This could be anywhere in France, you just need a frenchman in yellow and everyone goes crazy. I was there that day and I just went crazy when he flew past us. It‘s like we helped him and pushed him to win this and he just gave us all an overdose of joy and of goosebumps 😂🤙🏼

Vive Montlucon

Moi aussi! J‘y étais avec la caravanne du Tour. On s‘est tous mis au bords de la première montée et on a gueulé comme des animaux. On était tous avec lui et on l‘a poussé vers sa victoire en jaune. Ptn c‘était incroyable!

The ridges are to break up the airflow so that turbulence doesn't form, as far as I remember. I know I've seen some helmets with a similar design concept (wind-facing ridges, golf ball dimples, etc) but I haven't seen it put on a bike yet to my knowledge.

@@Scatmaster111 Isn't it to create some turbulence (a bit like zig zag strips) as turbulent flow stays attached to the surface better which can help reduce drag (as opposed to separated flow)? Or is it another effect and if it is do you know the name of it?

Thanks, yes I remember as a kid we used to kick Frido footballs around and they were covered in goosebumps and the ball travelled straight and smoothly through the air, but in time the bumps wore off and the smooth ball would snake through the air as turbulence and eddies built up around it.

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Perdona?

@@ayaandy3251 doping !! Julian A.

Alaphilippe is not a leader aiming for the general classification as Lance Armstrong was, it is normal that he gives all his energy to extend his yellow jersey for a few days. He will obviously be exhausted for the mountain and someone else will have the yellow one (Ineos...). So please compare what is comparable

This stage was exactly what he like. Short climb. He already won different time trial. It's still less surprising than a specialist of indoor cycling being better than the best climber. Aka Geraint Thomas

Alaphillippe has been riding at the front like a defacto leader since the start whether he has ambitions for final yellow or not. All I pointed out is that if you look at past performance and his absence of visible fatigue at the finish, unlike it should be noted all his competitors, something just seems hinky. Btw I've seen Alaphillipe ride other TTs and this was someone else entirely. Granted the course suited him but it also suited Thomas and other thought to be superior time trialists. Power of the yellow jersey is motivation not strength.

@@thisishowthetruthdies684 At that moment, what he was on was an adrenaline high, did you just see that shit on the last 500m? the energy from the crowd as he pushes on the final climb, even I, sat on my ass watching through a screen, got some contact high from this shit, I'm fucking pumped right now

No don Oscar.. la fe no se puede perder la fe, deseo que Nairo mañana y en las etapas de loma le va mejor.. estos que ganaron hoy , mañana se van a desfondar.. Julian, Rigoberto (ya casi sin compañeros), mañana brillará Nairo..Éxitos Nairo seguimos creyendo en tus capacidades. 💪 👍

Nairopez cada vez mas lejo nada nada

He won 2 mountain stages and polka dot a year ago, why do you want to put everybody in boxes like that, Alaphilippe is ultra competitive like Valverde and wants to be at the front all the time, fair play to him, it makes for more excitiement, at this point he doesn't win stage races because he needs more stamina still, but he's focused, working hard and improving. Not everybody starts off as a serious 3 weeks tour contender from the start, he's like 27 years and has steadily improved many areas of his abilities over the past 4-5 seasons, is one of the best riders out there winning different kinds of races, ranked 1 on World Tour, what surprise is there than he can exist far into the second week of a grand tour? Cycling needs more riders like him who value all seasons on the calendar.