This was an enjoyable tour. Much as I like Phil & Bob, I mostly watched the ad-free international feed on Peacock, tuning into NBC for the finale each day...I'll miss having 5 hours of eye candy on in the background every day while working.
I DVR stages and keep some of my favorites. For a long time, I had Contador's last win on the Angliru, but I think I've dumped that. I have Degenkolb's win on the Roubaix stage of the 2018 Tour. Degenkolb has been a favorite for a long time (like GVA), and to get that win after the crash was awesome. Roglic's clinching the Red jersey from 2021's 20th stage, too. I can't figure out whether to keep the Grandon stage or the Hautocam stage. Probably will keep both. Stage 4 in Calais, Stage 5 over the cobbles, Stage 6 (IIRC) with Wout Van Vert attack with Quinn Simmons, Stage 7 up the Super Planche de Bel Filles, Pidcock on the Alp, Nielsen's stage, Pedersen, Houle, McNulty's big stage in the Pyrenees. Toss in LaPorte, too. It's ridiculous how many good stages there were.
Great Tour for the USA, too, with McNulty and Kuss having huge roles, plus Powless and Jorgenson all in the top 21. Lots of TV time for Simmons, who had a case for most combative. Dombrowski has to be mentioned, too, in case he's a Nats fan.
Simmons mentioned that after San Sebastien and the Tour of Denmark, there's a race in Maryland he's going to be in.
