Today you saw JV go to the front to try to pull the last little bit back for Vos I guess?, and she went so hard she gapped the field by quite a few meters blunting the chase by forcing another chaser to burn up getting back on her wheel. So some of this comes down to simple execution as well.
That was due to the crash though wasn’t it. She was probably lighting it up for the leadout at her designated spot.
To me it seems still like an issue of getting the teams to work together. They aren’t letting the breaks get far, but when they start the chase, it doesn’t come down as fast and it’s still a bit of a mob of riders on the front instead of teams giving a rider.
Also, super strong girls in the break. Norsgard (sp?) was so strong!
The part I saw was after the small group was back together though, didn’t appear to be a gap from the crash. The JV rider just went off the front, or so it appeared.
Really hard to tell, IMHO, why the JV lead out failed. Seemed like there were 3 JV riders who were on the front well ahead of being impacted by the crash, then the camera goes to the crash, then when it goes back there is 1 JV rider off the front, Vos somewhere in the pack behind, and who knows where the third JV rider went.
The teams are not big enough to control the way the men do, and the women seem to attack way more often. SD Worx, as the strongest team, is missing a lot of opportunities to be more organized and intentional–maybe they should have kicked their director out of the race sooner? I don’t think they other teams are wrong to keep throwing riders out there to see what sticks.
Some of the attacks make no sense from watching lots of the men’s racing. But, and it’s a massive but, it doesn’t half make for exciting racing at times.
Yeah, it’s been fun to watch. Just kinda head-scratching a little bit.
Having watched more of the women’s races than the men’s, I’d like to hear more about which attacks make sense and which don’t (without use of hindsight, obviously 
). I’m still learning a lot about strategy, and I honestly don’t feel like I ever have any clue which of the attacks from the women’s peloton are ever going to stick, and maybe they don’t either, which is why there are lots of attempts?
To me it feels like more of them are willing to roll the dice on a successful breakaway and the chasing teams aren’t organised enough to catch them.
There’s less of feel that your efforts are wasted.
Some ride from Kopecky this - hanging in as the best climbers fall away one by one. 
This was an amazing stage, so many changes.
The heavy fog just added to the excitement. It’s got to be crazy riding it… look ahead, no one there, look behind, no one there. Great stage today!
I wasn’t sure if that was a blur spoiler or just the conditions up the top of the Tourmalet 
I mean we shouldn’t forget that there was no minimum salary for them until 2019 or 2020 and then it was 15k euros. So alt of the fiel were realistically Amateurs until the last few years and most of the pro Conti riders probably still are. So it makes sense to me that depth of field is relatively weak but is coming up slowly add to that that they have 1 rider less per team and the chase is hard especially if really good riders are in front.
I agree though tactics are often questionable. AvV attacking that far out was unecessary and probably cost her a bit. But Vollering is currently just the best rider by far.
Overall an entertaining tdf and the podium fight in the TT will be interesting.
I know it’s been talked about ad nauseam, but I haven’t really just sat down and watched a time trial yet this year until today… and I was reminded about the absolutely goofy helmet designs out there.
Otherwise, how long is Guazzini going to sit in that chair?
The UCI should find a way to ban the Specialized helmet with the neck sock!
Edit: that helmet left a hideous impression across Vollering’s forehead.
Very entertaining bike race. Inspiring to see so many of the riders digging deep and racing every stage. Very much enjoyed watching the breaks survive, the penultimate stage was excellent, and the time trial was good too.
Women’s worlds should be very interesting with a number of riders in the mix and who knows what surprises might surface.
Kopecky 2nd and AvV off the platform. Great racing, yesterday was amazing to watch.
Quite enjoyed each of the stages. Post race, Annemiek said she didn’t quite understand why she felt so off the last couple of days. I’m sure given the importance of the race she did all she could to come in ready, but I can’t help to think that her desire to win the Giro, Vuelta and the Tour could have hindered her ability to come in peak form. The Vuelta was in May, the Giro early July, a couple of weeks off and then straight into the Tour. She’s known for putting in crazy volume, but the back to back intensity of these races seemed to catch up to her.
After watching the amazing pomp of the presentations in the Champs Elysees for the men, hope that they figure out how to finish up the ladies’ Tour with a bit more grandiose backdrop. Looked like they set up the trophy presentation in some parking pavilion or something. Know you probably can’t shut down the Champs again for a race, but maybe finishing it off in one of those gorgeous museums or chateaus to give it more of a grand feel and more fitting backdrop for their main race of the calendar.
Hoping for 2 weeks of racing with a celebration at the end next year (the men won’t get one and will end on a TT? Seems fair.). At this rate, the GC battle won’t be interesting (Demi is insane), but who knows, and there’s always the other podiums and jersey battles to watch. Great tour. Came away a fan of Kastelijn.