We have to remember that van Vleuton had that horrific crash during the 2016 Olympic Road Race. . . That would definitely cramp one’s descending style.
I hope they continue with the start of this race on the champs elysee as the other tour ends, I think it brings alot of promotion for the femme edition and it is cool :)
The last stage of the Men's Tour de France just being all pomp and formality with no impact on the outcome has always felt anti-climactic to me. I found the women's format much more engaging.
@@0bob0cya Please not, the last stage of the mens TdF is horrible to watch and has nothing to do with sport. It is like a after TdF criterium. Better only race 20 stages then. I do know nobody who loves the 21st stage of the mens TdF. Just let them ride 10 km and then sprint, and skipp the other 150km. The other way around is much more fun. If they start in Paris you have serious race because there is something at stake. I watch everything whole year long, the Paris stage in the mens TdF is the only stage in the entire year that I skip. I only put on the tele for the last 5 km, and most people do. In 2024 the TdF men will probably finish in Nice instead of Paris because of the Olympic games in Paris. I do hope that it will become a huge succes and that we will never have to watch the awefull Champs Elysee stage anymore after that.
@@0bob0cya Yep 33 years ago, and that was a TT. If they would finish with a TT every year in Paris then it is okay. But to ride 160 or 150 km with nothing at stake except a sprint result that has zero influence on the final green jersey, well let's say that most people ain't no big fan of it. (Which is proved by the broadcast numbers. This stage is the less viewed stage year after year. Most people only tune in about a half hour before the finish.)
39 and crushing it. I think women riders peak later than men do. She is such an inspiration for both women and men. Her training blocks are insane. Way more than most male pros. I thought her crash in the ditch at the 2016 Olympics would have ended her career. Boy, was I wrong...
As she mentioned after her previous win - it's just years of training in the legs that her younger counterparts just don't have yet. Combine that with exceptional genetics of course. Also I really do believe men and women can perform at a really high level at older age - it's a matter of being wiser with training/recovery protocols and lifestyle habits (nutrition, sleep etc). :)
That gutter slam was horrific to watch and I feared for her life at the time. I was so pleased to see her first major victory post-recovery but back then could have no concept of just how dominant she'd go on to become. Back then the Dutchies dominated the peloton, but the wins were spread amongst them, not so much now though.
Funny how SD Worx and Trek didn't do anything when Van Vleuten was physically weaker (due to illness) and dropped multiple times, but now when she has a mechanical all of the sudden it's go time.
Great race, great coverage from LR. Really enjoyed this and I hope that there is enough of an appetite to push it to a two week race? Surely the ASO can afford it, so it's a question of fan interest and the economics of the teams.
Without taking anything away from the ladies, it seems like everyone bar Van Vleuten won't be up for a longer TDFF, judging from how spent they looked by stages 7 and 8 - so much so that the GC competition was pretty much turned on its head. To be fair, those were tough, tough stages. We'll get to two weeks at some point in future. Overall such a great Grand Tour as it is.
I have read that UCI restricts women stage races to 8 days, with some exceptions for Grand Tours (10 days max). I hope that after this great TDF Femmes, ASO will push for a 10-day race at least next year: and if possible, for a change of regulations to make it a true 2-week race with more climbs (and, why not, HC climbs!).
@@TypeVertigo I feel like with the men’s tour mountain stages they look pretty wiped at the end of those stages too. They still ride flat and mountain stages after that. I think this women’s peloton could handle 2 weeks.
Estimated relative power output: Body weight 58 kg, bike+gear 9.5 kg La Planche full, 6.94 km, 8.7%, 23:57: 5.8 W/kg Subsections: 1st km, 3:49: 6.3 W/kg 2nd km, 2:45: 6.1 W/kg 3rd km, 3:55: 6.1 W/kg 4th km, 3:47: 5.8 W/kg 5th km, 3:02: 5.4 W/kg 6th km, 2:53: 4.8 W/kg Final 910 m: 3:44: 5.7 W/kg (total time of subsections 23:55)
Loved it. And loved your coverage. AvV actually had another bike change either in or just after the neutralised section. She started on the all yellow bike but clearly didn't like the fit and was given that one back because her swap was fucked but then the mech fixed the back wheel (you might have noticed different decals) and then they gave her her original swap back. Completely nuts, Iris Slappendel explained it on the moto. No one got close.
