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

[Davesta]

Is Kasia carrying her gilet/rain jacket up her jersey?!

 

[Valv.Piti]

I don't think that's significantly lower at all. I remember Van Vleuten has some climbing times comparable to like top 10 or top 20 mens times.

No way

 

[Izzyeviel]

Cognitive dissonance is really hitting me.

Kasia is great and I've cheered for her for a decade now and I would like her to win, but she would be winning because SD Worx screwed Vollering rather than anything else.

Demi is the strongest rider and deserves it considering what she's had to overcome to do it, but I also feel like given the way they've treated her, SD Worx don't deserve the win she'll be giving them.

Pauliena is a rider I've always liked and is the true underdog here, but she's also riding the defensive route and isn't on my CQ team unlike Niewiadoma and Vollering.

It is nice to have a choice between three riders where I actually like all of them, though.

Its like trying to decide which one of your kids gets your kidney to save their life. I much prefer it when my favourite riders suck.

 

[dobrien]

Gap under a minute now!?

 

[dobrien]

Unless one of the two leaders is sitting on a bomb Kasia is looking like she can do this

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I have to apologise to Rooijakkers for not having included a photo of her in my preview.

 

[Davesta]

No way

Annemiek Van Vleuten was so fast up the Izoard that only two Tour de France riders could beat her on Strava

Only Warren Barguil and Romain Bardet went faster on Strava

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Demi no longer pokerfaced. Either one of them hits a monster acceleration or we could be looking at the bonus seconds settling it.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

@Peyroteo94 is always deluting these threads with dumb comments a la "looking at these pictures I conclude..."
Everyone on the womens WT peleton can do Angliru, it's just about what gears you're riding. Times will be 10-20% slower, we all know this, thanks and let's move on towards the actual race.

 

[dobrien]

Poor Phil should definitely have called it a career at the Olympics; he's not on a great day today.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pauliena will win this.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm so f*cking annoyed these last 4 kms are all we get on Eurosport in germany because they needed to show a sprint stage

 

[Lequack]

No way

I didn't mean all time climbing time, just from that year specifically.

 

[ppanther92]

I don't think thats Vollering's poker face.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Annemiek Van Vleuten was so fast up the Izoard that only two Tour de France riders could beat her on Strava

Only Warren Barguil and Romain Bardet went faster on Strava

www.cyclingweekly.com

Peak Annemiek would get absolutely smoked. So would Demi. Lets not try to be cute about it or pretend otherwise.

Demi is not looking as strong..

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pauliena will win this.

Starting to believe

 

[JR1012]

Canyon can thank you to Brand. Without her they wouldn't closed the gap on the flat part.

 

[Peyroteo94]

@Peyroteo94 is always deleting these threads with dumb comments a la "looking at these pictures I conclude..."
Everyone on the womens WT peleton can do Angliru, it's just about what gears you're riding. Times will be 10-20% slower, we all know this, thanks and let's move on towards the actual race.

Yeah mate, you're right. Back to the actual race. Cheers

 

[ppanther92]

I'm so f*cking annoyed these last 4 kms are all we get on Eurosport in germany because they needed to show a sprint stage

You can watch it online. Connection to commentators just dropped.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Time to go for glory Pauliena

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm so f*cking annoyed these last 4 kms are all we get on Eurosport in germany because they needed to show a sprint stage

Don't you have Das Erste?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Canyon can thank you to Brand. Without her they wouldn't closed the gap on the flat part.

Brand, Muzic, Lorena Wiebes and Danny Stam.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[dobrien]

Demi is not looking as strong..

If Demi had it today she would have been long gone; this is going right to the line.

 

[JR1012]

Why is no one attacking? This is the chance to win the Tour.