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·Van der Poel really showed up for his first Tour de France, he'll probably leave in a week or so but I'm very impressed by his performance in the first week of the Tour
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Van der Poel really showed up for his first Tour de France, he'll probably leave in a week or so but I'm very impressed by his performance in the first week of the Tour
For the sport and in appreciation of this massive achievement today, I really do hope he’s clean. What a performance - in this shape, he could win the tour without a team. It’s uncanny.
Yay, there are two more probable sprint finishes this week, and two next!
Here is Cav speaking after today's stage
"We got the lads on the front to pull as fast as they can so no one can come past you.
"I didn't really do anything until the last 150m because of my team."
I normally skip watching the sprint stages live but I'm going to re-arrange my plans for the next two weeks.
There are actually 3 routes up. The classic from Bedoin, the other side from Malaucene and the slightly easier route from Sault. The closest I’ve got to achieving the “cingles de Mont Ventoux” (all three ascents in one day) is when I went from Sault one afternoon and then I did the other two the following day. I still consider this to be unfinished business for me. Planning to go back next year to have another crack at it.
Tomorrow they first take the Sault route, then come down to Malaucene, ride around the base of the mountain and climb up again from Bedoin. It will be an epic day.