The streaming service here in Canada sucks (I'm not paying for something that doesn't advertise its prices or offer month by month or pay per view) so getting it all through these LR recaps and podcast - you do a fantastic job, really enjoyed it. How many of the women got off their bikes in the gravel? That clip makes it look rediculously hard and I remember some of the men running it... AvV is amazing, well deserved.
In Belgium there are only 3 female riders that ride professionally. Which is almost unbelievable knowing how big of a cycling country Belgium is. The number 3 is from a year or two ago, but I don't expect it to have gone up, especially since one of them retired.
@@Tibovl So Belgian women don't support womens' cycling? Same as everywhere. They're half the population but don't care to support the sports they insist they have equity in.
Fantastic final stage for what was a really good race! Women definitely a step down in terms of competitiveness compared to the men, so it was a good choice to go for a shorter race. Not that women can’t compete over a full 21 day stage race necessarily (though I agree with you LR that 21 days is too long for a Grand Tour. I’d rather 14/15 stages especially since that would open up the calendar for an extra two Grand Tours), just that the lack of professional support really shows. Van Vleuten put it best herself “with more training & experience I’m sure my colleagues can get to my level if not higher”.
Very well written, it's exactly what happened, she's way over the rest of the competition, she's training with the movistar men's team,so..no wonder, she's absolutely the best and she deserves it because of her work ethics,no doubt ✌️
I feel like that was how the men’s tour was the two time Pogacar won. Nobody could touch him so the whole tour was a race for second. Turns out this year was similar just for the women’s with Van Vleuten. Thankfully this year Pogacar had some real competition.
There's no one in the men's peleton that is at such a level above their competition (who are also amazing riders), watching AVV accelerate past all the other riders after stopping so many times, must be crushing psychologically on the climbs for her opponents.
The same five riders win everything in womens cyling because the field has a lot of filler. No to deny AVV's stature in the sport but she rode away at will with little team support and dominated. That doesn't happen as often in mens races.
To me this sort reflects a lack of the depth of the women's peloton and it would seem that it has a long way to go before there is the consistency of talent that rivals the men's peloton. I struggle to see Vingegaard or Pogacar having like 6 bike changes on a mountain stage, getting dropped by over a minute in some cases, then clawing back each time and then winning the stage. All that means is there just needs to be more coverage and more encouragement for women to join the sport so the competition is stacked to the brim. So it's good Lanterne Rouge is covering this stuff!
We Dutch have a long history of women's cycling coverage. I've seen highlights of the van Moorsel vs Longo surplace battle on Alpe d' Huez in 1992, seen the Sydney 2000 Olympic race live in the middle of the night, seen Marianne Vos win her first WC in both the RR and CX live. This gives us I think a big advantage, this Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will help globalise the peleton but it will still take a couple of years before we see the effects of it.
Just read that she started in yellow for show, then changed from yellow to black because the yellow bike weighed a few more grams- yellow paint is heavy but black is lighter. Mechanical forced her on to teammates, then back to yellow until her black was ready for the final assault. Not that it made a difference, she dominated.
@@ManWalksDogs You would think, but I’ve seen that on a few news stories now. Came out the Movistar team, apparently yellow adds an extra 50 grams or more. Her preferred bike is not black as I thought, but unpainted 😛 Guess she doesn’t leave anything to chance. Pogacar said there’s no such thing as too many seconds ahead and look how his race turned out.
I think she had 4 bike changes. She started the stage on an all yellow bike. When the cameras came on she was already on the normal bike with yellow tape. Changed bikes with her teammate. Back to the yellow bike. Back to the yellow tape bike.
