Another bonkers week at the Tour de France – and we have it all and then some. From the always amazing Gruber galleries to the emotion-choked interviews and L’Equipe front pages to Pog amis, Rog love and Wout express.
Gruber galleries
Always always marvellous
The motion and the emotion
First up, THAT stage – where Jumbo were all about the attacking and Pog seemed to be up for the challenge. Until he wasn’t and we saw that he might be human after all.
🤩 The big battle is on! 🔥
🤩 La grande bagarre est bel et bien lancée ! 🔥#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/gmH5A260U3
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 13, 2022
What would you say to Pog as a DS? Compare that to what was going on in the team car.
Champions keep on fighting 💪
Get an exclusive look inside the UAE Team Emirates car as they supported Tadej Pogačar on Stage 11 of the Tour de France 🎥
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🇫🇷 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/PB2RtY01Jf— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 14, 2022
Don’t count your chickens …
OK, so this didn't age so good. #tdf2022 https://t.co/lVTjFRuqhj
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) July 13, 2022
No wonder Jonas hugged the lion on the podium … this is what he said about it the morning of the stage that was …
🇫🇷 #TDF2022
A 🦁 for Jonas' daughter
— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) July 14, 2022
Long time seems I've been as fascinated by a stage as this one – doesn't matter what the parcours looks like on paper, it's the riders that make the race & that passage of attacks from Jumbo was fabulous – more please #TDF
— SuzeCY (@festinagirl) July 13, 2022
YOU GOTTA FIGHT!
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FOR THE RIGHT!
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TO WEAR YELLOW!
–#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/mHkcidzvXO— Rich Mitch (@rich_mitch) July 13, 2022
And Bardet sits alone …
Bicycles, hillside, desolate. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/A4kmwsJBDg
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) July 13, 2022
A new NBA signing while on Alpe d’Huez
Tom Pidcock is not only a great winner and a bicycle acrobat, but also a well-behaved young man who puts his waste where it belongs 😅 Bullseye 🎯! Well done @tompidcock 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/MC6Jw55kfs
— José 🐝 (@SpoelJo) July 14, 2022
On the way to a Magnus Cort victory
What a thrilling stage finish for @MagnusCort! 😱
🎥 Look inside @EFprocycling's car and relive a nerve racking finale in Megève!
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🇫🇷 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/oq89BnDHJs— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 12, 2022
🚁 Heli View of @magnuscort the 🛩 ConCort landing at Altiport Megève 🚴💨🇩🇰 @LeTour pic.twitter.com/eEDGr01cIY
— Alex Rasmussen (@alexfalkeman) July 12, 2022
A hard-fought and much-deserved stage win for Michael Matthews
Caught and dropped, but then @blingmatthews produced this. Sensational finish to Tour de France Stage 14 😲
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🇫🇷 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/0SEcT77yb2— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 16, 2022
"I've had some rollercoasters, but my wife, my daughter, kept believing in me"
🎙 @blingmatthews emotional after his stage win #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/Fh3ntdTbbt
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 16, 2022
‘I don’t want to cry on television’ – the emotion-choked voice of Jasper Philipsen is impossible to resist
"We worked hard for this and I'm proud to finish it off".
Jasper Philipsen was understandably emotional to get his first Tour de France stage win after 8 podium finishes. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/FDEG4MLFSX
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 17, 2022
If you compare how crushed he was that he didn’t win the Champs sprint last year to his first Tour stage win, it’s like night and day. That’s it. I’m all in for Jasper now.
— Chris Carlson (@Kiss_my_Panache) July 17, 2022
‘Mom, I won you some blooms!’ Mads Pedersen is all that.
A very special moment between @Mads__Pedersen & his parents after his stage win ♥️💐#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/RoNk2TFDIE
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 15, 2022
"I thought he was riding himself out of the race!"
Like everybody else who was watching (and racing), @AdamBlythe89 was blown away by Mads Pedersen's victory on Stage 13!#TdF2022 pic.twitter.com/ON9T69sKWF
— Eurosport (@eurosport) July 15, 2022
Riders giving souvenirs to young fans. You love to see it! #TDF2022 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/Ddy547Zcbj
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 16, 2022
L’Equipe front pages
#TDF2022 / #Média 📰
La Une du journal @lequipe de ce 14 juillet : "Coups de Granon". pic.twitter.com/x3ZH3KEtCV— Renaud Breban (@RenaudB31) July 14, 2022
Today’s front page of L’Equipe. No translation necessary pic.twitter.com/wPY1VTdWsx
— Andy McGrath (@Andymcgra) July 17, 2022
Voici la une du journal L'Équipe du mardi 19 juillet 2022.
Le journal : https://t.co/FdsIIjVHES pic.twitter.com/AbMK02czVm— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) July 19, 2022
Standing up for Primoz
I’m not having any of this crap about Roglic being a quitter, throwing a hissy, not being a team player. None of it.
Roglic rides comme un grand – about as far away from petulant as you can get
— SuzeCY (@festinagirl) July 18, 2022
The guy is clearly hurt after a series of crashes. Quite a few people have correctly been saying that we need to stop fetishising pain and suffering in cycling. Well, this is what we mean. He's hurt, he needs to go home and rest up.
