Tour de France 2024 Route Reaction | Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast 

The berret screams crosswind chaos.

Reason ASO doesn't want to go back to Brittany is because they are scared of the Omi Opi woman 😂

Patrick's headwear game is so strong.

LRCP do another GT preview creates happy brain chemicals

The "souvenir Jacques Goddet" is always awarded at the top of the Tourmalet, or the highest point in the Pyrenees if the Tourmalet is not part of the race. Similarly, the "souvenir Henry Desgrange" is always awarded at the top of the Galibier, except when it's not part of the race and is then awarded at the highest point in the whole tour.

The hat 😂🔥🔥🔥

I still remember my dad crying when Jelle Vanendert won that iconic stage. A true belgian hero (for a day)

There is nothing better than checking your phone and seeing a LRCP GT Preview. Always makes my day keep it up boys great preview

Regarding stage 19: Iseran is 2770 Stelvio is 2757 Agnello is 2744 But the road in Sierra Nevada goes almost all the way up the peak of Pico Veleta at 3398 meters. For the adventurous, there's actually an unpaved south side; Capileira is the final village and quite soon the road turns to gravel. I'd guess the pass is somewhere in the 3000-3100 meter range. Highly recommended, I had the pleasure of climbing it from the south many years ago.

This has Jonas written all over it. Tadej, Remco, and Primoz better bring there A+ game to have any shot.

Fun Fact: Jelle Vanendert was the first winner up Plateau de Beille who didn't end up winning the Tour GC. Before him Pantani*, Armstrong* (2x) and Contador. After him Rodriguez won without winning GC as well. So, really only Legends win on Plateau de Beille! :D

Why is Benji talking to Nile Rodgers about the TdF

Day 3 of asking for a Wout Van Aert interview. He's a pretty knowledgeable guy and interesting to talk to if he's enjoying it.

I can see Pog taking green on this route, Jasper will need to find the breaks in last 10 days

I was on holidays in les Cabannes (foot of Plateau de Beille) like a dozen times. Plateau is a very steady climb, that gets easier at the end, comparable to Alpe, but a bit longer. Jonas has to attack with 5-6 k to go, there it has about 9 % for a good amount of time. What i wanna add, Agnes, the climb before, is brutal in the sun, in the first few kilometers, sun shines right on your head and in the afternoon, it can feel like 40 degrees there, with no wind at all. Might really fatigue the riders. Even though, it's often raining there, but then there would be spice aswell, wouldn't it;)... All in all, i'm really loking forward to this stage!!!

Pogi and Remco need to collaborate on the punchy stages and ride away from Jonas and gain Time cause there is a lot of Jonas Stages at the end

I hope for Felix Gall to return as a GC rider with an improved TT setup

I got so used to LR posting so much content over the season (actually I thought you were overworking yourself) that I have been going through a sort of a withdrawal period. I had a tendency to check if there is a new podcast in my regular cycling podcast time (yes, late in the night). It is better now. Anyway, thanks for this. Enjoy the calmer post-season time, improve your ftp.

Don't know about the whole route, but Nice finish, that's for sure.

The Valloire stage can be really tricky. Wind can be a factor on these less steep but very high altitude climbs. Also the last section of the Galibier is steep (from Lautaret) so not just high altitude. It was very tricky back in 2011 when they finished the stage on the top of the Galibier. If Visma smells blood it can be very similar what they did this year on the Tourmalet but more room for big tempo with high watts on the less steep slopes until the Lautaret

Love your analysis! Can't wait to see how it all plays out! Cheers!!!

I think the weird profile on the climb to Montgenevre on stage 4 is due to a tunnel.

Looking dashing Patrick!

If Pidcock goes to the Tour, I hope he gets the chance to send that descent into Valloire

You are a great duo; Thanks for the video!

You look like Catherine Hepburn in her twenties. Lovely with earrings too🥰

Patrick’s beret - straight off Jack Nicholson’s Joker in Batman 89 😂😂😂

Literally LOLed before the first second was done

The sting in the tail of the Cime is painful, I've done it 2 years ago and it was painful, beautiful, yet painful

Needed a TTT for this to be a 9/10

Im with Lanterne on the Parcours. Its a 7 or 8. If the unknown stages give a few more opportunities for the punchers, it is better. What makes me much more excited is the potentially stacked Startlist.