Also, don't overlook what Demi Vollering did throughout this tour. How many - 7? - top-ten results! If AVV really quits this year, Demi will take over (which could have happend these days on a slightly different terrain). She's put nearly 2 minutes into the front group on the last climb after she yesterday soloed 60 k and put > 15 minutes in more than 80% of the peloton.
@@paulsolon6229 Oh yes, cheap, sure. Nearly 60km solo nonetheless plus putting those 15+ minutes in nearly everyone. Great performance from Demi! Sucking not "cheap tactics", it is just tactics on the bike. Everyone else could have followed as well - only they could not .... The same absolutely legitimate tactics AVV streessed the entire first 6 days btw.
@@ps6149 no. It’s perfectly fine to do zero pulling like vollering yesterday and draft the stronger rider, there’s no other way in fact. Happens all the time by the weaker rider. But then don’t come around 75m from mtn points and sprint for the line for the mtn points, then go back behind the wheel again. There’s no rule against it. Its perfectly ok. Cheap it is as well. The best climber didn’t get the climbers jersey here.
@@paulsolon6229 Well, why not grab the QOM points? It's a race, right? AVV could neither get rid of Demi in time before the QOM, nor could she uppen her tempo rapidly (or did not want to, calculating that a companion might help... or she simply missed the attack). That's all. And AVV being to week the days before did not help in earning the polka dot jersey either (finishing 6 times behind Demi Vollering). Well, whatever: The jersey is well deserved by Demi Vollering since she simply gathered more mountain points than AVV. And AVV was phantastic, for sure.
Hopefully the 2023 TdF Femmes will last 2 weeks and include the Alps or the Pyrenees. Then GC contenders will have to rely on strong team mates and sensible racing tactics. In 2 stages, AVV managed to build time gaps across the top 10 that are similar to those created by Vingegaard after 3 weeks. She is a real champ and a tough nut to crack!
I don't get the tactics of SDWorks and Trek, pacing hard when the yellow jersey has technical issue, nice sportsmanship, instead of pacing hard when Van Vleuten was sick. Then bringing the group with the best climber to the front of the race, so she can finish. I'm glad she did.
Amazing performance by AVV! she was on another level. It's a real shame that Cavalli crashed out I would've loved to have seen if she could hang with AVV on these climbs the last two days
Nice TRY SD Worx, for all the talent and depth that they had there they still needed to resort to dirty tactics when the Maillot Jaune was down.it Only served to showcase to the entire World the Sheer Dominance that Vluety has when the racing is at its hardest. Will go down as one of the Greatest displays of Utter SUPREMACY in cycling...regardless of gender. CONGRATS MEIK you epitomize what being a Champion is all about
Hard to know exactly, but looking at other riders who posted power with around the same time. Looks like she did ~5.5 to 5.6W/kg on Super La Planche de Belles filles which is pretty amazing.
Totally unreal! Imagine if she didn’t have to change bikes at all. She’d be showered, and changed, and finished her post-race meal, before the rest of the field crossed the line 😁
Great job by Annemiek, but I think this points to the problem with women's cycling at the highest level. The outcome was really never in doubt was it? I mean the commentators were trying to build excitement when she was going through the multiple bike changes, but really...did ANYONE really doubt that she'd get back and ride away on the climb? There are just not that many riders really capable of competing with the top few.
awesome stage and awesome Tour de France femmes! women races are OLD STYLE! a lot of emotion, a touch of craziness, INDIVIDUAL challenging spirit! instead men races became too much robotic and speculative "TEAM race" (no matters the individual, matters the TEAM).
Well, the last three to four stages were rather advertisment for the sport. Before it was to many avoidable crashes and poor planning. You also need some stars and van Vleuten, Vollering and Niewiadoma, Ludwig, Vos, Wiebes, Persico did a good job. However, a wider top group would be nice.
A Dutch clean sweep of all jerseys, how on earth is THAT possible ! edit: meaning in The Netherlands the cycling pool is of course very deep by nature but i think other countries should scratch their heads real soon otherwise this new Tour de France Femmes might be short lived ...
