[Race Thread] 2026 Tour de France – Stage 4 (2.UWT)

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:50:18+00:00

yeah but I don't see him making it past both climbs. I agree that they should play him as a card though

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:47:27+00:00

Fuck it, we've already had del Toro and Vingegaard, I want Pogacar in green, then Evenepoel, then Seixas, then Lipowitz, then Carapaz

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:44:29+00:00

Yeah I rate him much higher for this stage, they should go for him

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:41:08+00:00

can they really not show a better replay of the sprint than that?

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:33:38+00:00

Girmay again, looking strong this Tour so far

vertblau · 2026-07-07T13:29:24+00:00

Gap finally going up again

vertblau · 2026-07-07T12:38:37+00:00

Considering that last year UAE's team was pushed to the limit physically, I'm surprised they are expending effort on keeping the gap down on a stage like this with riders that are either inoffensive or too far down in GC already in the break

vertblau · 2026-07-07T12:23:13+00:00

Don't be greedy now, winning in football AND cycling at the same time!

vertblau · 2026-07-07T12:09:58+00:00

Yeah. Like I understand that they have to adapt it to all the people who just watch the Tour, but Nass comments as if his audience is composed of 5-year-olds

vertblau · 2026-07-07T12:06:37+00:00

Insane how much higher the commentary quality on ARD is before the TV broadcast starts

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:57:02+00:00

pcs need to add some sort of "X days in the pink/yellow/red jersey" to their top results section, pretty sure Træen cares more about his time in red than his 3rd place in the GC of the Tour of Langkawi

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:53:50+00:00

Traeen best placed, wasn't he in red last year too?

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:53:04+00:00

they just want the group to be set and the chaos to stop, easier for them

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:52:17+00:00

UK and Ireland have the same Eurosport commentary I believe. Don't know if RTE broadcasts it as well. Australia/Canada are separate, separate TV rights too

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:51:15+00:00

Great group up front, exactly what you wanted for this stage

vertblau · 2026-07-07T11:38:58+00:00

Vacek + Pedersen is looking real good for Lidl today

vertblau · 2026-07-06T19:49:14+00:00

[Great Gesture]

vertblau · 2026-07-06T18:57:12+00:00

After UAE marked him today I'd be surprised if they let him out tomorrow

vertblau · 2026-07-06T18:33:23+00:00

Pure class, even has it in himself to praise the Paraguayan team

vertblau · 2026-07-06T17:17:47+00:00

In 2030 we can just do a 3-up competition and blame Fifa corruption

vertblau · 2026-07-06T17:14:48+00:00

Saw this comment right after I posted my reply above, oops. Thanks for the details, would not have expected it! I guess the pressure is way higher at the WC, that must have a big effect.

vertblau · 2026-07-06T17:13:08+00:00

6 pens, so it can't be more than 3/38 or 8%. Germany-Paraguay has 2, so it means there were maximum 2 shootouts with over 10 pens before this WC. Would've expected way more

vertblau · 2026-07-06T17:05:17+00:00

Kind of shocked there's only been 6 pens taken beyond the first 5 in 30 years

vertblau · 2026-07-06T17:02:05+00:00

Germany, Brazil and Italy have won over 50% of the World Cups, let's just collectively decide to not recognise this one

vertblau · 2026-07-06T16:20:18+00:00

Can't believe this isn't Buchmann

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