The things I’d do to see rog v Pog v jonas v remco v nairo all fully fit

Great hat trick 🤩

The obvious breakaway stage will be stage 18 Gap > Barcelonette. Other than that maybe the two stages in between Massif Central and Pyrenees. I think a strong breakaway like Le Creusot 2021 could somehow form on stage 1 to be honest, we will see lol. Puy Mary according to the TDF website the final km averages 14%... Key thing about that Bonette climb is the final kilometre, you are going up to 2800m and its 10% and higher. If Pogacar cracks then we saw how quickly a gap to Vingegaard can open on Ventoux / Marie Blanque / Granon in just a short amount of time. And it gets more concerning for Pog because I think Vingegaard can take time on that descent too, before we even reach Isola 2000. Re preparation for Tour: Dauphine almost always does a stage that replicates in some part one of the Tour de France stages (in 2022 they did Vaujany which followed the route of the Alpe d'Huez stage for the Tour, in 2021 they did Roselend via Col du Pre which was part of the Tignes stage, in 2020 they did parts of the Lyon stage of the TDF as well as climbed Madeleine which was before Loze that year.) Given this, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Dauphine stage that finished in SuperDevoluy or finished in Valloire after Galibier.

Vingegaard might win the last three stages. Stage 19 are just so very attritional that Vingegaard is favorite because he is the best uphill. Stage 20 follows stage 19 so people might have blown up legs. Here Vingegård will follow until the last 2 km and he takes ½ a minute. 2023 showed that Vingegaard is a top 3 on a hilly TT in the last week just like like stage 21. So my shout is 3 win in row meaning another Tour win for Vingegaard.

Stage 4 Montgenevre profile is probably a bug, there's a long tunnel, a steep one but never over 8-9% gradient. Maybe the software used for profile tracking did not take into account the tunnel

... and so entertaining! Ha, Ha, Ha!

Real ciclismo is so here

Lanterne going full Simon le Bon! :-) 👍Yes, I am making an 80s reference for those who do not understand what I am referring to.

Wondering what Geoghegan Hart is going to do, obviously depending on what level he'll return. But him making his move to Lidl is interesting. Both him and Evenepoel looked better I think than Roglic&Thomas. Without the crash I think he probably would've gotten his second Giro. Questionable what he could do in the Tour though.

I really like the parcour

We will see the biggest pizza plates ever in Stage 21…65 tooth?

Stage 7 nailed on Remco.

Stage 4 is taylor made for Pidcock! 😉

Great route Hope for a great fight with all the curent monsters Vingo Rogla and Pogi, i don't see Remco able to fight with em with a such hard route

Good evening! it's a very tough tour, I don't agree with this new way of making the first stages immediately hard, much less the last one. the first and last should be a prize for sprinters, but it is a category that is now gradually disappearing because it is no longer possible to be pure sprinters today. let's get to the route now, the Galibier in the fourth stage will do damage even if it is on the easy side. but when you climb above 2600m nothing is easy. I predict that the jumbos will start strong to have a buffer for the dirt stage where I consider Pogacar clearly superior to Vingegard. the weekend in the Pyrenees will be very tough, the two uphill finishes are real climbs. the central massif won't do much, the usual escapes and little else. the final weekend will be very tough. the isola 2000 stage will be entirely at altitude and I repeat there is no need for large slopes to create selection. Saturday's stage will be breathless and the final time trial will depend on what's left in the tank. I see Vingegard as the favorite as he always has a third week higher than Pogi, who will have to prepare specifically also because in the two time trials to date he is inferior and not by a little (great to increase the km of the tt after years of nothing) final opinion, pogacar should definitely do the tour of Italy which would give him depth, long climbs and high altitude, he would come out with a great leg and it would benefit the tour, I am against the bullshit that today it would no longer be possible to do the double, it's impossible if you start full throttle in February and have an intense spring. but if one plans the tour well it is feasible, for a great champion obviously.

LR’s reaction at 1:19:00 hahahaha

Stage #1 Pidcock - Ayuso, Stage #19 Vingegaard, they have ⛰️⛰️⛰️ over 2k 🤯 beautiful day to crash and lose a lot of time (love to see Cav surviving that day 😂) very hard Tour and I hope to see all the big name for the GCN battle 💛

Stage 19 is almost identical to the infamous Giro 2016 stage where Nibali won the GC

Has LR also put on some makeup to go with that fetching beret?

Next level beret

With those ITT kms in the Giro and the Tour, GC Carapaz will have to wait until the Vuelta.

Pogacar is not a question mark, of course he will do the tour come on

Egan Bernal? Lots over 2000m.

To me it looked like the alpe d'huez stage wthout alpe d'huez.

TT stage 21 means no “gentleman’s agreement” - potential fireworks finish?

