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

[Samu Cuenca]

However if Pieterse can do this, then I guess PFP really can win this race

 

[Didinho]

I have seen enough of Puck to predict she has GC GT ambitions in the future, if she chooses to go down that path.

These hills can’t be compared with the high mountains. More like mountainbike climb efforts. And if you see PFP ride away easily from Puck in the Olympics and wanting to go for Tour GC next year.

Just hoping Puck can win today. Will be hard to get away or win the sprint. Unless she really is the strongest today and got more energy left.

 

[meat puppet]

Niewiadoma to attack

E: beat me to it lol

 

[Didinho]

Close one.

Please let it be Puck. Demi didn’t look confident that she won.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Tissot gives it to Puck.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kasia should do more leadouts. Not many riders can sprint for a full km.

 

[Red Rick]

Pieterse went very early all things considering

 

[Didinho]

Looks like Puck from the overhead shot.

She got it!! Stage, BYR and KOM jersey.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol not sure why that took 5 minutes, wasn't even close

 

[ontheroad]

I'm not sure how the Eurosport commentator initially kept calling Vollering as the winner.

 

[Didinho]

And no camera with Puck. What is this.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Rather considerate of Kasia to lead the sprint out from 700metres.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kasia wanted to have a gap when the other would look at each other. But you know Demi wouldn’t let her go. Strange decision from Kasia.

As soon as she was caught, she was going to finish third, so she could just as well keep the pace up to gain as much time as possible on the group behind.

 

[JosefK]

What the Puck!!! Brilliant for the youngster.

 

[Didinho]

As soon as she was caught, she was going to finish third, so she could just as well keep the pace up to gain as much time as possible on the group behind.

Indeed. If she wanted to attack it had to be earlier. Not in the last km.

Puck felt strong and went early and it was needed to have a bit of extra speed when passing Demi to win this one. Puck didn’t knew where the finish was she said.

 

[yaco]

I will now give Niewiadoma a new name. Poulidor.

 

[yaco]

Tashkent down to one rider.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But Yanina Kuskova did finish a solid 62nd.

 

[Keldergoat]

What an addition to the road cycling peloton is Puck. Next to being a great athlete she just omits good vibes, her YT video's are a treat as well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I will now give Niewiadoma a new name. Poulidor.

I was thinking Czyczenczą myself.

/orthographyjokes

 

[jmdirt]

Puck!
I love the multi-bike kids doing well!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

However if Pieterse can do this, then I guess PFP really can win this race

Well, I mean, back when she cared about road racing in her early 20s she did kinda come 2nd at the Giro, and could probably have won it - if Abbott had successfully broken clear of the rolling roadblock Rabobank put out there for Vos on Madonna del Ghisallo, Abbott still needed 1'40" over PFP and I don't think there was any chance on earth she would have got that with the form PFP was in that year - she ended up 15" behind Vos and could easily have taken that to secure the win for the team if there was the slightest hint Vos was struggling. Pauline had beaten Vos by 35" on San Domenico di Varzo before that.

Besides, this was an Ardennes stage; PFP is also a former Flèche Wallonne winner. Admittedly it was long enough ago that riders she beat that day included Emma Johansson, Claudia Lichtenberg, Emma Pooley (before her first retirement), Laura Trott (not yet Kenny) was still testing the waters on the road, people other than me and her mother still believed in Fran Cauz, and Rossella Ratto was still one of the most promising young riders in the sport at the time.

 

[JR1012]

However if Pieterse can do this, then I guess PFP really can win this race

Before calling that we have to wait how Puck will do on longer climbs.
These stages with short uphill climbs suits Puck perfectly.

 

[pmcg76]

Always love to see Puck win, hope it makes up for disappointment of the Olympics.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

YAAAAY CYCLOCROSS!!!