@@3pan1 it counts (MVDP is dutch) but there is more international competition. You cant compare men and women in terms of popularity/money yet. It's a lot harder for a woman to decide to become pro because professional teams are only a few. If you live in a country such as the Netherlands, it's a bit easier to take that decision
if there is a girl in the peloton who defintitely doesn't need that, it's AVV lol... she's just on another level in the climbs, and Vollering is already much stronger than anyone else except AVV
She's just on a whole other level, absolutely incredible performance yet again. And she's 39 already. Mindblowing.
In 2022, 39 is the new 19
@@shavedcoconut Before or after that CRASH?? I know AV also have that big crash, but nothing like the one Froome had!
suspicious
@@mracer8 👍
Very very suspicious. Apparently has the best doc!
We have to remember that van Vleuton had that horrific crash during the 2016 Olympic Road Race. . . That would definitely cramp one’s descending style.
Yes. Just posted the same comment.
Remember watching it live... horrible
I hope they continue with the start of this race on the champs elysee as the other tour ends, I think it brings alot of promotion for the femme edition and it is cool :)
They should also end it there.
Why not?
The last stage of the Men's Tour de France just being all pomp and formality with no impact on the outcome has always felt anti-climactic to me. I found the women's format much more engaging.
@@briangrover873 see 1989. That was not pomp and circumstance.
@@0bob0cya Please not, the last stage of the mens TdF is horrible to watch and has nothing to do with sport. It is like a after TdF criterium. Better only race 20 stages then. I do know nobody who loves the 21st stage of the mens TdF.
Just let them ride 10 km and then sprint, and skipp the other 150km.
The other way around is much more fun. If they start in Paris you have serious race because there is something at stake.
I watch everything whole year long, the Paris stage in the mens TdF is the only stage in the entire year that I skip. I only put on the tele for the last 5 km, and most people do. In 2024 the TdF men will probably finish in Nice instead of Paris because of the Olympic games in Paris. I do hope that it will become a huge succes and that we will never have to watch the awefull Champs Elysee stage anymore after that.
@@0bob0cya Yep 33 years ago, and that was a TT. If they would finish with a TT every year in Paris then it is okay. But to ride 160 or 150 km with nothing at stake except a sprint result that has zero influence on the final green jersey, well let's say that most people ain't no big fan of it. (Which is proved by the broadcast numbers. This stage is the less viewed stage year after year. Most people only tune in about a half hour before the finish.)
She was so dominant today-no one could come close to touching her on the climb even after having to chase back
she’s on the Jumbo juice🧃
Annemiek is incredible, she is an inspiration! So happy and proud for her! Great champion! Legend
39 and crushing it. I think women riders peak later than men do. She is such an inspiration for both women and men. Her training blocks are insane. Way more than most male pros. I thought her crash in the ditch at the 2016 Olympics would have ended her career. Boy, was I wrong...
As she mentioned after her previous win - it's just years of training in the legs that her younger counterparts just don't have yet. Combine that with exceptional genetics of course.
Also I really do believe men and women can perform at a really high level at older age - it's a matter of being wiser with training/recovery protocols and lifestyle habits (nutrition, sleep etc). :)
That gutter slam was horrific to watch and I feared for her life at the time. I was so pleased to see her first major victory post-recovery but back then could have no concept of just how dominant she'd go on to become. Back then the Dutchies dominated the peloton, but the wins were spread amongst them, not so much now though.
@@nicolemitsi totally agree. But I believe women have the edge.
@@nicolemitsi such nonse!Pocacar is 23,so he misses experience to win the TdF in your opinion?
Annemiek, very well deserved champion 🏆♥️, she's absolutely outstanding!
Monstrous win. Congrats Annemiek!
Funny how SD Worx and Trek didn't do anything when Van Vleuten was physically weaker (due to illness) and dropped multiple times, but now when she has a mechanical all of the sudden it's go time.
Thanks for your fantastic cycling coverage year round.
Thanks mate
Great race, great coverage from LR. Really enjoyed this and I hope that there is enough of an appetite to push it to a two week race? Surely the ASO can afford it, so it's a question of fan interest and the economics of the teams.
