THEMOVE - Tour de France Stage 1 | The Sir Wiggo & Johan Show

Episode Date: July 5, 2025

Johan Bruyneel and Sir Bradley Wiggins peel back the curtain on the tactics, strategy, and pivotal moments that shaped Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de France, offering sharp analysis and insider perspective you won’t hear anywhere else. Zwift: Zwift just made it easier than ever to get on the virtual roads. All Zwift-ready trainers come with the new Zwift Cog and Click installed, making them ready to ride from the box - no extras needed. Zwift-ready trainers start at just $299, meaning anyone can jump into world-class indoor training without breaking the bank. No excuses. Just ride! https://zwift.com Ketone-IQ: Take your shot: Get 30% off your subscription, plus a free gift with your second shipment at https://Ketone.com/themove Ventum: Enter Ventum Trivia of the Day for a chance to win the Grand Prize: $5,000 of store credit towards any Ventum bike. Don’t want to leave it to chance, 10% off sitewide using the code THEMOVE10 or 20% off any NS1 road bike build with code NS120  https://ventumracing.com/themove/  

Wout Van Aert would not have showed up at the team hotel if he was not sick. So I think that's first of all. Plus, I personally think that Wout is still carrying a little bit of that stress. He's gone down a few times really hard. I don't think we're going to ever see Wout Van Aert again in bunch prints like we saw him in the past. I think that he made that switch in his mind. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree.

I'm the 2012 Tour de France winner, Sir Bradley Wiggins. And I'm Johan Bruniel. I directed my teams to nine Tour de France victories. Welcome to the Sir Wiggle and Johan show, our daily show where we dive deep into the tactics behind every stage of the Tour de France. Okay, well, let's start with breaking down today's stage, tactics behind every stage of the Tour de France. Okay, well, let's start with breaking down today's stage, stage one of the Tour de France from little to little.

It was supposed to be a sprinter stage. It was still a sprint, but we've seen a lot of things happening during the stage, lots of crosswind crashes, lots of people suffering already. Bradley, what did you think overall of today's stage? Yeah, today's stage, I think it lived up to the expectation. I think we all knew this part of France, we all knew the type of roads that this stage was going to be on. And we predicted pretty much as it played out. A couple of losers on GC there today, Remco most notably losing 40, 45, 46 seconds.

Rolich lost some time. The Crosswinds played their part towards the end of the stage. Crash's played their part. Yeah, Almeida. Crash's played their part during the stage, but it didn't play its part in a decisive manner for the GC.

And the winner was predictable as well. I don't think there was anyone who didn't put Jesper Philipsen in with a chance of winning today. So all around, I think it lived up to the expectation of stage one of the Tour de France. But what it did do was give us a flavor of what's to come the next few days, which makes great viewing. Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, we all expected a sprint. You know, the big favorite was Merlir. Second favorite was Milan. I mean, yesterday in outcomes with Spencer, we both picked one

of those. And it was actually surprising now in hindsight to see that Jasper Philipsen was a plus 400 or something plus 500. I mean, this guy won three stages every time in his last three Tour de France. So this was stage 10 today. Yosper is just a sprinter that when the Tour comes, he just gets his game up a level, doesn't he? I mean, I could see in the Belgian championships, he did a great race. It was a really hard race. He's versatile. He's versatile, isn't he? Yeah. Yeah. Second in Paris-Roubaix.

Second Paris-Roubaix, one down San Remo. And he was able to follow Remco in the Belgian championships and it was a really hard race. So when Philipson, when the Tour de France comes, and also that team, you know, that team just, you know, they are there when it really matters. And that's what I really like about that team. Yeah. No, incredibly strong. Uh, much of under pulled today, played his part in the, he did that big turn with five K to go and really lined it out. And then we saw him again in the last few hundred meters,

really getting involved in the lead out, but they, they, they rode the perfect race today. Didn't they? Yeah. I think, I think independently, whether it independently whether it was a split or not, the scenario would probably have been the same. Of course it would. They said, I mean, they had five guys up there, but it's probably one of the strongest sprint trains in this tour. And yeah, I mean, for Phillipson to win stage one, first yellow Jersey, close to Belgium. This is not the last we've seen of this guy, because usually he gets better through the tour, right. And it's a team that's really well run near the Roto brothers, they, they have their

stuff together, you know, they know what they're doing. And, you know, it's not easy to get a guy like Matthew on the pool, a world star, you know, The cohesion there and the camaraderie and the team is amazing. You can see that Mathew is really, really happy when somebody else wins. No, it's very special. And what started out as a small team, they've developed into quite a force, haven't they? You know, Alderson over the years. They've attracted the big co-sponsor into Koenig, of course, who were with Quickstep. And they're a force to be reckoned with now, you know, all around. Yeah, for sure. For sure. Anyways, before we go into more details of today's stage, Bradley, we want to talk a little bit about our first sponsor Zwift. Yeah, so this

