Peter Cossins

Today, 6 years ago.

We will never forget you, Bjorg Lambrecht.

#cycling #cyclingbluesky

A brilliant ride by Gigante considering how far she’s had to come back from that crash. You’re absolutely right about it being a great race

51 again!!

Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour win ignites all of France in a joy missing from the men’s race Popular winner is now a national icon as women step out of the shadow of their male cycling counterparts

“…there is an openness, joy and freedom of expression to the Tour de France Femmes that puts the monastic and secretive world of its occasionally lumbering male counterpart to shame…”

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Maybe he was trying to negotiate peace in the Middle East and that was the only moment he had. I’ve got no idea

So you really believe Macron thought that would boost his image? I honestly can’t see that at all

Having lived in France for a decade I’d be very surprised if Macron thought calling PFP would make any difference to his image

French president Emmanuel Macron has just called PFP in the middle of her post-race TV interviews to congratulate her on her victory. It's been some week for French cycling. Four stage wins in a row and now the yellow jersey. It's been a long wait - 35 years since Catherine Marsal

Some week for Visma-LaB too: stage win and yellow for Vos last Saturday, stage win for WVA and 2nd for Jonas Vingegaard at TDF on Sunday, Vos back in yellow on Monday, PFP stage win and yellow on Saturday, PFP stage win and TDFF victory on Sunday

It's going to be some podium: 2025 champion + 2023 champion + 2024 champion

PFP's got such a deceptively easy style. Doesn't look like she's pushing hard, but the gap keeps increasing

I always assume you've got your tongue in your cheek

YouTube video by #myfunnybits Splitters! Life of Brian

Splitters! We’re in Life of Brian territory

m.youtube.com/watch?v=QhaY...

Totally agree this. ASO dragged out Virenque on the Ventoux stage and Jalabert’s past is, er… murky

That and doping maybe, although l’Equipe spoke to her about PFP yesterday

So this evening we’re going to see the first French win in the Tour de France since… well… when? Hinault in 85 is what we’re being told, but what about Longo in 89 (TDF Féminin) or Marsal (Tour of the EEC) in 90?

Does anybody give a monkey’s what Longo thinks?

Amazing scenes in Chambéry. Massive crowds. France 1-2 for the second day in a row. Maëva Squiban 🚀

eurosport cuts away to an ad on the Granier and we come back to find Squiban alone on her own at the front and the yellow jersey dropped 🤦‍♂️

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Lorena Wiebes "unboxed" herself brilliantly in that final straight for win 15 this season. She's got so much more finishing speed than anyone else that sprints are now a formality. She's not lost one this season, even when leading the bunch in behind a break. Everyone else is racing for 2nd #TDFF25

Four people were arrested in Montmartre on Sunday for throwing nails/tacks into the road on Rue Lepic. The nails were cleared away before the riders climbed the cobbled street

Yes, this third option could work too

I’d be intrigued to see what would happen if the two finishing circuits in Paris were swapped so that the riders tackled the Butte in Montmartre before the laps on the Champs. Could be an interesting duel between the puncheurs and the sprinters’ teams. What do you think?

This is very good on England’s Euros triumph and the Englishness of the team

Absolutely. I’d watch 21 stages like that

It had the ambiance of a proper Tour finish, the kind you’d see anywhere, with people stepping out of their homes to see the race pass. Felt more intimate and popular than just doing laps on the Champs

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He looked tired in the last few days of the Tour

No Vuelta for Pogi according to Spanish daily AS. UAE are said to be going with Almeida and Ayuso as leaders. Should be a nice contest between them and Jonas