Takeaways From Ineos' Tour de France Team Announcement + ISN Demotes Froome

06/18/21 • 42 min

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This week I go through Ineos' just-released Tour de France lineup (01:10), talk about the pros and cons of their selection, why they left Rohan Dennis at home, and if Richard Carapaz should be the team's main leader after his performance at the recent Tour de Suisse (14:10). Then I get into how to avoid falling into the trap of thinking second-tier riders will win the Tour (20:07) if Julian Alaphilippe is flying under the radar as a GC contender (22:47), if Jumbo-Visma is just a bad team now (30:30), why ISN made a mistake in sending Chris Froome to the Tour as a road captain (33:41) and then a few notes on the upcoming US Road Race Championships (37:51).

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Dauphine Final Notebook & Exciting Racing at the Tour du Suisse

I go through my notebook from the Criterium du Dauphine (01:30), talk about the flaws in Ineos' confusing multi-leader strategy (04:12), if it is a problem that Mark Padun thoroughly outclimbed the team on both Saturday and Sunday (17:40), who they should back for the Tour (21:14), the incredibly exciting racing at the Tour du Suisse (26:20) & how many early Tour stages Mathieu van der Poel could win (32:40).

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Tour de France GC & Green Jersey Preview

This week I breakdown the opening few stages of the Tour de France (02:18), dive into who the main GC contenders will be (04:41), how the somewhat subdued route could help Ineos (15:16), try to forecast how the race dynamics will shape the day-to-day racing tactics (21:18) and then take a look at how the battle for Green will affect the race for the GC (23:26).

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