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we see Visma, Lisa bike around Jonas, and we see UAE around the day and then everybody else, you know, and I think that's a little bit we're going to see during the next three weeks, but already from day one, those two teams were very dominantly at the front. And I had the impression, I don't know what you think, tell me what you think. Visma was really, really very solidly around Jonas. Jonas looked very focused, was in front, but he had really strong eyes. I mean, Afini was unbelievable today. On the other hand, UAE, they were great early on. It's been stressful since the start,

I guess, with the crosswinds. And today doesn't really need that much looking after. He's really good on his own. But my impression was that today, Visma looked better organized. I'm not going to say stronger, but better organized than UAE. What did you think? Yeah, I kind of agree with that. I find myself thinking what was, I don't think UAE fell away through, you know, losing energy or a lack of power. And I wonder if that call came from Tadej. Tadej is such a cool head on his shoulders. And we've seen him up there in Pari-Rubais, the winner of the Tour of Flanders. So his confidence compared to someone like Jonas in those conditions, they'll be on different levels. And I thought Jonas, if anything,

got a little bit too excited in the final. We saw him win the last King of the Mountains prize. And at times he was on the front with his teammates coming up to him to get in front of him because he was taking so much wind. And you know, you could look at that both ways. You know, is that Jonas being a little over cautious, a little over nervous and expending too much energy and not using his team and having the confidence to sit back. But I don't know if that call came from Tadej just to say, guys, we don't want to, we've got a long three weeks ahead of us here. Let's just sit back. We don't need to be fifth wheel. We could be 10, we could be 15. Cause don't forget Tade sitting 15th wheel or 20th wheel will get the respect

to the riders around him because of the dominance he's shown in the sport and the respect he commands. So I would say that Jonas as the leader that he is with it, with a strong head on his shoulders, may have just called his team back a little bit and said, guys, let's not get too carried. Cause at one point it was starting to become like a drag race in the front amongst the teams. Um, and if anything, I would say you own us, you know, it is the long three weeks ahead of him. Um, and a lot of wind, a lot of wind,

wasn't he? It looks great on stage one, you know, and I think it's, first of all, it speaks for the way he feels. I mean, he must have great legs and he does have great legs. But you know, sometimes it can also be, I mean, as you say, it's a drag race and it all adds up. And, you know, sometimes it's even better to feel a little less. I mean, you feel okay, but not too super and you hide yourself more, you know? Like now I agree with you.

Jonas was sometimes alone in the room. He is actually the guy who started the echelon. He's the guy who took the initiative, which is very, you know, very rare. And it's great for his confidence, but over time, I think you don't get too excited. You know what I mean? They're on the same level right now.

I mean, time-wise. And for sure, you know, I mean, time wise. Um, and for sure, you know, I mean, you know how this goes, you know, after the stage, the, the, the spirits, I mean, Visma is going to take, you know, more hope out of this. Yeah. You know, we were four guys, they were only two guys, you know, it's also a little bit psychological, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really mean anything. Right.

Just on Visma, Johan, what happened to Wout Van Aert today? I was surprised he didn't make the front group. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't, I mean, I don't know if it's he did have a bit of illness, didn't he come into this race? He didn't, he didn't start the Belgian championships. Uh, and you know, there were, I mean, I've heard Adrie van der Poel for example, on Belgian TV, like a hint that, yeah, I know you out. Okay. He was sick, but he said, you know, he made it sound like he wasn't really sick. I think he was sick. He was at the hotel. He was at the team hotel and he did in the morning. He came down for breakfast and said, Hey, I'm feeling bad. I mean, otherwise you're not, you know,

listen, a guy like Wal-Von-Art, he can just say he's sick and stay home. You know what I mean? The thing is that in Belgium, it's, it's an obligation to participate unless you have a valid reason. Um, Wal-Von Aert would not have showed up at the team hotel if he was not sick. So I think that's first of all, plus, I personally think that Wout is still carrying a little bit of that stress. He's gone down a few times really hard.

