Watt Police

We made best and worst possible Tour de France 2024 teams in Velogames with Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Wout van Aert and other riders

In this episode we discused INEOS Tour de France hopes, transfer policy, Jim Ratcliffe, Rod Ellingworth, Remco Evenepoel transfer, why INEOS don't have a development team and Women's team and other topics.

Joao Almeida and Adam Yates dominated on Villar Sur Ollon on Tour de Suisse stage 7 and 8, both UAE riders finishing 1-2 on both days and in the overall classification. In the Tour de Suisse Women Demi Vollering won stage 1 and 2 mountain time-trial with Gaia Realini, Elisa Longo Borghini, Kim Cadzow, Urška Žigart and other riders performing at a high level.

With perfect conditions and a competitive environment, almost all the GC riders set their best pure ᵉW/Kg values or close them in the exciting Tour de Suisse stage 6 mountain top finish. Adam Yates pushed 7.19 ᵉW/Kg for 19:31 min, while Joao Almeida with more draft averaged 7.13 ᵉW/Kg. Mattias Skjelmose after an unsuccessful stage yesterday performed better on easy parcour with 7.13 ᵉW/Kg for 19:36 min. All three riders broke the All-Time Top 30 trend line, which has become more like the red Generational trend line as the riders have improved in the last two years and continue to reach new heights. Even Egan Bernal and 10th place finisher Felix Gall broke the red trend line, which 10 years ago in the Sky era even in such perfect conditions was practically impossible.

UAE Emirates with Adam Yates and Joao Almeida performed really well in the first two Tour de Suisse mountain stages. Adam Yates was the fastest climber from the GC group on both days, while Almeida pushed high watts and performed exceptionally. Egan Bernal, Enric Mas, Matthew Riccitello, Mattias Skjelmose, Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley performed on one or both days.

Primož Roglič won Criterium du Dauphine stage 6 and 7 but cracked on stage 8 almost losing the GC to Matteo Jorgenson. Derek Gee, Carlos Rodriguez, Oier Lazkano, Laurens de Plus, Aleksandr Vlasov and others showed good performances on mountain days

Tadej Pogačar did a huge performance on Monte Grappa in the 2024 Giro d'Italia Stage 20, winning his sixth Giro stage. The Slovenian destroyed again his GC rivals Geraint Thomas, Dani Martinez, Antonio Tiberi, Ben O'Connor and others.

Tadej Pogačar dropped huge watts in Giro d'Italia stage 15 on Passo di Foscagno, dropping his rivals and gaining almost three minutes on Geraint Thomas, Daniel Martinez, Ben O'Connor, Romain Bardet and other strongest GC riders in this Giro.

Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates played it safe on the Prati di Tivo stage, easily controlling the strong breakaway and the final climb. Pogačar marked the moves in the final two kilometres and did not attack, instead opting to win the bunch sprint at the end. Thymen Arensman, Antonio Tiberi and Michael Storer tried to attack but without success. Giro d'Italia stage 8 2024