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

[Davesta]

Rooijakers looked very comfortable on the climb, and is 2 seconds ahead of Vollering in GC. So as long as she doesn’t get dropped on the descent, it could make for an interesting final climb…

 

[ice&fire]

Rain jackets should be banned really, all you need is a newspaper and some grandma knitted go-faster wooly gloves

Newspaper is a rarity in the internet era

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Obviously in the CQ game and for sentimental reasons I'd love a Demi/Kasia 1-2, and I know that's what was expected but I think Kasia could well fall down to 5th or 6th in the end. Rooijakkers on the podium I would love tbh.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Brand is great descender, too, but she obviously can't ride full gas or she'll drop Realini.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Rooijakers looked very comfortable on the climb, and is 2 seconds ahead of Vollering in GC. So as long as she doesn’t get dropped on the descent, it could make for an interesting final climb…

Unfortunately Pauliena Rooijakkers could lose a sprint to Kasia Niewiadoma after attending a Cypress Hill gig.

 

[Davesta]

Ah yes, I forgot about the bonus seconds

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pieterse and Van Anrooij are in the same group now, so the white jersey is not decided yet.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Brand carrying Realini down this descent is giving me flashbacks of Arroyo flying down Mortirolo while Nibali audibly sighed and visibly yelled at Ivan Basso as he tried to guide him down to Edolo.

 

[ice&fire]

Moto not fast enough for Cedrine

 

[awavey]

So this makes Danny Stam claiming he didn't know of the crash in stage 5 even stupider.

they must have more than car surely ? thats carazy if they dont, and I just give up trying to make sense of stage 5 now.

 

[Izzyeviel]

60mph...merde

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Brand suffering on the little hills as part of the climb. I don't think anything is especially urgent for the two Dutchies up front, after all they were the best climbers comfortably on Glandon.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Rooijakkers is capable of taking the worst lines on a straight road, this is ugly.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

And there is the decisive moment. Pauliena couldn't match Demi's descending prowess all the way down to the bottom of the descent.

The problem for Pauliena now is that she's also horrible against the clock, so she ideally needs to be working with Demi in the valley.

Meanwhile Kerbaol is pulling Kasia out of the chase group with some descending that is... slightly different to that of Pauliena Rooijakkers.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What is she saying

 

[meat puppet]

And there is the decisive moment. Pauliena couldn't match Demi's descending prowess all the way down to the bottom of the descent.

The problem for Pauliena now is that she's also horrible against the clock, so she ideally needs to be working with Demi in the valley.

Meanwhile Kerbaol is pulling Kasia out of the chase group with some descending that is... slightly different to that of Pauliena Rooijakkers.

Nah, came back as expected.

Now DV trying to bully a turn out of PR. As close to a teammate that she gets.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vollering has to ease off more to avoid dropping Rooijakkers than her teammates did for Majerus on the last stage in Britain.

 

[Lequack]

I expect Vollering to gain time in the valley because G2 won't want to work. She will have 3 minutes at the finish on everyone, give or take.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Marty: "at this stage Pauliena Rooijakkers isn't just threatening the stage win, she would be threatening to possibly even win the GC"

Marty, based on current time gaps, then she would win the GC automatically if she won the stage, because she's basically tied with Kasia but there's time bonuses.

However, even if her and Demi ride arm in arm all the way to the Alpe, she loses a sprint to Demi Vollering eleven times out of ten.

 

[ppanther92]

What times do we expect up Alpe'd Huez?

43min? 45min?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rooijakkers gotta just gamble and sit on surely, Niewiadoma might claw some time back in the valley but she looked rubbish on the climb so I don't think it would matter anyway.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tell her to **** off back

 

[ppanther92]

Now I would stop riding. Stupid slap from Vollering. Totally unnecessary.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Chase is better organised (or just better equipped for riding on the flat, since one half of the tête de la course is Pauliena Rooijakkers), but they only have 5k or so until the climb starts, and Alpe d'Huez starts with its steepest parts too.

Brand is happy to do the work for Realini, and Kasia is having to work because it's her responsibility, and may pay for that even if they catch Demi and Pauliena.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Striking another rider - should be a DSQ.