— John Lonie 🏴🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@matthewlonie42) July 17, 2022
Don't really understand the criticism of Roglic leaving. He already played the biggest role he could play: staying close enough in GC up to stage 11 to bait Pogacar. He seemed to be suffering more each day with the injuries, and his pulls on the climbs weren't long 🤷♀️. #TDF2022
— Cycling Clown Of The Day 🤡 (@CyclingClown) July 17, 2022
Didn't spend much time reading about yesterday's dramatic Tour de France stage, haven't seen any quotes from Primoz Roglic, but in all the discussion about Vingegaard and Pogacar, it shouldn't be overlooked what a classy ride Roglic put in. Totally sacrificed himself. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/YrhNrBqtp0
— Neal Rogers 🇺🇦 (@nealrogers) July 14, 2022
The Rog/Kuss scenes is like the antithesis to the Dumoulin/Wout scenes post *that* time trial.#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/GU27xZ3Umj
— Issie 💙 (@IssieAtch) July 13, 2022
Riding immodestly
We have a lot of examples of smoooooooth riding in the peloton, of those guys who are just downright elegant on a bike. Alexander Kristoff probably wouldn’t win any awards in that category, but he rides with everything he’s got.
Alexander Kristoff, pedaling with his ears & his heart 💪 #TDF2022
— Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (@IntermarcheWG) July 17, 2022
As Robbie said FULL BODY PEDALLING
— midge (@pariswheels) July 17, 2022
8,5/10 😉
— Wout van Aert (@WoutvanAert) July 13, 2022
How it started / How it ended
💪 @Ben__Thomas_ #TDF2022 📷 @MathildeLAzou pic.twitter.com/ry4Kd5gmhB
— Team Cofidis (@TeamCOFIDIS) July 17, 2022
Stage 15 in 2 pictures… 💦🥵 pic.twitter.com/fWz9TUM5mg
— Team BikeExchange-Jayco (@GreenEDGEteam) July 17, 2022
Meanwhile, WvA needed some air …
Little mechanical in the downhill of Col de Granon. Luckily the sealing in my @vittoriatyres tubeless tyre did his work. I swapped my green podium jersey with an unknown fan for some ‘life-saving’ air. Today was a good day 😎 https://t.co/kdyZxb01Oj
— Wout van Aert (@WoutvanAert) July 13, 2022
Czasami dobrze mieć pompke … Wout da koszulke … https://t.co/NLn7HdY2Fx
— michal szyszkowski (@michalszyszkow1) July 14, 2022
After leading the Wout Express
LOL #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/Gco1HysnTT
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) July 13, 2022
Truth.
Marc Soler eating a calippo on a bike is an absolute vibe. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/MBDLAKAnEh
— Sadhbh O'Shea (@SadhbhOS) July 16, 2022
Best buds
Looks like Pog is best buds with just about everyone!
Just a couple of friends having a chat at the end of the stage 🤝 pic.twitter.com/g9xTnKMuuE
— Team BikeExchange-Jayco (@GreenEDGEteam) July 16, 2022
Oh, i have parking but im just “borrowing” electricity from @blingmatthews 🫢
— Tadej Pogačar (@TamauPogi) July 16, 2022
The winner getting a cold shower from Pogacar. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/ja3j1dAtOH
— Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) July 17, 2022
I will be asking who he was on the phone to. #TDF2022
— Sophie Smith (@SophieSmith86) July 13, 2022
Love this – the WvA/Vingegaard bromance started at last year’s Tour and is still blossoming.
Oh my, that emotion from Vingegaard in his interview and then this embrace from WVA is EVERYTHING. pic.twitter.com/ZgoRQhvKur
— Stacy Snyder (@snyderceramics) July 13, 2022
Ice ice baby
🇫🇷 #TDF2022
true sportsmanship from Nils sharing some ice with his breakaway companion 🤝👌 pic.twitter.com/l7xtlM7oCI
— BORA – hansgrohe (@BORAhansgrohe) July 17, 2022
Behind the scenes, the dynamic duo of Matt Stephens and Alberto Contador show their architectural prowess
ALBERTO CONTADOR AND I BUILD A MINI BUTTER TOWER! 🧈
ALBERTO CONTADOR Y YO CONSTRUIMOS UNA MINI TORRE DE MANTEQUILLA! 🧈🐄
After a beer last night, Alberto and I decided to do this.. 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 @albertocontador @eurosport @gcntweet #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/iwjb5ZoKdp
— Matt Stephens (@RealStephens) July 16, 2022
Trek-Segafredo’s social team picking up where they left off in the Giro – engaging with everyone from fans to other teams
— Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team (@AlpecinDCK) July 13, 2022
Guys??? 😒https://t.co/shbFmQHZcU
— Team BikeExchange-Jayco (@GreenEDGEteam) July 17, 2022
♥️🫵 @segafredoitalia https://t.co/haaxfOlP1j pic.twitter.com/I26Xf7QlXo
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 17, 2022
The last word
"What do you do with the mad that you feel?" A little boy once asked Mister Rogers this question. He answered. In song, of course.
(H/T @MisterRogersSay) pic.twitter.com/x6dGl0MPy0
— GBH (@GBH) June 1, 2020