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Velo Digest: Tour de France Predictions, Ramped-up Tests for Technological Fraud & Anti-Doping, & More

Jun 28, 2024
by Sarah Moore  

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What's going on in the curly bar world? Velo Digest showcases articles from our sister site, Velo. In each installment, you might find endurance coverage, power-to-weight ratios, gravel bike tech and, of course, lycra.



Tour de France Tech Predictions: Wider Tires, Two-Speed Hubs, New Race Radios, & More
By: Josh Ross

As we get ready to cover the 2024 Tour de France these are some of the tech innovations we are expecting to see.

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Tour de France Basics
By: John Wilcockson

Whether you're a seasoned cycling fan or a first time watcher, here are some things you should know about the greatest cycling race in the world.

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Power Analysis: Ranking the Tour de France Contenders by Their Best Performances of 2024
By: Zach Nehr

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primož Roglič, and Remco Evenepoel.

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Pogačar Confirms COVID Infection, Roglič ‘Feeling No Pain,’ Vingegaard ‘Touch and Go,’ and Evenepoel Won’t Throw in GC Towel
By: Andy McGrath

Tour de France favorites wrap up: Some of the race's top stars speak as the race start draws closer.

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Podium Dogs, Beige Quotes, Gravel Beef, and Beyond: 21 Predictions for the Tour de France
By: Jim Cotton

A selection of serious, semi-serious, and downright stupid forecasts and hot takes for Le Tour.

(Read more.)
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Pidcock and Rodríguez Blast ‘Out of Context’ Netflix Leadership Beef
By: Andy McGrath

British star to chase stages as Ineos Grenadiers puts focus on aggressive racing and a Rodríguez podium chase.

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Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France ‘Control Room’ Data Vehicle Under Threat from UCI, Just Hours After it Was Launched
By: Jim Cotton

UCI puts brain center for Jonas Vingegaard's title defense under scrutiny: 'Our priority is to ensure sporting fairness, equitable access to technology, the primacy of man over machine.'

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Tour de France Preview | The Velo Podcast
By: The Velo Team

Get caught up on where the major GC contenders stand, stages to watch, the state of the Americans in the TdF peloton, Cavendish’s quest for 35, and other storylines and riders to watch.

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Red Bull Powers Up: New Kit Unveiled Ahead of Roglič’s Tour de France Yellow Jersey Chase
By: Andrew Hood

Red Bull's arrival as co-sponsor and majority owner of the German-based team is the biggest news to hit the cycling marketplace in decades. Will it pay off with yellow?

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Yellow, Polka Dots, Green, and White: What Do the Tour de France Jerseys Mean?
By: The Velo Team

The Tour de France is a colorful affair, with multiple competitions going on simultaneously. The leader of each competition wears a special yellow, white, green, or polka-dot jersey.

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Tour de France: Ramped-up Tests for Technological Fraud and Anti-Doping

‘It is impossible to slip through the net,’ says UCI, as new measures are introduced.

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From Retired Racers to Boardroom Brainiacs: How the Tour de France is Being Reshaped by Super CEOs
By: Jeremy Whittle

Jeremy Whittle explores how a new breed of WorldTour bosses like Plugge, Zeeman, Brailsford pack transferable marketing and management acumen into a role once ruled by ex-riders.

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What Pro Cyclists Pack for the Tour de France
By: Bobby Julich

These are the essentials I brought with me for the nine times I raced the Tour, plus what other pros can’t live without.

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Basically Everything About Tour de France Race Bikes Has Changed in the Last 20 Years
By: Will Tracy

At a glance, race bikes still look somewhat similar to 20 years ago, but look closer and essentially every feature has changed.

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Subscribe to Velo’s Tour de France Newsletter and Never Miss a Moment of the Action
By: The Velo Team

Everything you need to know about each stage, including daily synopses, latest standings, top stories, and more, all curated by Velo's editorial team and delivered to your inbox.

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34 Comments
  • 62 1
 "The Tour de France is a bunch of alcoholics watching drug addicts go by.” (Coluche, french humorist)
  • 4 0
 They should ban outside help and reintroduce bar raids, that would be epic! For those unaware, long time ago tdf riders were not allowed outside help so when they run out of water a designated team rider would literally steal whatever he could find from bars along the route and angry bar owners would in the end send unpaid bills to the race director haha
  • 4 2
 @danstonQ: le tour de pharmacie
  • 32 4
 They should add an mtb dh stage to the race. And a stage where the more beers they drink the more time gets taken off their final stage time, a real balancing act. And, why aren't we seeing huck to flat videos of all of their bikes?
  • 9 15
flag zoobab2 (Jun 28, 2024 at 1:20) (Below Threshold)
 The only interesting stage is where some MTB rider does a jump over the peloton:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY76LUrYs6g
  • 17 1
 @zoobab2: I don't know, the more skilled riders descending like complete maniacs is pretty good to watch.
  • 13 0
 I get the “here’s our sister site, please join” but maybe at least the articles posted in the PB list could not count toward the paywall limit.

Hoping for some epic podium battles this year.
  • 15 0
 Ahhhh, road cycling. The truly dangerous way to ride a bike.
  • 2 0
 300% more dangerous if your name starts with Primož and ends with Roglič. Hope redbull will keep him up this year!
  • 6 0
 "It is impossible to slip through the net" - UCI

Isn't the point of a net that it has some holes in it for things to slip through? Say top athletes who are helped out with a retrospective TUE?
  • 3 0
 "Are they gonna turn in their yachts? They're not gonna..." Bill Burr on the guys "who ran that filthy sport" at the end of his famous bit about Lance Armstrong. The best take on TdF ever if you haven't seen it.
  • 10 2
 Just came here for the dog and now leave
  • 11 5
 I thought PB was a mountain bike website... Oh well, it was before Outside...
  • 1 0
 Funny how the majority of the tech in "20 things that have changed" outside of aero came from mtb pioneering it in bikes. Disc brakes, tubeless, wider rims and tires, wide range cassettes and 1x.
  • 3 1
 I think Bobby Julich left something out of his “what to bring to the Tour” article.
  • 3 0
 they should make doping mandatory!!
  • 5 0
 Depending on who you ask it already is.
  • 2 0
 Why do I have a sudden need for a beret-shaped helmet?
  • 4 1
 Let’s go Sepp!!!
  • 1 0
 Nice
  • 1 1
 He has COVID so he's not racing this year.
  • 2 0
 Huh? The what?
  • 5 4
 Ummm….Isn’t this a mountain bike website?
  • 1 0
 Gah, no "sport" should give you pink camel toe.
  • 6 6
 Prayers for the dude with the mild sniffles.
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