Reaction to the latest stage of the 2026 Tour de France with Geraint Thomas (Netcompany INEOS), Luke Rowe (Decathlon CMA CGM), Ben Swift (Netcompany INEOS) and Owain Doull (Visma-Lease a Bike).
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Owain is convinced Richard Carapaz is going to win a stage but who do you think will take stage 15?
Do you agree with Valentin Paret-Peintre as rider of the day? Who would your pick be?
Guys imo Pogi was waiting on Del Toro to get bsck before he went. I think they were hoping for the 1 2. Great race. Young lad is going to be big time. I think Pidcock went too fast to early on.
Well, it's not that "nobody is missing" — we ARE missing Oscar Onley and Felix Gall . . . .
It doesn't matter. You need a strong leader to beat everyone. Pogacar doesn't need a train. Technically, he can just let everyone ride in front of him. Ayuso is swinging already today. Who's impressive besides Seixas? Del Toro. He got dropped after Remco. Yet, he closed behind Seixas/Jonas at the top of the climb. Tomorrow, finally, we see who's the pretender and who's the legitimate podium contender. I'm surprised that Lipo was dropped and ended up riding with Ayuso and Remco. Tomorrow, Jonas will drop all his rivals (except Tadej). Tomorrow is a long climb without any flats or downhills. If he can't gain time from someone like Remco. In the Giro, Jonas lost 1+ minutes to a GC rider who's not even that good in ITT. Did we watch the same race? Every time he attacked, he took 1 minute from Jonas. Tomorrow and Alpe d'Huez suit Jonas more.
Love this discussion 💕💕
I’m really enjoying you guys taking over the pod – good insights and unbiased perspectives and not old grumpy men like G and Luke! (I’m 10 years older than G but he’s always been like an old grandpa – amazing rider but hard to listen to sometimes!) Anyhoo, hope you guys stick around after the tour.
I really do not understand why any team gets on the front and help UAE do the work? Surely you want Pogi to use up all of his team, then get him isolated and multiple guys keep attacking him so he has to close it down all the time?
Thanks for the spoiler graphic of Pog, can’t you keep us people who live downunder, a bit of a surprise when we listen to the pod. For heaven’s sake.
You wasted over a minute with the "teaser" before starting the pod. You're driving me away, doing this. No like from me, sorry, in spite of the guys being really interesting. You know how to fix it.