I don't think we're gonna ever see Wout Van Aert again in bunch prints like we saw him in the past. I think that he made that switch in his mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. Yeah. And so, so, so, you know, but I agree normally he should have been there. So I personally think it's probably more, I mean, it may on paper, it may look like, you know, it's a flat stage, but man, it, it, you need a lot of power to constantly move up and be there all the time

in the front. So anyways, he had a Fini, he had the note and he had a Jorgensen, right? So the four guys, um, I mean, a Fini today was, was extraordinary to, to, to still be there in the final after all the work he has because he has been on the front all the time, all the time with Jonas just behind him. So he's going to be an important rider in the first week. But yeah, I mean, I think even if today only had Wiggins, Even if today only had Wiggins, Wellens, Tim Wellens, he looked completely in control. Even if he wouldn't have had anybody, he would still have been fine. I think it's more a moral, a mental game. Yeah, yeah.

Because one thing I actually found myself thinking with Jonas as well is, you know, he is short of race days this year, isn't he? He's coming in a bit ring rusty and actually it might not be the worst thing in the world to be doing what he, the way he's racing at the moment is just, you know, rather than sitting in the wheels, he's getting out there, he's extending his legs because he's hoping to come good in the third week here at this tour and really try and take it to today. He's short of race days, you know, he's done paring knees, he had the crash in parry knees, he was concussed, hurt his wrist. Then of course he's done the dofene. He was short of the dofene compared to Tadej. Tadej has had a whole spring campaign, as we've

seen Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold, L'Age Bastogne L'Age, Paris Roubaix. So Tadej has got the confidence to sit back now because he's got those race days. You know what it's like sitting in the wheels in that first week of the Tour de France, this week especially, there's the dangers and the caution, but you can actually detrain a little bit in that first week if you're not working harder. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Of course. Yeah. This is a difficult, yeah. But someone like Jonas, you know, may need to tap in a little bit more in this first week. So he, you know, he's hoping for his best form. I also personally think that he is looking for confirmation for himself. He feels good, but until you're not getting into the race and you don't test your legs.

So, it's a process that he needs to... I mean, he can be confident, but he's looking for confirmation of whatever he has done now between the Dauphiné and the Tour. But anyways, today I thought he was a bit too excited and it's not, not, I mean, but I think he needs it for his, for his head, in my opinion. One other thing today, Johan, I noticed, I don't know how you would view this if you were the DS of Red Bull racing, no riders in the front today. Yeah. Yeah. It's really bad with a man like Rollich. I mean, that was a start to the Tour de France. Yeah, I mean, okay, there's two things to consider. First of all, I think they didn't put all their eggs in one basket.

They didn't play all their cards with Primoz if you look at the composition of the team, right? They bring Jordi Maes, they bring Van Poppel, they bring another another another guy to what's his name? Mick van Dyck, one of the one of the twins. So I mean, those guys can obviously also do the job on the on the front. But but yeah, I think Primoz takes it and himself if you hear if you hear his interviews, he can say, okay, you know, we'll see what happens. Yeah, we'll see what happens. I was not surprised that Primoz was not there today.

I was more surprised and I actually don't know if something happened to him, but initially, I mean, we could see the back door was open very early in the race and a guy like Florian Lippowitz was in trouble. Don't know if he was a mechanical or involved in a crash or was held up on a crash, but he looked like he was not

really smooth. So those are the two GC guys. Anyway, a team like Red Bull cannot permit themselves to not have anybody in there. A team of that quality. So it's not a good start. Not a great start. I mean, I would not want to be in the team bus the night after this stage. Yeah. Yeah. And what about Remco? I mean, you know, we're tipping in for a podium at this race. You know, he's the only man outside the top two who we ever talk about that can challenge

those guys and potentially win a tour one day. But that's a disastrous start, isn't it? I mean, it's not an enormous time loss. We expect him to take that type of time back in the time trial. But from a team perspective, it's not good, is it? No, it's a bad day for Sudakwikstep. They were the big favorite to win the stage with Merlir, and they have a podium candidate. So they're both not there. Luckily it's only 38 seconds, right? And so it's not bad, but mentally it's mentally. I mean, I think the time difference, that's the least of their worries.

