# šŸš“ā€ā™‚ļø šŸ‡«šŸ‡· Le Tour De France 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cycling\ **Created:** [3 July 2026 10:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252 "2026-07-03T10:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-mauritania/32/71321_2.png) [@Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-of-Mauritania)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 10:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/1 "2026-07-03T10:28:09Z")
So Poggy wins already or will Jonas put up a challenge now he is injury free an has had a good season so farā€¦ think it will be closer than last yearā€¦? ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 13:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/2 "2026-07-03T13:02:41Z")
Wonā€™t be Chris this year > **[Chris Froome: Four-time Tour de France winner retires](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/clyere67jpmo)** > > Great Britain's Chris Froome, who won the Tour de France four times, brings an end to his illustrious career in professional cycling. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 13:51 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/3 "2026-07-03T13:51:29Z")
Is electric assistance allowed this year? Asking for a friend of course. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 14:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/4 "2026-07-03T14:10:40Z")
Apparently one of the teams has bought up all of this new lactate gel that gives several % points of extra performance particularly in the mountains Donā€™t think Pog will have such an easy task this year - he is fit and probably better than ever but Jonas is back close to his best - could be one for the ages also they end with the laps of monmartre again - it was brilliant last year when Pog could have sat in the peloton but went in the break to try and win it ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 14:11 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/5 "2026-07-03T14:11:32Z")
Froome was never the same after his mega crash ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 15:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/6 "2026-07-03T15:33:53Z")
What was it Richard Ashcroft sang about cycling? Oh yeah, comes a time when [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/6/c6f6944a814a1baac0f1efa3945547805b60a380.jpeg "The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ0n3itoII) ---
**Author:** ![Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-mauritania/32/71321_2.png) [@Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-of-Mauritania)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2026 18:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/7 "2026-07-03T18:42:41Z")
A few years back when I as still cycling about 10,000+ Km a year, I got badly stung by a wasp near the eyeā€¦ It swelled a bit since I went across the road to a pharmacy to ask for some antihistaminesā€¦ I should have know something was bit wrong when everyone was staring at me and the look of concern on the pharmacists face as she said, its a little late for that, wait here whilst I call the local GPsā€¦ needles to say I wa asked to pop over where I received some sort of steroid injection and was given 3 days worth of prednisoloneā€¦ as I had had an allergic reactionā€¦ the following 3 days I went on my usual daily 45km circuitā€¦ and added more than 2kmh average to my speed! - Point is they do work very well These low dose steroids really help in training as you dont feel pain and you dont feel the fatigue and so I just kept going at the higher pace for longerā€¦ I felt tremendous šŸ˜‰ ![IMG_1877](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/6/c635394b605348cd46522c953d69a524173c583c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [7 July 2026 19:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/8 "2026-07-07T19:36:21Z")
Blimey - the GC riders put in less effort today than Ronaldo did last night ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2026 19:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/9 "2026-07-09T19:36:18Z")
Well Pog just dry humped everyone - 2min 42 lead already Vingegaard hasnā€™t got it in him - you saw a glimpse yesterday when Pog nicked a few seconds and then just fucked off up the Tormalet ---
**Author:** ![Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-mauritania/32/71321_2.png) [@Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-of-Mauritania)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2026 19:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/10 "2026-07-09T19:42:35Z")
I once fucked off on the Tourmaletā€¦ but not in that directionā€¦ my Strava time was beaten by a guy with his baby on the backā€¦šŸ¤¬šŸ˜³ ---
**Author:** ![Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-mauritania/32/71321_2.png) [@Map-of-Mauritania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-of-Mauritania)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2026 20:52 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/le-tour-de-france-2026/7252/11 "2026-07-09T20:52:21Z")
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