{"id":46049,"date":"2025-07-24T14:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46049"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:10:29","slug":"tdf-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46049","title":{"rendered":"TDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In case anyone else is following the Tour de France besides me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pogi is a beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredible speed and power from Pogi ?<br><br>Tadej Poga?ar extended his overall lead with this blistering acceleration &#8211; all in the saddle &#8211; on Stage 18 of the Tour de France.<br>_______<br>?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMrr87A3kY\">pic.twitter.com\/GMrr87A3kY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Velon CC (@VelonCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VelonCC\/status\/1948462869894537331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tadej Pogacar is firmly in control of the general classification as Ben O\u2019Connor\u2019s big stage win launches him into the top ten! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EV5RlDLica\">pic.twitter.com\/EV5RlDLica<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBC Sports Cycling (@NBCSCycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSCycling\/status\/1948413423781347602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n  <thead style=\"background-color: #4CAF50; color: white;\">\n    <tr>\n      <th>Stage<\/th>\n      <th>Date<\/th>\n      <th>Yellow Jersey<\/th>\n      <th>Green Jersey<\/th>\n      <th>Polka Dot Jersey<\/th>\n      <th>White Jersey<\/th>\n      <th>Combativity Award<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n      <td>18<\/td>\n      <td>Thu 07\/24<\/td>\n      <td>Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/td>\n      <td>Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)<\/td>\n      <td>Daniel Felipe Mart\u00ednez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)<\/td>\n      <td>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)<\/td>\n      <td>Ben O&#8217;Connor (Team Jayco\u2013AlUla)<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note<\/strong>: The editor&#8217;s favorite (and fellow Canyon bike rider Mathieu van der Poel, was forced to abandon the race.  They said initially it was several days of fighting a cold. Turns out he had pneumonia and was still riding until he was forced to abandon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/tour-de-france-2025-mathieu-van-der-poel-abandons-race-pneumonia\">From Olympics.com:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mathieu-van-der-poel\">Mathieu van der Poel<\/a>&nbsp;has been forced to abandon the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/tour-de-france-2025-full-schedule-all-stage-results-standings-daily-updates\">2025 Tour de France<\/a>&nbsp;in its final week after being diagnosed with pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alpecin-Deceuninck&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/cycling-road\/\">cyclist<\/a>&nbsp;was showing symptoms of a \u201ccommon cold\u201d for a few days before his condition worsened on Monday, his team said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMedical tests revealed that Mathieu is suffering from pneumonia,\u201d Alpecin-Deceuninck added in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn consultation with the medical staff, it was decided that he can no longer continue the race. His health is the top priority, and rest and recovery are now essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/tour-de-france-2025-teams-riders-full-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour de France 2025: All riders and teams &#8211; complete list<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/2025-tour-de-france-faqs-how-to-watch-grand-tour-cycling-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Tour de France: FAQs and how to watch Grand Tour cycling live<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMathieu will be required to rest for at least one full week. After this period, he will undergo further medical examinations to assess his recovery and determine the next steps in his rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van der Poel had won Stage 2 on 6 July to briefly wear the yellow jersey, and was in contention for the sprinter\u2019s green jersey, where he was third in the standings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case anyone else is following the Tour de France besides me. Pogi is a beast. Stage Date Yellow Jersey Green Jersey Polka Dot Jersey White Jersey Combativity Award 18 Thu 07\/24 Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) Daniel Felipe Mart\u00ednez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) Ben O&#8217;Connor (Team Jayco\u2013AlUla) Editor&#8217;s note: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1622,1623],"class_list":{"0":"post-46049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-featured","7":"tag-tdf","8":"tag-tdf2025","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46049"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46053,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46049\/revisions\/46053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}