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

[Coffeeplanter]

Tissot gives it to Puck.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

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

 

[Didinho]

Looks like Puck from the overhead shot.

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

 

[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!!!

 

[Hugh Januss]

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 it was still a successful outing for her. She did move from 46th to 3rd in GC.

 

[Sciatic]

I will now give Niewiadoma a new name. Poulidor.

How about “Puffidor”?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Stage 5: Bastogne - Amnéville, 152.5 km

Start time: 12:05 CEST. There will be live pictures from 13:50-ish
Expected finish time: Around 16:00.
Weather: 21-27 °C. Wind 11-14 km/h from western directions, gusts up to 24 km/h.

150 km in rolling terrain await the riders on day 4. After an early cat. 3 climb, something amazing will happen after 64 km: This French race finally arrives in France!

The rest of the stage includes 4 cat. 4 climbs, the last of which is followed by a bonus sprint at the actual top; 13 km from the finish in Amnéville. The final km has a gentle rise which maxes out at about 6%, but it flattens out towards the line.

The route makes it possible for both a bigger breakaway and a late attacker to succeed, but I think that is much more likely to happen tomorrow. This seems like the last possible chance for Lorena Wiebes to win a stage in this year's Tour, so I expect her to be very determined to make that happen. Whether her team will help her achieve that is a different matter.

It also looks like a perfect stage for Marianne Vos, who yesterday seemed to drop mostly due to Riejanne Markus being in trouble and not because she herself was on the limit. I doubt Charlotte Kool wil be able to hang on, but the likes of Elisa Balsamo, Puck Pieterse, Kim Le Court, Noemi Rüegg, Karlijn Swinkels and other puncheur-esque sprinters should all be in the mix in this kind of final.

 

[yaco]

Vos has not shown the form to suggest she can win a stage, however you can never rule her out. This should be a breakaway stage if riders/teams are aggressive at the start.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Don't look now, but we're actually in the country we're supposedly touring, and it only took us until stage 5 of 8!

Kinda feels almost as silly as that year the Tour de Pologne had a mountaintop finish on Passo Pordoi.

 

[awavey]

How about “Puffidor”?

I was thinking Mary Jane...