Plappy Has Legs & Jayco's Perfect Day | Tour de France Stage 13 Recap

About this episode

The episode recaps Stage 13 of the Tour de France, highlighting key performances and strategies from the race.

The stage everyone had circled finally arrived — a massive breakaway, a genuine tactical masterclass from Jayco AlUla, and Luke Plapp officially graduating from "names not legs" to the real deal. In this episode: How Plapp basically called his own tactics pre-stage, then executed them perfectly Jayco's four-man breakaway operation — Plapp, Matthews, O'Connor and Schmid working as one unit Why UAE let this one go, and whether that's smart resource management or a missed opportunity Pidcock's GC charge and the group of climbers who genuinely surprised on the day Mauro Schmid's drag-race finish and a first Tour stage win for Q36.5 Ineos' concussion protocol questions after Godon's rough finish More fuel for the Aussie Uno-X pitch — Gina, are you watching? Rest-day voice notes continue, including a full Remco fan club submission Stage 14 preview: the Vosges arrive, seven climbs and a completely new Tour ascent in the Col du Haag Two signed jerseys plus the usual prize suite up for grabs this week - New episode every stage - make sure you follow the show- Send us your hot take: speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial- Comment your Stage 14 tip on our Instagram post for a shot at Tour…

People in this episode

Host: Alex Clements

Topics covered

• Tour de France
• cycling tactics
• breakaway strategies
• race recap
• climber performance
• concussion protocol
• fan engagement

Keywords

• Plapp
• Jayco
• breakaway
• Pidcock
• Schmid
• Tour de France
• concussion protocol
• climbers
• Stage 14
• cycling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jayco AlUla, Q36.5, Ineos

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