You can say this Tour de France was lopsided, or slightly boring in places, but one thing you can’t say is that it didn’t have any heart. There were tears and hugs at almost every stage and Paris was no different. Except it had babies to be kissed as well! This last Tour Tweets of the Week for 2021 is filled with joy, laughs, creativity, #couchpeloton and a celebration that we were all in it together. Enjoy!
The 2021 Tour de France is over and Kathi, Luke, Issie and Euan gather round the table to pick apart three weeks of racing.
The things that made us happy and angry are all up for discussion plus we delve deeper into Jonas Vingegaard‘s life.
For anyone that wants to see Jonas Vingegaard baking it’s here.
Tour Tweets of the Week : Ain’t no mountain high enough
Tour de France 2021: Stage 16 – Patrick Konrad solos in damp conditions
Tour de France 2021: Stage 17 – Pogacar unleashes power and strength on Col du Portet
Tour de France 2021: Stage 18 – It ain’t Christmas, so no gifts from Pogacar
Tour de France 2021: Stage 19 – Matej Mohoric makes it two
Tour de France 2021: Stage 20 – van Aert scorches the TT; Pogacar seals yellow
Tour de France 2021: Stage 21 – Wout van Aert takes the Champs; Pogacar takes the Tour
This year’s Tour de France ended, of course, on the Champs-Elysees with Jumbo-Visma’s answer to Iron Man, Wout van Aert, took his third stage win of this Tour, disappointing a third placed Mark Cavendish. A lot of fans are sad that Cav couldn’t surpass Eddy Merckx‘s record for Tour stage wins this year, but hey, look on the bright side – he’ll almost certainly be back next year … Tadej Pogacar takes home his second consecutive maillot jaune, with Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz flanking him on the podium.