In this episode Patrick and Benji recap the fourth stage of the 2026 Tour de France.
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Just came to say here: Potverdikke, it's great to be a Belgian!
Stage 4
Total scores after stage 4
Patrick: still 55
Benji: still 55
Breakdown:
Patrick
Route release: Magnier 0 pts
Week before: Godon 0 pts
Day before: Cort 0 pts
Total: 0
Benji
Route release: Philipsen 0 pts
Week before: VdP 0 pts
Day before: VdP 0 pts
Total: 0
Crosses to mark the stage? Pederson will forever be known as 'The Pirate' in this house now.
Neither Benji nor Patrick have a chance of scoring route release points tomorrow. Benji went for Arnaud de Lie, and Patrick went for Milan
In the week before pod Benji thought Merlier gets over the stage 5 climb, but Patrick disagreed. They both ultimately picked Philipsen.
In today's pod Benji doubled down on Philipsen and Patrick selected Girmay. Let the sprinting commence!
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Thank you for the lovely supportive comments. Benji 🐾 made it to the beach today and had an ice cream all to himself. LRCP listeners rock ❤️
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Lidl Trek masterclass in the break Pedersen gets his first win of the year Simmons second in the sprint Pedersen into green Vacek into white (his 3rd consecutive white jersey in all 3 grand tours) and they now lead the team classification by over 19 minutes. Can’t have a better day than that. (Mads also dedicated the win to Luca Guercilena who absolutely deserves it there would be no Lidl Trek without Luca)
I promise I waved but YouTube cut off the intro. 😭
Amazing from lidl today won me £1000 🎉