Without taking anything away from the ladies, it seems like everyone bar Van Vleuten won't be up for a longer TDFF, judging from how spent they looked by stages 7 and 8 - so much so that the GC competition was pretty much turned on its head. To be fair, those were tough, tough stages.
We'll get to two weeks at some point in future. Overall such a great Grand Tour as it is.
I have read that UCI restricts women stage races to 8 days, with some exceptions for Grand Tours (10 days max). I hope that after this great TDF Femmes, ASO will push for a 10-day race at least next year: and if possible, for a change of regulations to make it a true 2-week race with more climbs (and, why not, HC climbs!).
@@TypeVertigo I feel like with the men’s tour mountain stages they look pretty wiped at the end of those stages too. They still ride flat and mountain stages after that. I think this women’s peloton could handle 2 weeks.
Annemiek Van Vlueten could have stopped for lunch and still have won the stage. She's on a completely different level than her competitors.
and she is 39
@@tholo86 40 in October
Estimated relative power output:
Body weight 58 kg, bike+gear 9.5 kg
La Planche full, 6.94 km, 8.7%, 23:57: 5.8 W/kg
Subsections:
1st km, 3:49: 6.3 W/kg
2nd km, 2:45: 6.1 W/kg
3rd km, 3:55: 6.1 W/kg
4th km, 3:47: 5.8 W/kg
5th km, 3:02: 5.4 W/kg
6th km, 2:53: 4.8 W/kg
Final 910 m: 3:44: 5.7 W/kg
(total time of subsections 23:55)
Loved it. And loved your coverage. AvV actually had another bike change either in or just after the neutralised section. She started on the all yellow bike but clearly didn't like the fit and was given that one back because her swap was fucked but then the mech fixed the back wheel (you might have noticed different decals) and then they gave her her original swap back. Completely nuts, Iris Slappendel explained it on the moto. No one got close.
AVV had that really bad crash at the Olympics in Rio 2016, hence the relative timidity on the descents?
Imagine the performance on Super Plance without 15 bike changes
The streaming service here in Canada sucks (I'm not paying for something that doesn't advertise its prices or offer month by month or pay per view) so getting it all through these LR recaps and podcast - you do a fantastic job, really enjoyed it.
How many of the women got off their bikes in the gravel? That clip makes it look rediculously hard and I remember some of the men running it... AvV is amazing, well deserved.
Yes I did enjoy your excellent summaries LR! Great job at getting them uploaded so quickly 👏👏
Thanks for the great summaries and commentary - I appreciated it all the way through.
Merci beaucoup Lanterne Rouge pour presenter chaque etape. Bon travail. On se verra
Merci a vous Paulatatiana
Van V is just on a different level!
💉🩸💉💉🩸🧪⚗
2:03, 2:12 The way AVV passes those riders, it's as if you look at a pro passing amateurs, her performance is just incredible.
Most of the women's peloton are literally still amateurs lol. Half of them need to get a second job to survive.
no its not "as if" its reality... the other riders are literal amatuers unfortunately
In Belgium there are only 3 female riders that ride professionally. Which is almost unbelievable knowing how big of a cycling country Belgium is.
The number 3 is from a year or two ago, but I don't expect it to have gone up, especially since one of them retired.
@@Tibovl So Belgian women don't support womens' cycling?
Same as everywhere. They're half the population but don't care to support the sports they insist they have equity in.
@@mikkelandersen2167the whole SDW team is national champions of whatever country they come from and certainly have biggest budget then Movistar 😊
Fantastic final stage for what was a really good race! Women definitely a step down in terms of competitiveness compared to the men, so it was a good choice to go for a shorter race. Not that women can’t compete over a full 21 day stage race necessarily (though I agree with you LR that 21 days is too long for a Grand Tour. I’d rather 14/15 stages especially since that would open up the calendar for an extra two Grand Tours), just that the lack of professional support really shows. Van Vleuten put it best herself “with more training & experience I’m sure my colleagues can get to my level if not higher”.
