Post Ride Cafe - Ep036 Post Ride Cafe

Episode Topics: Racing recap: Tour de France Stages 10-15 Recap Tirreno Adriatico
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Strava:


Aaron - https://www.strava.com/athletes/777347
Sam - https://www.strava.com/athletes/150453




Strava…..Stats of the week!


Sam: 68 Miles, 1900 ft
Aaron: 212 Miles, 4,500 ft


Ride of the Week:




Sam - Castle 2
Aaron -


Pro Cycling News:


Bora adds another man(n) with Wilco Kelderman
UAE picks up Trentin, CCC has to be done at this point


Race Coverage:


Tirreno Adriatico


Stage 1: Where did Ackermann come from? Shows sprinters have some nerve to get through gaps and headwind makes such a difference.
Stage 2: MVDP makes a hard pull into the last 1KM and disrupts the leadout trains. Not much different for Ackermann though who takes another win with Gaviria in 2nd.
Stage 3: Good effort from the break getting caught on the last climb. Woods, the strongest of the bunch, drops the rest but majka comes back. The duo take it to the line with Woods winning the sprint. Gain 20 seconds on GC men
Stage 4: GC men come together on the final climb when that group splits and has Masnada and Hamilton going together on the flat. Hamilton takes the sprint and Woods does enough work to bring down the gap and finish 3rd for the time bonus extending his overall lead over some of the GC favorites.
Stage 5:
Stage 6: Messy sprint with Merlier coming out on top. Alpecien showing some depth.
Stage 7: Matteo Fabro goes solo to get caught in the last few hundred meters by an attacking MVDP


Take aways:


Tour De France Stage 10-15 Recap


Stage 10: Straightforward sprint day. Haven’t been many of these but Bennett takes his first TDF win and back the green jersey. Sagan looking better but has a fight on his hands. Bewely and Formolo crash out.
Stage 11: Sagan Relegated, rightfully so. His green jersey chase may be done. Ewan taking the win from basically a 4 up sprint beating Bennent and WVA.
Stage 12: Bora doing lots of work to drop the sprinters and catch the break. Unfortunately they made the catch too early with another group going including Hirschi who eventually goes clear for the solo win
Stage 13: Big climb day. I love the profile but the race was rather boring. Break wins the day with Bora pulling a Trek from Il Lombardia
Stage 14: Should be a break day but Bora is having none of that. Sagan really wants that green jersey but it may not be enough. Cant finish off sprints.
Stage 15: Big mountain day with an HC climb to finish things off. All climbs near the end, a lot of 10% + gradients. Big surprise is Bernal, losing over 7 minutes. TJV does what is expected. WVA and Tom Dom looked great.


Final Week Preview


Stage 16:
Sam: Alaphilippe
Aaron: De Gendt


Stage 17
Aaron: Roglic
Sam: Rolland




Stage 18:
Sam: Carapaz
Aaron: Hirschi


Stage 19
Aaron: GVA
Sam: Sagan


Stage 20
ITT
Sam: Tom Dom
Aaron: Roglic


Stage 21:
Sprint Finish
Aaron: Bennett
Sam: Bol


Next Week Preview: Recap of final week of the Tour, Final TT for Tirreno Adriatico, Start of Giro Preview