20 Questions & a Rest Day Reckoning | Stage 15 Recap
About this episode
The episode discusses the dramatic events of Stage 15 of the Tour de France, including crashes, tactical maneuvers, and listener interactions.
A stage that flipped the entire Tour on its head — Jonas Vingegaard's race-ending crash, a wild UAE tactical scramble, and Max eating a full plate of humble pie after his breakaway predictions blew up spectacularly. In this episode: Why Visma's early race-long effort almost delivered the win — until it didn't A statement ride from one of the GC contenders, marking every attack to the line The unsung heroes: Quinn Simmons' all-day breakaway masterclass and Mauro Schmid's second big week The white jersey changes hands, and a growing rivalry for years to come More on the overnight 2am/5am doping controls, and whether it's fair that only the top two GC riders got woken up A shock sprinter abandon, and what it means for the remaining sprint stages Teams classification chatter continues, plus a genuine plan to reward the podcast's most accurate tipster Listener voice notes, fantasy league crossover talk, and the ongoing Aussie Uno-X sponsorship pitch Stage 16 TT preview: could a time-trial specialist finally break the GC stranglehold? Rest day plans — Max's 20-voice-note challenge to make a guest appearance 🎙️ Send us your voice note for the show at speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial
People in this episode
Host: Max
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Organizations: UAE, Visma, Uno-X
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