Eyes off Tour de France 🇫🇷 What a Tour this has been, super fun! Three weeks of relentless racing, delivering the fastest Tour de France ever recorded. Tadej Pogačar was simply on another level, the best rider of this generation, and most likely the greatest of all time. Mads Pedersen turned the green jersey into a daily show, Carapaz reminded everyone why he's one of the most entertaining riders in the peloton, and Del Toro confirmed that cycling's future is already here. Remco has made tremendous progress. If I had to point out something negative... Vingegaard's withdrawal due to his unfortunate crash. And I honestly couldn't think of a better ending than Mathieu van der Poel winning on the Champs-Élysées. It was the perfect finale to a day of celebration and joy, capped off by the impressive climb up Montmartre, where fans of this sport gathered in greater numbers than ever before. All this is what makes this race and this sport so special. See you at La Vuelta! 😉 Photo by Charly Lopez

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 21… Just like that, we're already at the final stage. Today's route had to be changed at the last minute, with part of the original course cancelled as emergency services were redirected to help tackle the wildfires in southern France. We'll get a shorter and more explosive circuit around Montmartre and the Champs-Élysées, which should make the fight for the last stage even more unpredictable for sprinters, classics specialists and puncheurs. I'm sticking with the prediction I made five days ago: I still think Mathieu van der Poel has a great chance of taking today's stage. One last dance... What a Tour it's been! Photo by Getty Images

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 20 live… Sepp Kuss and Richard Carapaz are putting on a real mountain show at the front with 2 falls for the North American. Behind, the GC favourites are still measuring each other, while today’s climb feels much calmer with the stricter crowd restrictions after yesterday’s scenes. The queen stage never disappoints.

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 19 live… Another day with a large breakaway on this tour. After the day’s various climbs, there are still 14 riders at the front of the race, including big names like Kuss, Martinez, Tejada, among others. They’re approaching the base of Alpe d’Huez just in time for the GC group to make a surge and catch them, robbing them of their chance to fight for the stage win. The 21 legendary curves of this climb are about to be tackled in a race for a victory that will go down in history. The crowd goes wild as they wait for all the runners to pass by. Love it! Photo by Getty Images

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Got some work to do this weekend!

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 18 live… This Tour keeps delivering. Another demanding day in the Alps, another fierce battle to get into the breakaway. The move has finally gone clear and built a big gap, while the GC contenders are keeping their powder dry behind. UAE, though, keeps losing firepower. Adam Yates is still dealing with a stomach virus, and today Brandon McNulty has been forced to abandon, leaving Pogačar with one less key teammate for the final mountain stages. Every day seems to bring a new storyline in this Tour. As for the stage win, it feels like it should come from the breakaway. Richard Carapaz looks like the standout favourite, but Matteo Jorgenson is also exactly the kind of rider who could make the difference if the climbs get even tougher. Photo by Getty Images

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I am biased, but it does look good, doesn't it? 😅 Grimselpass is still on my to-do list of rides to take. Mount Ventoux is in the book!

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 17 live… What a ride from Mads Pedersen! On a stage that feels more like a Spring Classic than a Tour de France, he’s been attacking, chasing, pulling… doing a bit of everything, everywhere. With Simmons and Vacek by his side, LidlTrek has animated the race from the very start. One of best performances of this Tour. Pedersen’s main goal today is clearly the intermediate sprint and extending his lead in the green jersey competition. If he can still fight for the stage after all that work, it would be legendary. On the other hand, Adam Yates is suffering from stomach issues and risking to make it to the final line in time.

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 16 live… The only time trial of this Tour is living up to the expectations. Mattia Cattaneo has spent a long time in the hot seat, but now all eyes are on the big favourites still out on the road. Remco Evenepoel remains the man to beat against the clock, while Pogačar will be looking to limit any losses… or maybe even surprise everyone once again. Photo by Getty Images

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Finally - Lacet is in Testflight! Who wants to be a beta tester for my app? You just need Strava for creating your own passport of all the cols that you climbed.

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 15… What a day… It all started last night, with Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard being woken up around 2 am for anti-doping controls. Then came the moment nobody wanted to see. Jonas crashed heavily on the final climb and was forced to abandon the Tour with a fractured collarbone. Up front, Evenepoel played his cards perfectly to take a brilliant stage win ahead of Del Toro and Pogačar, while the GC has been completely reshaped. Three weeks can change a race… sometimes, one day is enough.

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 14 live… The mountain weekend is well underway. After the fight to form the breakaway, only one front group remains with around a minute over the yellow jersey group. Carapaz and Tobias Halland Johannessen are among the riders trying to stay clear, but the peloton is setting a relentless pace behind. It really feels like the final climb could bring everything back together. If that happens, today’s stage has the names of Pogačar or Vingegaard written all over it… although I’m still curious to see if Paul Seixas has something special left in the legs. What is really amazing is to see every single meter of the road full of people cheering for the riders.

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 13… The longest stage of this Tour turned into a true breakaway battle. Once again, one thing stands out in this edition: the incredible average speed. Day after day, despite the heat, the racing simply doesn’t slow down. The second breakaway to make it all the way in this Tour was finally allowed to go, after almost a third of the peloton made it into the first move and Pogačar was happy to let the race unfold saving energy for his team. The action exploded on the final climbs, where Harold Tejada and Mauro Schmid fought all the way to the finish after spending most of the day out front. The Swiss rider timed his move perfectly to take the victory, while Tom Pidcock’s impressive ride moved him up the GC. He is now fourth overall and starting to dream of a place on the podium of this Tour. Photo by Getty Images

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Eyes on Tour de France 🇫🇷 Stage 12… Just caught up with yesterday’s stage highlights, and Tim Merlier really is the fastest man in this Tour right now. Three stage wins already. It’s a shame the finale was overshadowed by that big crash just before the line. Today, stage 13, brings a completely different challenge. Back to the mountains for another important test among the GC contenders… and who knows, maybe another masterclass from Pogačar. Photo by Getty Images

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no need to touch grass if you ride a bike.

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