#Team Visma-Lease a Bike

[marcelskittels]

Sepp Kuss of Team Visma | Lease a Bike & Primož Roglič of Red Bull Bora - Hansgrohe prior to the 79th La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2024 on August 15, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photos by Miguel Reis/Getty Images)

[madeofhistory]

Troubled Peloton, continued

@etapereine came up with the name Troubled Peloton, do also check out their posts here

[struwwelzeter]

[shantheobsessedgirl]

This is a Matteo Jorgensen’s slutty little gold chain appreciation post.

[stevenberghuis]

WOUT VAN AERT ‹ Strade Bianche 2020 ›

[manta-jonas-ray]

VISMA behind the scenes - Who is most likely Ep.1

...to start a podcast? / ...to act as a bad guy in a movie?

[tadejpogacar]

TOM PIDCOCK Amstel Gold Race 2024 📸 by Luc Claessen & Dario Belingheri

[justcyclingstuffs]

I’m watching the visma documentary on the tdf 2024 and holy shit the way nathan talks about jonas and wout and how they are all crying I mean I’m crying too what the hell

[a-sportygoldfish]

YALL, THIS WARMS MY HEART 💓 GC WIN FOR JONAS AND ANOTHER STAGE WIN FOR OLAV IN POLAND AND THEN RED JERSEY FOR WOUT IN LA VUELTA THIS MADE ME SUPER HAPPY 🥺🫶💛🐝

Also, I hope Dylan gets better from the crash.🫶

[woutvanaert]

"This is what coaching is all about." 🎥 All-In: The Trilogy - Team Visma | Lease a Bike

[marcelskittels]

WOUT VAN AERT ‹ La Vuelta 2024 - Stage 2 › 📸 by Tim de Waele/Getty Images

[noyeir]

Let's talk about Wout's son asking where Jonas is.

That was so cute.

[womensworldtour]

Tour de France Femmes begins Monday!

After the long pause from the 2024 Paris Olympics (which has been pretty great, tbh) we finally begin the Tour de France Femmes on Monday, August 12!

We're looking at eight stages, with the riders rolling out from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where they will spend most of three days on 2.5 stages around Rotterdam. We say 2.5 stages, because Tuesday features two different stages, a short sprint stage and then an evening time trial. We don't know how we feel about these types of stages, but at least it will showcase different riders' talents.

Stage 4 on Wednesday will see the riders cross into Belgium and travel parts of the routes for Amstel Gold Race and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, including the famous hills like the Cauberg and the Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons. And then finally, on Thursday, the Tour de France actually reaches France, and we will see increasingly mountainous stages that should determine the general classification, including finales on Le Grand-Bornand and the infamous Alp d'Huez.

As for GC, the odds-on favorite has to be defending TdFF champ Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime), who as we have said this year, is the best climber and stage-racer in the world right now. Cycling News has a great run-down for the other challengers, however, which we recommend.

It will be interesting to see how other strong teams like Canyon-SRAM and Lidl-Trek can put SD Worx under pressure. We've seen that in the Tour de Suisse and it can be done, but frankly, Vollering is so dominant right now that she might still win even if she's isolated on half the stages. She is just that good. Keep an eye on riders like Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM) or Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) as possible spoilers, and definitely contenders for the podium.

We honestly don't know how the fight for the points jersey will go, and we're excited to see how that plays out across the stages. Defending green jersey wearer Marianne Vos (Visma Lease-a-Bike) will want to repeat, but she'll have some serious competition from Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), who is still the fastest pure sprinter in the world and has shown she can get over the hills remarkably well. We'd love to see Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) back to winning ways after being off the bike due to injury.

We are less optimistic about the competition for the polka-dot jersey, and think it will likely be swept up by the GC winner. But that isn't always the case, like in the Giro this year, and we'd love to see some breakaway action and a non-GC rider try to hold onto that jersey.

We also expect several teams to hunt stages and keep several of the stages entertaining. EF-Oatly-Cannondale has been on a rampage this year, scooping up stages in the Vuelta Feminina and the Giro d'Italia Women, and they have the firepower to do it again with Alison Jackson, Kim Cadzow, Clara Emond, or Kristen Faulkner. Another team to watch is AG Insurance-Soudal, which has options in Tour Down Under champ Sarah Gigante, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, and Giro mountains classification winner Justine Ghekiere.

And finally, we expect to be surprised! We'd love to see a new talent announce herself on the biggest stage of the season, that's part of what we love about bike racing. This year's course is less likely to be an SD Worx show like last year (5 out of 8 stages), particularly with Lotte Kopecky not on the start list, so we are looking forward to some surprise moves and performances that will keep the racing interesting all the way to the top of Alp d'Huez!

[stevenberghuis]

WOUT VAN AERT & JONAS VINGEGAARD All-In: The Trilogy | E3 - The new master plan

[manta-jonas-ray]

VISMA behind the scenes - Who is most likely Ep.4

...to fall asleep during a meeting? / ...to become a professor?

[tadejpogacar]

Mathieu van der Poel & Wout van Aert UCI CX World Cup, Benidorm 2024 📸 via ucicyclocrosswc twitter