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

[QueenStagiaire]

DV thinks she won?

Almost like she crossed the line first…

 

[Izzyeviel]

how dare she maximise her own result

who does she think she is? Roglic?

 

[JosefK]

Greatest stage in women's cycling history, I think.

 

[Didinho]

Would Demi took GC if she waited untill the Alpe? She had more than a minute on the Glandon.

 

[RedheadDane]

DV thinks she won?

She did win the stage...

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Taylor Phinney should change his name to 'Taylor Niewiadoma Phinney'.
Only fair, considering his wife just won the Tour de France!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, this was the best possible outcome for my CQ team.

Genuinely sad for Demi, but so happy for Kasia.

 

[will-10]

Greatest stage in women's cycling history, I think.

Libertine will probably "erm actually" you, and probably be right, but today was great

 

[benzwire]

Closer Tour win than 1989 LeMond win!

 

[Izzyeviel]

Four Seconds. & Twelve seconds.

 

[DJO]

That was brilliant. So pleased to see Kasia take the overall.

 

[Gigs_98]

Niewiadoma winning a close race with a bit of luck on her side, just as we all expected

 

[ppanther92]

Maybe Wiebes should've just dropped back

Lets just say, 4 or 5 seconds, whatever it is, was recoverable for sure by a team effort.

 

[Ricco']

Vollering should just accept whatever CHF UCI want and tell her team to go f*** themselves in whatever means she has at her disposal.

 

[benzwire]

Not to take anything away from Kasia's win, but SD Worx lost that Tour for Vollering

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Greatest stage in women's cycling history, I think.

In recent times, yes, probably just topping La Course with the Annemiek/Anna VDB chasedown, and the Madonna della Guardia Giro stage from a few years ago when ELB and Kasia were going from the first climb of the day in a four climb mountain stage, and first and second on GC attacked on the penultimate climb to join her.

I don't know if that Giro stage might have been slightly better to watch live, but we never got the chance. In terms of being able to watch hours of coverage and keep us excited and glued to our screens throughout, this one has the nod, at least for the moment while emotions are riding high.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I wasn't psychologically prepared for Kasia actually winning La Fleche. I can't cope with this.

 

[Sciatic]

Crushed for Vollering, tough way to lose. Cooperation in Kasia’s chase group might have been the difference.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Demi could still win even if Wiebes crashed her if she decided to maybe help her after crashing her out of the jersey, oh well. Leaves a very sour taste in my mouth when the strongest rider loses like this.

 

[benzwire]

What was the gap to Kasia's group at the base of the Alpe? Did they do the climb in the same time?

 

[will-10]

What was the gap to Kasia's group at the base of the Alpe? Did they do the climb in the same time?

more or less yeah I think

edit: closer to 40 seconds gap at the bottom

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Good ideas to have a final MTF in a TdF

 

[KZD]

So Vollering loses the Tour because she barely got any help on stage 5. Whoever is in charge at SD Works should be fired, as simple as that.

Great win for Kasia though and Rooijakkers did an incredible stage too.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Crushed for Vollering, tough way to lose. Cooperation in Kasia’s chase group might have been the difference.

Lucinda did it

 

[ppanther92]

What was the gap to Kasia's group at the base of the Alpe? Did they do the climb in the same time?

42-43s, so Vollering slightly faster.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I wasn't psychologically prepared for Kasia actually winning La Fleche. I can't cope with this.

Thank you Lucinda. The real MVP of the Tour