It's the mental, the mentally, okay, once again, you know, we're not here. And a guy like Remco, he does have guys around him to bring him in position. So obviously we already talked about this in other podcasts. He does have a bit of a problem with positioning himself. But still, you know, there was there was 35 to 40 guys now in the first group.

So you just have to be there. You know, that the race stage like today, I mean, I just want I wanted to ask you, you know, I mean, you won the tour in 2012 and also starting in the north in the north of France, very similar start, similar terrain. You were with Team Sky. You know, it was hectic. It's probably more hectic today, but it's always been hectic. Right. So there was not a thought in your mind,

I'm guessing that you would not make the first group whenever it's split because you would drill yourself with your team. You would go to the front and make the difference yourself. Yeah, we were the outright favorites for that race for GC, but we also had the world champion, the fastest sprinter in the world in Mark Kamenishinao team. So we had the strongest composition of a team

that could ride in the mountains, ride on hilly days like his tomorrow into Bologna-sur-Mer. And we had the world's best sprinter in our team as well. So we had double the power in that sense and double the command of the respect to ride in the front. And no one really challenged us. So we had the head of the race most of that first week, keeping out of trouble. It was the best place for me to ride. So I wasn't back in the sort of, in the chaos. And we had the double-edged sword that, you know, we're not just here for GC keeping me safe, but we're also here to help keep our sprinter in the front in Mark Cavendish. And it worked a treat for us because this first week, or my first week in 2012 was very similar. We started in Liège Prologue. We went down to Saint-Contant, Rouen, Boulogne-sur-Mer, where we finished tomorrow,

which is the stage that Peter Sagan won. And it was in some ways, you know, that was the week that I won the tour because I arrived on zero time when we got to that first time trial. It was perfect. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's, that's already gone now for Remco. You know, after stage one, he's not on zero time.

So not a disaster, but I think mentally it's not, it's So, uh, they're not, they're not going to be happy. They're not going to be happy. Yeah. Um, what about, I still, I still expect Remco if it's the time to stay that same, I still expect him to potentially take yellow in the first time trial because I anticipate him winning by a minute plus based on the dofina time trial. Do you, do you, I mean, yeah, we have seen the Dauphiné, right? So I tend to, I'm not going to say disagree, but I have a bit of another opinion. It's 33 kilometers. This time trial has nothing, is nothing compared to the one in the Dauphiné. The Dauphiné had a climb.

Something went wrong there with his pacing. I don't know what it was, but he did something that was not right. Didn't finish exhausted or anything. But anyways, in the tour, it's different. I expect Remco to win. And yeah, 38 seconds, okay. Let's see first of all what happens tomorrow. If Tadej doesn't take bonifications or wins the stage, because tomorrow's not an easy stage.

Remco can also be in the front, but still it's explosive. And then the positioning tomorrow. Also there's three climbs, and we will talk about it at the end of the show, but it's another test for Remco's ability to position himself well, because this is still, you know, everybody's fighting for position. Yeah.

So, so, so, but yeah, I mean, I do expect Remco to win. And especially now that Gana's out of the race, I mean, he should win this, he should win this. Another thing I wanted to ask you, Bradley, we're seeing these crashes, you know, it happens and you cannot have any idea by just watching the footage on TV how stressful it is, how hard it is, how fast it is. Not just today, but many races now in the last two or three years, I have the impression

that first of all, they crash more, which there's several explanations for that. The level of the peloton has gone up tremendously. Everybody's on a very similar level. They go faster. This breaks, you can say, okay, they break better, but you also, it's like you have a domino effect. You can crash faster. I have the impression that when they crash nowadays, they hurt themselves more. And I'm, I see, I don't know if it's my impression, but I'm

sensing that they abandon on crashes a lot more than in the past. What do you think? Is that, is that true? Is that your impression? I don't know, is the honest answer. I don't know. But there's definitely something in the speeds that they're riding now, the stiffness of the bikes, the disc brakes. When you stop, you stop on a disc brake, don't you, as we know. And it's the catapulting effect off the bike that seems to make the riders go down harder. One thing we're not seeing as much of now, which is, well, maybe this is, you know, is you don't seem to see so many broken collarbones like we used to, you know, bodies are being injured, riders are injuring themselves to the point, you know, concussion, a lot more concussions these days, unless we used to always have concussion, we just never were aware of them