Very well written, it's exactly what happened, she's way over the rest of the competition, she's training with the movistar men's team,so..no wonder, she's absolutely the best and she deserves it because of her work ethics,no doubt ✌️
I feel like that was how the men’s tour was the two time Pogacar won. Nobody could touch him so the whole tour was a race for second. Turns out this year was similar just for the women’s with Van Vleuten. Thankfully this year Pogacar had some real competition.
There's no one in the men's peleton that is at such a level above their competition (who are also amazing riders), watching AVV accelerate past all the other riders after stopping so many times, must be crushing psychologically on the climbs for her opponents.
Plus, the fact that she was sick most of the preceeding days.
The same five riders win everything in womens cyling because the field has a lot of filler. No to deny AVV's stature in the sport but she rode away at will with little team support and dominated. That doesn't happen as often in mens races.
That is because the women's field isn't nearly as competitive...
I had a blast watching the Tour de France Femmes!
To me this sort reflects a lack of the depth of the women's peloton and it would seem that it has a long way to go before there is the consistency of talent that rivals the men's peloton. I struggle to see Vingegaard or Pogacar having like 6 bike changes on a mountain stage, getting dropped by over a minute in some cases, then clawing back each time and then winning the stage. All that means is there just needs to be more coverage and more encouragement for women to join the sport so the competition is stacked to the brim. So it's good Lanterne Rouge is covering this stuff!
Lloved it your break downs always make the event better.
Great coverage and excellent breakdowns again. Well done and thanks.
Did she get the record for most bike changes by the yellow jersey? She’s a legend!
We Dutch have a long history of women's cycling coverage. I've seen highlights of the van Moorsel vs Longo surplace battle on Alpe d' Huez in 1992, seen the Sydney 2000 Olympic race live in the middle of the night, seen Marianne Vos win her first WC in both the RR and CX live. This gives us I think a big advantage, this Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will help globalise the peleton but it will still take a couple of years before we see the effects of it.
Thanks for all of the uploads. Great daily updates
superb coverage of the race LR, chapeau!
Lesson of the day: If you're in yellow at the TDF, have all your replacement bikes decked out in yellow
Specially if you are Movistar. Every Tom Dick and Harry knew AvV would attack on stage 7 and be the maillot jaune for today.
The Women's teams are restrained by much smaller budgets unfortunately.
Just read that she started in yellow for show, then changed from yellow to black because the yellow bike weighed a few more grams- yellow paint is heavy but black is lighter. Mechanical forced her on to teammates, then back to yellow until her black was ready for the final assault. Not that it made a difference, she dominated.
@@derekroberts5984 That first switch then, surely was unnecessary, given her climbing dominance & strength? Did that info come from her or her team?
@@ManWalksDogs You would think, but I’ve seen that on a few news stories now. Came out the Movistar team, apparently yellow adds an extra 50 grams or more. Her preferred bike is not black as I thought, but unpainted 😛 Guess she doesn’t leave anything to chance. Pogacar said there’s no such thing as too many seconds ahead and look how his race turned out.
Thanks for the daily updates looking forward to the next race you cover.
Regards all
I think she had 4 bike changes. She started the stage on an all yellow bike. When the cameras came on she was already on the normal bike with yellow tape. Changed bikes with her teammate. Back to the yellow bike. Back to the yellow tape bike.
Also, don't overlook what Demi Vollering did throughout this tour. How many - 7? - top-ten results! If AVV really quits this year, Demi will take over (which could have happend these days on a slightly different terrain). She's put nearly 2 minutes into the front group on the last climb after she yesterday soloed 60 k and put > 15 minutes in more than 80% of the peloton.
No. Cheap tactics. She sucked avv wheel yesterday but comes around to sprint for mtn points then sucks avv wheel again. Cheap
Her years are coming for sure!
@@paulsolon6229 Oh yes, cheap, sure. Nearly 60km solo nonetheless plus putting those 15+ minutes in nearly everyone. Great performance from Demi! Sucking not "cheap tactics", it is just tactics on the bike. Everyone else could have followed as well - only they could not .... The same absolutely legitimate tactics AVV streessed the entire first 6 days btw.
