Tour de France 2023 (spoilers welcome.. watch the fkn race)

**The SnowShow** · 07-22-2023, 09:28 PM

What a fucking Tour this year. Great ending today.
And Jonas announced he’s riding the Vuelta.

**TBS** · 07-23-2023, 01:19 PM

Great sprint finish
Where do I send money to the Kat5 gear fund?

**Dee Hubbs** · 07-23-2023, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by TBS

Great sprint finish
Where do I send money to the Kat5 gear fund?

PMed.

**Dee Hubbs** · 07-23-2023, 09:18 PM

Great finish today. Best tour I’ve watched in years, really exciting, hardly any snoozer stages.
As for Kat5 (Mrs Dee Hubbs) she is very humble, I told her she needs to make a Winners Speech. She was actually cheering for Benneke10, and hoped that he would win today.
She wants to make a donation to the foundation that Pello Bilbao has ben supporting in honor of Gino Mader.
As much as we loved the tour, we are glad the tour is over, no more calculating jersey points vs stage winner points, checking betting odds, listening to podcasts, and last minute rider changes at bedtime. We’ll be able to focus on our real world work again.

PM for my PayPal or Venmo address.

**TBS** · 07-23-2023, 10:31 PM

Cool about her donating to BaSOS
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bil...of-gino-mader/

**::: :::** · 07-24-2023, 07:27 AM

PP f&f sent
Congrats Kat5!!

**Benneke10** · 07-24-2023, 09:10 AM

Congrats to Kat 5 on another great victory! I had a lot of fun playing this year, I think its 3 years in a row of finishing second? I think this was the closest one so far. I continue to be impressed by her tactical prowess, already looking forward to playing again next year.

**sirbumpsalot** · 07-24-2023, 10:46 AM

I think its time to just set up a direct deposit for Kat5....this is becoming a pattern! Congrats!

**kinkilla** · 07-24-2023, 12:10 PM

Sent along. Was a fun tour this year, with some of the best racing being after the GC had been decided. I'll be back next year

**Laps** · 07-24-2023, 03:19 PM

Great way to watch the tour, even had hopes to escape the lantern rouge but they were dashed.
$$ sent to Deehubbs…. He told me he’d get it to Kat5!

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**Garth Bimble** · 07-24-2023, 03:35 PM

Just got back home from my trip today...guess I didn't win.

Will send $20 to the address on file. Props to Kat5 for the win and the philanthropy.

See everybody next year!

**Alpinord** · 07-24-2023, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Powder Ho

Sepp Kuss looked like a civil war vet minus the fife and drum.

And minus the beard, plus stitches:

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Awesome TDF with lots of great stories and great, talented individuals kicking ass.

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**JayPowHound** · 07-24-2023, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

What a fucking Tour this year. Great ending today.
And Jonas announced he’s riding the Vuelta.

Jumbo bringing the double headed attack with Roglic as well. Evenpooele in, Pogacar out. Geraint Thomas rounding out the GC contenders.. should be a fun race.

**Thaleia** · 07-25-2023, 10:25 AM

Sounds like no one jumped over the peloton this year?

**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 07-25-2023, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Thaleia

Sounds like no one jumped over the peloton this year?

I didn't see any, or any topless women giving tips to the riders.

**EWG** · 07-25-2023, 02:19 PM

Frederic Grappe, the performance director of Groupama- FDJ, just flat out accused Vingegaard of doping. So that's some good drama. Last week Grappe made some oblique comments, then Jumbo accused FDJ of not being professional by letting the riders drink alcohol during a rest day, which FDJ denied.

But Grappe just raised the stakes in a big way.

**JayPowHound** · 07-25-2023, 07:50 PM

If I'm not mistaken weren't there shots in the Netflix doc of a team drinking champagne after a stage win last year?

**mcski** · 07-25-2023, 08:35 PM

Winning Teams almost always have a glass on the way into Paris. Never heard anything about some absurd ban on drinking during the tour. The idea that’s verboten is retarded

**Dee Hubbs** · 07-26-2023, 09:34 AM

Kat5 and I made a donation today to Justdigit.org in Gino Mäder's name. This was the organization that he was passionate about, and he was supporting their reforesting project. They have named a reforested area in Spain after Gino.

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**mcski** · 07-26-2023, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by EWG

Frederic Grappe, the performance director of Groupama- FDJ, just flat out accused Vingegaard of doping. So that's some good drama. Last week Grappe made some oblique comments, then Jumbo accused FDJ of not being professional by letting the riders drink alcohol during a rest day, which FDJ denied.

But Grappe just raised the stakes in a big way.

Where did you see this comment?