Tour de France 2026

[Eugene Oppelt]

Possible invitation to the Tour de France pending. However, new backers in the mix.

Pic: Team Astana, Instagram

[Eugene Oppelt]

Grey shorts in the peloton as MAAP enters the WorldTour peloton

Sauce: CyclingNews

[Eugene Oppelt]

Gotta love high performance environments 

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

The rainbow jersey at the training in Calpe, gripping the gull wing handlebars on the new Colnago aero bike

Sauce: IG

[babse]

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/video-tadej-pogacar-takes-coll-de-rates-kom-fan-captures-full-uae-leadout-for-world-champion-who-climbs-at-31kmh-for-12-minutes

 

Looking positive for everyone else 😮‍💨

[Eugene Oppelt]

19 year old Matthew Brennan just took his 2nd stage win in Spain, wearing the GC jersey. Good enough, yes. Old enough for the big touring circus though France, hmmm. 
That opening stage win a few days ago - sensational.

 

[The Tourminator]

55 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

19 year old Matthew Brennan just took his 2nd stage win in Spain, wearing the GC jersey. Good enough, yes. Old enough for the big touring circus though France, hmmm. 
That opening stage win a few days ago - sensational.

 

Agree he's looking like a sensation. Groves is a multi grand tour stage winning rider and Bittner also has one. For 19 year old he's a really versatile sprinter. Reminds me almost of a young Sagan. I don't think Jumbo will send him to the Tour. Apparently he's never done a stage with 3000meters like one of the Catalunya stages. I think we'll probably count him in for next year's giro as a grand tour debut. If he continues improving like this, a tour de france debut win at the UK grand depart in 2027 wouldn't be that surprising. 

[Eugene Oppelt]

A rare interview with Jonas, after recovering from concussion and other bits about life, training and the Tour

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

Innovation!

The finish stage now becomes a circuit race and not just a cobbled sprint finish - that’ll be intense

[babse]

Pog attacking x thrice whilst already in yellow? 

Eish...

[Eugene Oppelt]

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Just beautiful racing today in France.

Pic: Getty Sport Images

[babse]

Whats deal with fugly red helmet ⛑️ 

Edited June 8, 2025 by babse

[NC_lurker]

1 hour ago, babse said:

Whats deal with fugly red helmet ⛑️ 

https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com/news/news/team-visma-lease-a-bike-extends-partnership-with-bygma-introducing-a-unique-helmet-for-jonas-vingegaard/

[Guest Mike Dewing]

11 hours ago, babse said:

Whats deal with fugly red helmet ⛑️ 

The deal is put this on your head for lots of money.. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

[The Tourminator]

Not quite sure how I feel about the change from the traditional bunch sprint on the champs elysees. Given how stage 1 of the dauphine went, we could very well see the gc contenders and puncheurs taking the stage away from the sprinters. The yellow jersey winning on the champs elysees, wow that would be something hey! That being said I imagine it makes the peloton nervous and will definitely frustrate the pure sprinters. I wonder if as many of them will push to make the time limit this year knowing what the final stage looks like.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Bardet hangs up his wheels

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