I was reading something on F1 being under fire for polluting - and a journalist made an interesting counterpoint - The tour is actually considered to be the single most polluting sporting event in the world - not because of the riders but because of the estimated 14 million people driving to attend !! Some irony there (take your bike, people!!)

Jorgenson +0.08 what a tease! I thought he was going to podium.

When men were men, The Badger never put up with that crap :)

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Check my times though. I'm in Central Time Zone and don't remember if I was writing down what I saw on screen or how I did the time conversion in my head

Dang man. Bernard looks serious. A good ole can of whoop aassee is sometimes what is needed.

LOL....killer photo - back when men were men! :) Thanks, Curt!

I will, Matthew. Thanks again! ;)

Phil Anderson look to be a bit frighten there with someone grabbing his arm.

I wish some of the protestors today would get that treatment from the general public when they are blocking traffic stopping by standards from their daily lives.

looks like it landed

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Today's stage is still rolling. I've just watched them climb Galibier. The power that these guys have in their legs is amazing.

I noticed a lot of bicycles along the routes shoulder. Apparently many spectators rode their bicycles up there!

The Alps never disappoint! :D

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That ride today was hugely impressive. Vindegaard was a beast

Indeed!

It's awesome to see the Danish riders doing so well.

Those pinheads that jump out into the road - so stupid! Jonas was getting pissed!

I remember the woman (?) a few years ago that had a plastic shopping bag. Got it caught in someone's handlebars and down they went on a climb. Knobhead

It looked like Pogacar cracked today.

As far as those chuckleheads on the side of the road... well a knee in the head as they stoop down to get a pic would be deserved.

Did you guys notice all of the bikes on the side of the route?

Also, I wonder how much the MC exhaust fumes bother the riders?

Tomorrows ride will go a long way to determining who wins. Epic rides today.

Yep. I wonder how many took a gondola up and are riding down. Or possibly have an RV nearby and are just camping. Pretty sure those roads close down for about a day prior to the stage.

Alpe d'Huiz today. Oh baby!

These crowds are nuts. They get close enough to slap riders on the back! I saw it happen today.

Many years ago, back in the late 1970s and through the 19802 I watched the 3 tours religiously off our 12 foot sat dish usually from the Italian service RAI television. I was really excited when Greg Lemond went to Europe and went onto the big French team with Bernard. In one of the stages of the tour of Italy Bernard Hinault was leading and the Italians did NOT like him of the whole French team at all! This was before barracades on the mountain top stages and the spectators would nearly close the road for a non Italian rider. Soooooo the Renault team director pulled ahead of MR B and opened both front car doors and spectators went FLYING! That happed twice more and finally the spectators were ordered by the police to stay off the pavement and they sort of did. Those races are on some very old VHS tapes and I watched one the other night in the garage/machine shop in my old TV that has a VHS and DVD player built in.
John

The mean side of me would love to see that. Today a knucklehead ran alongside the leader burning a flare. This was on de Huiz near the top when these guys are desperate to breathe. So you burn a flare three feet in front of him?

Another brilliant finish today. A young, unknown first timer takes the de Huiz stage by a big margin.