because we have the concussion protocol now. Yeah. I mean, certainly in the days of racing hair nets and things like that, you know, I mean, it's crazy to think how protected the riders are now, but I mean, yeah, I do think the road furniture in France now is probably the worst it's ever been, particularly in the north of France. Speed humps. It's terrible. Yeah. You know, that caused quite a few crashes to even the finish straight today. If you saw the finish straight today, you know, there was speed humps on the finish straight today, if you saw the finish straight today, there was speed humps on the finish straight. And at one time in the tour to France, and at one time in the tour, they would go around

in the weeks, the months before once the town was announced that they'd have a tour and retarmac everything and take these furnitures up, wouldn't they? But now I guess the financial implications of doing that are so great to towns that they're forced to just leave them in and the riders have to deal with it. Really, if you look from the helicopter sometimes, it's crazy. It's crazy. I had the same conversation with somebody from a Belgian cycling, and Belgian for example, it's worse than the North of France. I mean, it's almost impossible anymore to organize really big professional races with 200 riders and not have crashes. So that's obviously a problem.

But anyways, you know, Ghana out, we see it out. We'll see anybody. I mean, there's other other guys who crashed and then a few surprises, for example, a la Philippe struggling on day one, which is a surprise. And then, and then especially, I mean, he, he, he on top, he said he was not going to go for DC, but poor Lenny Martinez, what happened to that guy? Yeah.

That was painful to watch. Yeah. Yeah. It was painful. Like all of them were. I mean, you know, the King and the mountains crash. That was something I hadn't seen before. To have a sprint of that nature on cobbles as well. Let's have a quick look. We have a little video clip here. So it's Benjamin Tomas and

this other friend, I mean, forgot his name, another guy from Total Energies. So it was clear that Benjamin Tomas had a mission. Kofidis is the team from Lille, right? North of France, they know they can't win the stage. So that was a great move. He was in the break first, they get caught, he gets back in the break, needs to win that second sprint on Mont-Cassell. And yeah, he throws his bike and goes down. I've never seen something like this. Two-man uphill sprint and they both crash. That was very unique. I mean, the shot that we saw from the motorbike behind when they were actually sprinting for the King of the Mountains, you could see just the effort that was going into keeping the bike upright on those cobbles when they were both on the saddle. And then of course, the exertion of

finishing the sprint and then trying to sit back down in the saddle on some sort of flick or catapulting of the bike on the cobbles as he transferred his body weight on it meant they went down. And it was just unfortunate that his bike went out in the wrong direction and took his, you know, his co-brake away rider out with him. Yeah. I've never seen anything like that before. Yeah, that was really, really strange. I mean, he got the king of the mountains, so that's good.

They're, you know, they're going to be super happy that, you know, to be on the podium in their own region. That's, that's huge. You know, it's, it's the next best thing comparing to a stage win. But anyway, it can happen to anybody. Benjamin Thomas is a great bike rider, Olympic champion, multiple world champion on the track. So he's a really good back handler. He's a big racer. Anyways, before we go on, I just wanted to talk about our second partner of the day, Ketone IQ. My personal preferred format of Ketone IQ is the Ketone IQ Classic Shot, this one right

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I would want to keep those two guys in the GC as long as I can for further up the road to try to put them into moves. And so Simon Yates is already out of it. He lost six minutes, something. Yeah, yeah. Six and a half minutes. Almeida is still there. 38 seconds is not a big deal, but they also have Adam Yates because if you look at UAE, it's today, first Almeida and then Adam Yates for GC threats to use them strategically, right? So that's another, I would say, win, psychological win today for, for, for Visma. I think in the end, it's not really going to matter because, um, listen, if something happens to either Jonas or, uh, or today, you know, it's not Jorgensen and not

Simon Yates and not Almeida and not Adam Yatesates that are gonna win the tour. It's the other guy, right? But anyways, I thought it was worth noting that, Almeyda is also not known for being a master in positioning. The fact that he's there with 38 seconds, I mean, he could have been further down. He could have easily been with the two Yates brothers, right? Yeah, I mean, it's not a bad day for him. I think at the end of the day, in your riding for Tadej Bergaccia, their priority is Tadej Bergaccia. Although Almeida is the winningest

rider this season, isn't he, in terms of stage racing? And he will be the most valuable rider to Tadej in the third week of this Tour de France. As will Simon Yates to Jonas Wingergel. So I think it's not a bad result for them that those two guys came through the stage today unscathed. And again, we could all, this could be a completely different situation tomorrow night after Boulogne. Tomorrow is a tough, tough stage. Tough stage. You know, it's today's conditions thrown in with some Liège-Bastogne-Liège climbs tomorrow.

