What do we think of the online conspiracies regarding the 2am testing?

@MachiNi maybe try 11pm next time

@Eliza I see everybody saying do 11pm or 5am but of course this removes the unpredictability element. It looks like the 2am target means either that’s a window JV had selected himself or they have strong enough suspicion of something fishy. But I don’t know really.

@Eliza There do seem to have been suspicions warranting the nighttime testing:

https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Un-juge-a-autorise-les-controles-antidopage-nocturnes-de-tadej-pogacar-et-jonas-vingegaard/1705928

(Unbelievable to me that this doesn’t happen more often)

Bet here /MachiNi/will-pogacar-or-vingegaard-test-pos

Un juge a autorisé les contrôles antidopage nocturnes de Tadej Pogacar et Jonas Vingegaard lors du Tour de France

INFO L'ÉQUIPE. Un juge des libertés et de la détention du tribunal judiciaire de Paris a été saisi par l'International Testing Agency (ITA) avant les contrôles nocturnes de Tadej Pogacar et Jonas Vingegaard. Ces mesures ne peuvent être autorisées sans « soupçons graves et concordants ».

Who will win Sunday's stage?

Oof.

Is this part of the famous ‘plan’ too?

@MachiNi there is no plan. It's cycling.

@Eliza we’ve been told otherwise for several years by the alleged greatest grand tour rider.

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@RedzoneITG there is an entire script here from 2019 about why young men cannot win the Tour. Now where do I put that...

The 2026 Tour de France route has been announced: https://www.letour.fr/en/overall-route

@RedzoneITG Did they announce the winner yet?

@Eliza I reckon it’s still too soon for ASO to announce the reign of Paul Seixas has begun