@@ps6149 no. It’s perfectly fine to do zero pulling like vollering yesterday and draft the stronger rider, there’s no other way in fact. Happens all the time by the weaker rider. But then don’t come around 75m from mtn points and sprint for the line for the mtn points, then go back behind the wheel again. There’s no rule against it. Its perfectly ok. Cheap it is as well. The best climber didn’t get the climbers jersey here.
@@paulsolon6229 Well, why not grab the QOM points? It's a race, right? AVV could neither get rid of Demi in time before the QOM, nor could she uppen her tempo rapidly (or did not want to, calculating that a companion might help... or she simply missed the attack). That's all. And AVV being to week the days before did not help in earning the polka dot jersey either (finishing 6 times behind Demi Vollering).
Well, whatever: The jersey is well deserved by Demi Vollering since she simply gathered more mountain points than AVV.
And AVV was phantastic, for sure.
Excellent synopsis and delivery. Thank you so much!
Hopefully the 2023 TdF Femmes will last 2 weeks and include the Alps or the Pyrenees. Then GC contenders will have to rely on strong team mates and sensible racing tactics. In 2 stages, AVV managed to build time gaps across the top 10 that are similar to those created by Vingegaard after 3 weeks. She is a real champ and a tough nut to crack!
Unreal strength and resilience after so many bike changes/mishaps! She can still win and take yellow for the overall victory. Unbelievable 👍👍👍
I don't get the tactics of SDWorks and Trek, pacing hard when the yellow jersey has technical issue, nice sportsmanship, instead of pacing hard when Van Vleuten was sick. Then bringing the group with the best climber to the front of the race, so she can finish. I'm glad she did.
Great coverage. Thanks for enabling me to follow the TDF femmes
Thank you for the coverage, Ciao!
This is bloody awesome! Love this coverage.
All they need now is to add a TT for a complete TDFF
Another great video series. Thanks!
After the stage she looked like someone who just walked up a 2 story staircase. Needed a big breath but zero fatigue. Amazing team chemistry!
Another great analysis avec zwift
Cringe
@@Ouarzazate123 yep with Zwift = Cringe!
Great race report here….. didn’t watch it!!! So did the Pelaton wait up for the yellow jersey as the unwritten rules states???
Great coverage man
0:30 Campaign for Vertical Gain
Insane to me how she falls behind multiple times and has to do everything without any teammates, how is that even possible
Training 20-30 hours per week is what google says pro cyclists average
Hele goede teamartsen,en vooral stimulerende hulpmiddelen.
Vollering is gonna be huge!
Needs to work on her attacks and out-of-saddle efforts though.
Amazing performance by AVV! she was on another level. It's a real shame that Cavalli crashed out I would've loved to have seen if she could hang with AVV on these climbs the last two days
what a fantastic week of racing!
Great coverage of both Tour de France ! Always such a pleasure to watch your content !
AvV was like Tadej in 2021 but without any weakness in the high mountains.
Thanks for great videos really enjoyed them
THERMOBIBLICAL coverage of the TdF Femmes (avec Zwift)
Thank you LR for the great recaps of the Femme and the blokes. The best highlights by far.
Thanks Duncan
You're doing La Vuelta too right? I won't know what to do with myself if I can't see that
Great coverage LR ✅ now catch up on some sleep !!
Wow, so dominant. She could have changed to a balance bike in between all that.
Nice TRY SD Worx, for all the talent and depth that they had there they still needed to resort to dirty tactics when the Maillot Jaune was down.it Only served to showcase to the entire World the Sheer Dominance that Vluety has when the racing is at its hardest. Will go down as one of the Greatest displays of Utter SUPREMACY in cycling...regardless of gender. CONGRATS MEIK you epitomize what being a Champion is all about
Beast mode, full on! 😳
Thank you, I enjoy your analysis a lot. You do go a bit deeper into the matters at hand. Ciao!
AVV looks like she's playing on Easy Mode. Utterly dominant.