Yeah, for sure. For sure. For sure. What else do we have? I think that's about it, right? I mean, I think everybody in the Tour, I mean, the Tour Paraton, they're all happy that this first stage is out of the way. You know, they all know it's going to be stressful tomorrow, but there's already some separation. So that already calms down. There's the first 30 guys, many of them are not even in it for GC. So I think it's fair to say, Bradley, if you look, for example, if you look at tomorrow's stage, looking at the profile here of tomorrow's stage, I think it's safe to say that we're going to have a different yellow jersey tomorrow. What do you think? Well, I was going to ask you, how would you play it if you were the DS of Alpecin, the Koenig?

Because do we expect Philipsons to come through tomorrow and keep the jersey? No, we don't. No. But do they ride? Do they take up the, you know, do they take the role of riding on the front just to keep the likes of Vanderpoel safe? Who's one on Mure de Bretagne, which is coming up in a few days time. You know, is there a chance Vanderpoel could take yellow if he wins again on Mure de Bretagne? I mean, you know, what would you do? How would you play it? It's still the safest place to be taking it up.

It's the safest play to be. I would ride because first of all, you have the Jersey. It keeps your team in the front. Yeah. Uh, but I would not obsess over absolutely wanting to take a break away because there's, I think there's other teams that are going to do that anyway. And I think personally that Vanderpool is one of the biggest favorites for tomorrow's stage. He's going to, he's going to make it over those climbs and, and he can win that sprint. He can. You know, with the power we've seen, he had, I mean, he was amazing in the Dauphiné, a really good form today.

He showed that he still has the huge power. So I think we could see another Alpecin, the Koenig rider in yellow tomorrow. And that's probably going to be Mathieu van der Poel. Yeah. If, you know, listen, we can't really say because, you know, on a flat stage, it's Jonas Wingergaard who initiates the decision. So who would have thought, you know, who would have thought.

So I expect Poulatchar and Jonas and some of the other GC guys, they're gonna be up there because if you look at the last nine kilometers of the profile tomorrow, we see there's, you know, there's these three climbs. And we know that in that part of France, it's narrow. It's fight for position. Once you are, I mean, that third last climb, I think it's one kilometer, 10%. It's going to be all stretched out. And from then on, if you're 50 places back, there's no coming back. No, no. Right?

It's gonna split, but the big guy is gonna be in front. So I, who knows? Jonas must mean, with the legs that Jonas felt today, maybe he might try to go tomorrow. And he's not gonna drop today for sure. No, no. But I think that Van der Poel can follow them on that course.

Those climbs like one, one and a half kilometer, it's not gonna be easy to drop Van der Poel and he's gonna see a golden opportunity to win the stage or to take yellow. Yeah, I agree, I agree. Because even if he's top three, well, I mean, it depends if Jonas or today win, then that's different. But who else could of the guys who were in front could be there tomorrow? Yeah, I mean, it's going to be,

yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how it pans out because there's a lot of different dynamics taking place tomorrow. Red Bull are going to be coming back, you know, with a point to prove, aren't they, after today's performance? Yeah. You know, Remco, with a point to prove on they after today's performance, you know, REMCO, the question is, do they have the power? Do they have the legs? Probably not. Probably not. But I don't think that will stop them trying to be in, you know, taking it on anyway, and being in the front. Yeah, yeah, I personally think I personally think a guy like

like Primos, you know, I mean, it's probably I mean, it's not the worst approach to take it. I mean, listen, at the end of the day, Primos doesn't need to know show, they need to prove anything to anybody, right? He, he mean, it's not the worst approach to take it. I mean, listen, at the end of the day, Primoz doesn't need to know show, need to prove anything to anybody, right? He, he won five round tours. He had a great career. He's in the fall of his career. I think him for, he, for himself has decided, okay, I'll see what comes and I I'll try to surf through the storms and see that I can get, you know, relatively fresh to the mountains. Yeah.

Yeah. And based on his last three Tour de France's where he crashed in the first week, I think that's not a bad approach to take. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, but I agree. They'll try to prove a point. Yeah. Okay. So to finish off, we need to talk about our partner Ventum Bikes. There's a daily trivia, every show both on the move and on our show. There's a giveaway, a grand prize of $5,000 of store credit towards any Ventum Bike you want to purchase.

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Thanks, man.