Confusion climate control, the joint stage win today. What else have we got going on? We had Brian Smith today listen to in EuroSport commentary, the Scottish lad. If anyone hasn't heard me yesterday talking about Brian Smith, he's wore the same t-shirt in a different color every single day. But Brian actually pulled out short today so that was well appreciated. It was a bit of a scandal short now. It was not a sort of style we used on Euro sport, out of bloid. Some pretty cool shorties being pulled now. The leadership debate on team Inyels, it's well and truly settled now. The leader of team Inyels is Eigen Bernal. Eigen Bernal is the Moyer-John in the Tour de France, 22 years old. Have we just entered the Egan Bernal era of cycling? You know who's to say he could have 15 years of absolute dominance to come. He needs to learn how to time trial but he's so potent in the hills. We haven't seen anything like it in a long time and as if he wraps up this Tour de France which I suspect he will tomorrow this could be the beginning of a very beautiful reign for Colombian cycling. Thomas is a solider, Thomas will fall into line. Thomas has put in some great performances through the years in support of Bradley Wiggins and then Chris Froome and Richie Porte. Thomas is going to do the same again. Thomas is going to fall into line and he's going to play the world's strongest domestic tomorrow. I don't expect We'll see Thomas make any bids tomorrow. Like we might see Ella Fleepe crack and in any else 1-2. But I don't suspect Thomas is going to attack an endanger. Bernal's yellow jersey tomorrow. I think Thomas is going to be quite happy and look on toward. It's quite a successful defence of his Tour de France title, especially with a team base taking the jersey. Look, once the dust settles on this, I don't agree. with the decision today to stop, to take the time, to top it a climb. I don't suspect a lot of the French cycling fans are publicly agreed, but I think when the dust settles and out of my year racing in France, so I'm going to claim myself to adopt the French son, I think if they're going to look back and they're going to see this was quite a magical tour of France. Like today was a bad day. You know, the birthday, I think, lost the King in the mountains, Jersey, Pino, Bandon, the Nala Philippe lost the Moir-John. It's a bad, bad day. French Soiklin has been well used to bad days. They have not seen a lot of success in the last decade. David Moncoutier, he was a great writer, big fan of Moncoutier. I was just trying to think back there to French writers who've brought them a bit of success. We're entering in here now. where they're potentially looking as, not more potentially, that's not strong enough there. Mokes probably looking at saying a lot of success. Should Alif Aleep, change should Alif Aleep become now a three week tour rider. If you can hold the Yellow Jersey for that long in the Tour de France, you're a GC rider. Now, do we wanna see him sacrificing the classics? He's on the Strata Bianchi this year. He will meet Milan Sanremo. He's a lot more to give on the classics, But he's also a lot more to give as a Tour de France or GC stage racer in three week grand tours. So we need to think, well, Alif Aleep needs to go away and think what does he want to be because the kid has the world out of his feet and he can be whatever he wants to be. Bit of a Peter Pan type character at the moment. So yeah, I think the French are going to look back and they're going to say this was a phenomenal tour entertainment voice, but it's a phenomenal breakthrough tour for France as well. We have the team in, you know, Steve Brails first. We painted them yesterday as the Pantomine villain. They are the team everyone loves to hate. We, you know, getting build up all the climbs, which, you know, I think is fine because you're allowed to be a partisan fander, French. And people are allowed. We don't like the dominant. We like to see the underdog. It's something in us. We like to see the underdog do well. And I'm no different. I'm not a team in, you know, as our team's got a hater, but it would have been nice to see Alifley Paulton on. would have been nice to see that sort of dominance challenged. But it looks like they're gonna do it again. They're four different Tour de France winners since they started the project. We'd obviously Wiggins in 2012 with an amazing season where he went to a tinky one to do he win.
Swiss Dauphiné, Criterium, Necrotarium Dauphiné, Tour de France and Olympics all in the same year. It's a pretty part that he might even want. I think he's that year as well. I can't remember. It was a pretty mental year for Wiggins. Then we had the film here, Thomas last year, cap it off, his tour de France, went on the top of Alpe d'Huez. I was actually there, it was phenomenal. Just what struck me on that last year. And I remember thinking it at the time, true, a haze of beer goggles, and inhaling smoke from flares, and just an onslaught of Dutch corner of noise and just smell and just true to crowds as they parted kind of egg and burn out on the front. Like a mountain shirt by Gordon Thomas of the mountain and you couldn't help but think he's a future Tour de France winner. He was 21 years old and he was at the best in the Tour de France and it looks like he's going to fulfill that potential. So we wiggens from Thomas and now burn out all under the Braelsford project that look like they're gonna see it again this year. Tomorrow what's gonna happen, who's gonna attack? We've 130 kilometers from Alberville to Valthorin. We haven't gone up Valthorin that often, we treat climbs tomorrow and that culminates obviously in the Valthorin climb which we haven't used since 1994. Incidentally we had a Colombian winner up there last time we are up. The GC is sitting at the moment with Colombian, Aigen, Bernal, 22 years old leading Tour de France with the house voice favor Julian Alafleap at 45 seconds, Grant Thomas at 103, Kreuzwig at 115 and Buckman at 142. Who's gonna attack tomorrow? Look, I don't think Alafleap is gonna attack. I don't think he is... I don't think he's gonna risk because podium position. I think he's got to be looking there. Everyone's looking to maintain at the moment. I would think with the exception of Christwick. He's not a very attacking rider though. He hasn't much about him but he had Lawrence the Blue stare in the final today. He normally has George Bennett, arguably has the strongest team. Can he attack? I'd say his best chance of getting on the podium is Alifah Leib cracking tomorrow. I just can't see Thomas and I can't see Brannal being shifted. For me it's an Agan Brannal, Tour de France win. He's the Tour de France champion elected at the moment. It's his to lose. I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna call the podium. I'm gonna say it's Brannal Thomas Christwick. I think French hearts are gonna get broken again tomorrow. I think I'll leave it deep on the climb today. I'd love to see him going down Gunsblaze in tomorrow. I think every cycling fan would Imagine if we say an attack from illuminating the race. I would absolutely love it, but I'm just not too sure. And yesterday we even talked about Aleph Aleep saying if he did lose the jersey, he'd love to lose it to Tivo Pino, but you know, obviously with Tivo Pino, I banned them today. It's just, it's a double kick in the T for Aleph Aleep. And I'm gonna leave you with this one. Aleph Aleep said afterwards, I don't think I can get the yellow jersey back. It was a dream to have worn for so long. It was longer than I could have ever imagined. I push myself every day, and even today on the last climb and on the descent, until I ended up in the car. I want to thank all my supporters, I don't have any regrets. Julian Alifelib, Chappell. Guys thanks for listening to the A1 Show Tour de France podcast. Again, as I said yesterday, we don't have a show sponsor at the moment, so what I would ask you to do in lieu of me chilling show sponsor stuff to you is to subscribe to the podcasts, leave a review for the podcast, share it round, recommend it to a friend, and we're back tomorrow with more of these crazy tour de France insights. That was honestly phenomenal, and I'm just, I'm actually thankful to have these podcasts as an outlet event about today, because I needed to get some, which it is off my chest, as I'm sure you do as well. So don't be sure to start debates in the comments on our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and I'll get back to as much as I can. Guys, thanks for listening to the rant, and until tomorrow, Be valator and be valor distance. Come on Alpha Leap!