If i were Evenepoel I'd focus on the Giro (and a parcous that suits him) and do the TdF as an aside for exploration and stage wins.

To be on the podium of this race , TDF would have to be the sole focus for the year

Guys what about our american boy, eagle from durango GC KUSS!!

Stage 2 was designed for peak Jala. I believe 🤫

“One time trail nit enough” it only took one to end TdF2023. Not great if it come down to who does the best TT after all those other efforts. Why even look at the long stages if the last 20 min of each TT decided the matter?

Newest Comment by 3 months. Viva le Tour 🇨🇵

No prediction of which stage Cav will win his record stage win? (Or if he even will? There's no way he marks a DNF until after the last sprint stage unless he misses a time limit in one of the tough moutain stages. I think Le Tour is conspiring against Cavendish...

Almeida is doing the Tour, that's almost a certainty (at least according to portuguese media), so it'll be interesting to see who UAE takes besides him and Pogi. Is Yates going again? I honestly don't think so. Pogi will be leader, Almeida will basically replace Yates (although a podium seems impossible imo), Majka seems likely, Politt and Bjerg for the flat... and Vine? Mcnulty? Soler? Sivakov? Fisher-Black?

LR - sure you noticed but looks like your camera often focuses on the microphone, rather than your pretty new hat.

michael woods stage 2 winner. He loves very steep climb

A vino route, only caveat if it is poor weather on stages 19 and 20 Pog

So are BOTH of you discounting Roglic's chances next year? The only time you mentioned him as a likely winner was Stage 21.

Kämna will win 17, his name is written all over that one

I'm surprised you guys aren't mentionning Arnaud De Lie. He'll be there and I'd rate him at least as much as Pedersen in a hardish sprint finish.

Hm, I don't know. Seems like the Giro route this year, where everyone was just waiting for the last brutal week and nothing happened before🤔

Stage 19 ist where jonas puts the tour to rest. Noone can comped with him on this hard stages with this high altitude

Stage 1 is clearly for Roglic. ;-) Unless Pogacar rides away solo. Remco. We will see. Could be, but if he wants to win the Tour somebody needs to tell him what 3 weeks are. ;-)

I'll predict a unwanted winner next year

Will Jumbo go dual-leader with Vuelta champ GC Kuss?

I recon you said Poggie to win every stage

is lr wearing concealer under his eyes or a sunglass tan

Felix gull can podium this tour

The problem with predicting breakaways this next year isn't just the short, difficult mountain stages, but that with FOUR teams having SERIOUS contenders for the Yellow Jersey in Nice (or at least the podium), I think they're all going to be watching each other but also wanting as many stage wins as possible.

Oh please, barring injury there’s no way Pogi misses the Tour

lol remco is not beating pogi in a flat sprint

What happens when all the sprinters miss the time cut on stage 1?

I think the gravel stage will be targeted by Matej Mohoric as he is the gravel world champion.

finally once again the boucle is A LOOP

Ah, I remember the good ole days - when I suggested to LR that perhaps a 30 minute video was the outside limit - and he agreed.

If only you guys enjoyed your job and laughed sometimes 😂

Isn’t Cime de la Bonette the highest mountain pass in Europe?

not a big fan of stage 9. but gravel is still better than cobbles but this stage could ruin the tour. And yeah I really don't like roubaix :D

Pidcock for Stage 4, IMHO. It’s the same descent that he ripped it down in 2021.

I'm having a tired day at work and I just want to say it PISSES ME OFF that they don't give all the profiles right away. Like what the fuck is the point of a route announcement and then asking for riders and teams reactions if they aren't sure how half these stages are going to play out ?? It's just idiotic.

Benji should do L'Etape...

Kinda sad that they didn't go back to Col de Portet instead of the Plat d'Adet... Maybe they thought they already featured it twice in a few years, and they already had hard enough stages, but the Pla d'Adet is a bit underwhelming in comparison

I think we need to factor in olympics… the likes of pogi, mvdp and wva may skip tdf to focus on olympics… the only confirmed gc riders are Jonas and Roglic for me.

Arkea will now sign Qintana seeing stage 19

If Remco goes to the Giro, do you think it's possible Kuss can beat him?

Tell me I'm wrong: Better Italian stages than the Giro

I think Pog skips the tour …. And does Giro / Olympics / Vuelta

Eighty minutes and not one mention of GC Kuss. How quickly they forget.

If Pogacar is sensbible he leaves the one day races this year and focuses on a giro tour double (maybe + olympics) to aboslutely destroy the competition there because this course is better for pogacar than for jonas and in the giro he will walk through.

Patrick looks like Eminem.