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like it's too bad the duo of Niewiadoma and Uttrup Ludwig has not turned out to be more of a thing

Yeah I agree with that. Feel also like the team as a whole was missing some power or spark or something this year.

Some random TDFF thoughts. France eclipsed NL for stage wins and GC top 10s, Kasia had a relatively quiet one but seems genuinely content with third, AG Soudal were a JOY to watch all week, Pauline has reached stratospheric legend status, commentary team of Jo, Becca, Alice was wonderful.

Ha yeah just remembering her on alpe d'huez day last year

The final stage of the TDFF is Lucinda Brand's favorite.

Kasia did, yes, but she's back in the group now

Yeah not ideal, just don't panic

Ah shit

😬😬

The pressure on that descent was just an aperitif for the attacks on the descent of Joux Plane.

Yeah I know, cannot be easy to recover from overnight, plus cumulative effects of the week

Yeah it is her normal I suppose

Did you see the video of her at the finish on Instagram? She was in quite some pain. Really hope she recovers ok.

Marion Bunel mentioned the Wout + Simon moment when they interviewed her right after the finish, so cool

😓

Eurosport

Said all the teams put them under pressure on every descent but the team were amazing. And the yellow jersey sacrificed everything for her. And maybe she's not the best descender but second on this stage is pretty good (basically like a tiny little middle finger to her doubters)

This Sarah Gigante interview 🥹🥹 oh my

WOW

Kopecky was right that Gigante would put two minutes into Vollering today, but PFP is putting in three.

This is amazing

Climbing in the dappled sunlight

There is also one very not impartial comms person.. who probably is a little biased

Oh shit, KLC

Fare la scarpetta is using bread to scrape or mop up the remaining sauce on your plate. Scarpetta means little shoe.

This strategy has worked for her in the past, but the level of other teams and climbers is much higher now. It does seem risky and passive.

Le Net saying sorry if she doesn't speak English well then proceeding to speak excellent English. Including a proper "I was so fucked"

AG have dialed their tactics on this for her

Pity she lost 6 minutes on stage 1. Though she maybe wouldn't be given this freedom if not.

Plus the break has really sat up now