazes in the yellow jersey 🔥🔥

 

[DJO]

DNF

Thanks. A pity though.

 

[Keldergoat]

I think the problem was after the crash teams were unable to make quick decisions on whether to wait for your GC leaders or contest the final. I saw two or three riders on the radio pull out of the front group which was ' neither her nor there.'

I mean, you check in the peloton if you see your race leader, don't you? It's not like she's wearing any camouflaged stuff, it's bright effing yellow from skirt to top. This was way beyond amateuristic, it definitely looked like some old accounts were settled here by the DS.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Demi was on her feet after 10 seconds. Took over another minute to get on her bike. Not worth sacrificing the win to help a possibly injured rider save a few seconds.

 

[ontheroad]

With teams mates (and DS) like that who needs enemies.

 

[yaco]

No-one from SD Worx heard the crash!

The biggest betrayal of Vollering occurred at the 2023 Tour De Suisse. Comfortably ahead in GC, they finish the final climb and Vollering is ensconced in the small GC group with a mainly descent last 20kms. Reusser comes back on the descent and instead of pacing the group to protect Vollering's GC, but no, she attacks the group, so the GC group sit up because they have nothing to gain, and Reusser ends up winning the GC>

 

[Izzyeviel]

Theres more red on Puck than there is on her jersey.

 

[yaco]

Demi was on her feet after 10 seconds. Took over another minute to get on her bike. Not worth sacrificing the win to help a possibly injured rider save a few seconds.

The reality is that Vollering was not the only leader who got none or limited support in the final. Movistar or Jayco did not wait for their GC riders, however even if they did wait maybe they save 15 or 20 seconds.

 

[Keldergoat]

Demi was on her feet after 10 seconds. Took over another minute to get on her bike. Not worth sacrificing the win to help a possibly injured rider save a few seconds.

A possibly injured rider? You realize how bananas this sounds. You think Wiebes did a detailed medical examination before deciding to not do jack *** and sprint for 8th? It's an unspoken rule in cycling, you wait for your team leader.

We're talking about the best rider in the world who, even if she arrives at 90 percent on Sunday's stage, still has a fair chance of winning this Tour de France.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No-one from SD Worx heard the crash!

The biggest betrayal of Vollering occurred at the 2023 Tour De Suisse. Comfortably ahead in GC, they finish the final climb and Vollering is ensconced in the small GC group with a mainly descent last 20kms. Reusser comes back on the descent and instead of pacing the group to protect Vollering's GC, but no, she attacks the group, so the GC group sit up because they have nothing to gain, and Reusser ends up winning the GC>

I don't think that was a betrayal. That was standard SDW tactics of attacking rather than pulling for anyone else, and the two of them are/have been good friends.

 

[Izzyeviel]

A possibly injured rider? You realize how bananas this sounds. You think Wiebes did a detailed medical examination before deciding to not do jack *** and sprint for 8th? It's an unspoken rule in cycling, you wait for your team leader.

We're talking about the best rider in the world who, even if she arrives at 90 percent on Sunday's stage, still has a fair chance of winning this Tour de France.

Exactly. Not worth giving up a stage win & the green jersey to save Demi a few seconds when she'll probably win by several minutes anyway.

 

[sam6]

Hope Lorena Wiebes is proud of winning the sprint for 8th place!!

 

[Keldergoat]

Exactly. Not worth giving up a stage win & the green jersey to save Demi a few seconds when she'll probably win by several minutes anyway.

How on earth would Wiebes sprinting for 8th 'give up a stage win and a green jersey?' Keeping Vas in shooting range of a stage win I can understand, but Wiebes staying in a peloton where she haid no added value is nuts.

Also, if she herself points out that 'she saw something yellow lying on the tarmac'. That is not being very collegial to say the least.

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[sam6]

Demi was on her feet after 10 seconds. Took over another minute to get on her bike. Not worth sacrificing the win to help a possibly injured rider save a few seconds.

Last year in the Vuelta Vollering lost 1min4sec in the crosswinds, partly due to her team's incompetence and failing to form a proper chase behind. She then lost the race overall by 9 seconds. They could have easily found those seconds had her team worked hard to limit her losses. I suspect they will have similar regrets again this year

 

[awavey]

The reality is that Vollering was not the only leader who got none or limited support in the final. Movistar or Jayco did not wait for their GC riders, however even if they did wait maybe they save 15 or 20 seconds.

And this race could be decided by 15 or 20 seconds in the end.

Both Jayco & Movistar, Jayco just by team selection alone, aren't at the same level as SDWorx or have the same goals in this race.

As soon as there was a crash involving the race leader,she's not just the team leader she was leading the thing they've come to win. SDworx should have told any rider on their team to stop and shepherd her across the line. Frankly they should have been doing that job for her anyway with 6km to go and a known sprint finish where things do often involve crashes.

But they didn't, claiming they didn't know Demi was in the crash, what did Lorena not tell them ? Or they werent looking at the tv with the race commentary going crazy about it.

No they were likely paralysed by choices, knowing it's the last sprint stage of the race and chance for Wiebes to win, knowing Vas was better placed and could still get a win, hoping Canyonsram wouldnt attack the yellow jersey...

They kind of made the no choice option or by the time they had decided it was too late which loses Demi time and likelihood of GC win assuming she can even continue, Wiebes didn't get the win anyway, and Vas well what's she supposed to think, yaay great oh well nevermind, **it happens