I’ve never had any interest in Women’s cycling before I started following, and learning immensely from, you, LG. Chapeau! 🙌👏👏
5:26 that dusty road, imagine if rain had suddenly come down, hmm
Hard to know exactly, but looking at other riders who posted power with around the same time. Looks like she did ~5.5 to 5.6W/kg on Super La Planche de Belles filles which is pretty amazing.
Increíble, change her for Enric Mas
Amazing week. Don't know what to do with myself now the Tour weeks are over
Get on yer bike and ride...?🚲
Ought to take my own advice, as I've got a beer belly to work off...🤰
Totally unreal! Imagine if she didn’t have to change bikes at all. She’d be showered, and changed, and finished her post-race meal, before the rest of the field crossed the line 😁
Cups and balls shell game, which bike has the motor build-in? :D
Still not clear, why did she need all those bike changes? What was wrong?
Watched the coverage, I think she actually had FIVE bike changes... and still toasted everyone! Just thermo-Vedical!!
Van Vleuten started with the all yellow bike, so 5 bike changes.
Have a nice break pat!
Great job by Annemiek, but I think this points to the problem with women's cycling at the highest level. The outcome was really never in doubt was it? I mean the commentators were trying to build excitement when she was going through the multiple bike changes, but really...did ANYONE really doubt that she'd get back and ride away on the climb? There are just not that many riders really capable of competing with the top few.
Awesome reporting. Thanks.
Nearly a mirror of the men's race for the French riders. Gaudu (FDJ) 4th, Bardet (DSM) 7th; Labous (DSM) 4th, Muzic (FDJ) 8th.
Muzic rode great!
awesome stage and awesome Tour de France femmes! women races are OLD STYLE! a lot of emotion, a touch of craziness, INDIVIDUAL challenging spirit! instead men races became too much robotic and speculative "TEAM race" (no matters the individual, matters the TEAM).
GOATed rider. Absolute beast
Do we have any information on why Van Vleuten changed bikes (several times)?
Superior red blood cell count and cranking the sugar more than most.
Wish there were more than 8 stages. The femmes Tour was great!
Imagine not having to do the bike changes, how much the time gap would have been. Very impressive.
AvV in a class of her own. Big week for women’s cycling.
Well, the last three to four stages were rather advertisment for the sport. Before it was to many avoidable crashes and poor planning. You also need some stars and van Vleuten, Vollering and Niewiadoma, Ludwig, Vos, Wiebes, Persico did a good job. However, a wider top group would be nice.
So, battery life is still an issue?
Now she can go for the triple with the Vuelta
So happy for Newyadomo to take 3rd.
Look out on ebay for the chance to buy "the bike on which the first Tour de France Femmes was sealed". And then again. And again. And again.
Look at her dropping everyone on that climb
She was looking Desperately for the best hidden motor.
A Dutch clean sweep of all jerseys, how on earth is THAT possible ! edit: meaning in The Netherlands the cycling pool is of course very deep by nature but i think other countries should scratch their heads real soon otherwise this new Tour de France Femmes might be short lived ...
just go to Amsterdam one day, you'll understand why. Way more bycicles than cars
@@vashe9 that would count for the men as well, no ?
@@3pan1 it counts (MVDP is dutch) but there is more international competition. You cant compare men and women in terms of popularity/money yet. It's a lot harder for a woman to decide to become pro because professional teams are only a few. If you live in a country such as the Netherlands, it's a bit easier to take that decision
Her radio on the interview is like her earrings 😊
Avv splendid rider
Also by far the best climber too but far poorer climber, a sly one, takes climbers jersey
Nobody:
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Isn't that what happens at Comic Cons...?
Next year I hope that there are more stages for the woman's Tour
When you don’t remember just before a climb, the bike you put a motor in.
if there is a girl in the peloton who defintitely doesn't need that, it's AVV lol... she's just on another level in the climbs, and Vollering is already much stronger than anyone else except AVV
someone find the clip of where the motorbike goes down on the top ;)
Why does the end feel like a breakup ?