VIDEO: Disgraceful fight between two older spectators on Alpe d’Huez as the Tour de France peloton passes
CyclingFriday, 24 July 2026 at 19:17
There are images no one ever wants to see. The Tour de France is effort, joy, sport, anticipation, ambition… Alpe d’Huez is, by some margin, the climb on the Grande Boucle with the best vibes. However, it isn’t always like that. Sadly, today we saw footage of two not-so-young “fans” who, after an argument, ended up trading blows.
Gentlemen, this is the Tour de France, this is cycling; we’re here to enjoy Tadej Pogacar and the rest of the peloton. Let’s hope we don’t see any more scenes like the ones below:
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- Pogi has once again proved all the doubters wrong, showing that some fools have no clue about cycling. Pogi single-handedly chased down the breakaway over 12 km, and those riders were no amateurs, they were the elite of mountain climbers. Carapaz, Lenny Martinez, and Kuss had a three-and-a-half-minute lead at the start of the climb, yet Pogi caught and beat them all on his own, without any help from his team, in truly epic fashion, setting a new record. It's proof that in cycling, it's always the legs that decide the outcome, not just team support. And in Stage 15, he could easily have won as well if he'd wanted to, but instead he chose to gift the victory to Remco, which only makes him even greater than he already is. Pogi is one of a kind. The greatest cyclist of all time and the greatest Slovenian athlete of all time. No one comes close to him. We should all be happy to have him. We're living through a cycling fairy tale that will probably never happen again. Tomorrow Pogi will once again be racing for Del Toro, for the white jersey and 3rd place.mus-musculuspeedypogigonzales24-07-2026
- Yes, I think Tadej would like Del Toro to take the white jersey and hold his podium position. I'm sure the team want it as well. Tomorrow is a incredibly hard stage. If Seixas has a great day he can be on the podium, I never thought I would say this, but honestly, a top five would be an incredible result for him at his age.awp24-07-2026
- Tomorrow, I expect a refined version if the stage 15 tactics - riding as a domestíque for del Toro, but late on riding for himself to drop Remco who is obviously stronger than del Toro
Rafionain-Glas24-07-2026 - Tomorrow, I suspect more babysitting Del Toro duty for Pogacar to make sure he stays third and neutralize any attacks from Seixas.
PogiFan2Day24-07-2026 - Of course CO is a poison. Just saying it won't kill you in small doses, therefore it's not a poison makes no sense. That is true of every poison.mobk24-07-2026
- Tomorrow Tadej follows wheels until they get close and then he'll make a decision. He has to be thinking about his Vuelta participation.awp24-07-2026
- In awe with that performance. I was in the middle of a workout and it made me pause just to watch the final few KM. Chapeau Tadej, amongst the rumours surrounding the blacks shorts, ill teammates, early doping tests, you proved your dominance still. You can’t not respect that.anonymouscyclist24-07-2026
- No, Jakob is entirely correct to classify CO as a poisonous gas, as it is intrinsically highly toxic. Its dosage doesn’t make it ‘less’ poisonous. In fact, this danger is precisely why teams are not allowed to use the Detalo Performance rebreathing machine without direct, in-person supervision. Because CO binds tightly to haemoglobin and leaves the body extremely slowly, without the correct, monitored and supervised dosage, it can build up overtime and suffocate you. It does not become ‘non-poisonous’ at low levels, it simply has a cumulative effect. CO is poisonous because, upon inhalation, it binds to the haemoglobin 200-300 times more strongly than oxygen. Haemoglobin carries oxygen to your body, and consequently, a sudden high dosage, or repeating low dosages, cause suffocation. You can’t compare it to CO2 either, it does not bind to haemoglobin anywhere close to the rate at which CO does. CO2 is only dangerous in massive, enclosed concentrations by physically displacing the oxygen in the air and suffocating you by physically preventing you from breathing oxygen. And let’s not get started on carbon monoxide inhalation.anonymouscyclist24-07-2026
- Good lord what a performance, meaning Martinez and Carapaz, after all their idiotic start-stop attacking. Speechless about and in awe of the dominant ride by Pogačar, so I have nothing more to say about him right now.RidesHills24-07-2026
- Really? What if this was actually a warning that they know something is going on and will be taking a closer look in future. Controls had been pretty lax the last decade and never found much, we may be entering a new round of catch up. This kind of stuff would only be available to the best off teams, it’s not something you can just order on the internet with a big black wallet..Mistermaumau24-07-2026
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