Vingegaard & Visma Strike the First Blow | Tour de France Stage 1 | THEMOVE
7/4/202642 min
Lance, Johan, George, Sir Bradley and Spencer Martin break down the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France and how the team time trial sorted the GC and showed that Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike came to this race ready to fight back against Tadej Pogačar and UAE. They discuss how Vingegaard and Visma won, what to make of Pogačar's UAE team struggling to keep their team together, whether Filippo Ganna and Remco Evenepoel could have ridden the course faster on their own, and which GC contenders lost out. They also preview Stage 2 and what to expect from the difficult and complex finale in Barcelona.
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First 90 secondsLance Armstrong· Host0:00
Bradley, you said it, uh, w- with, with, uh, Pogačar losing just a little bit, amount of time that he did, uh, you said this sets up perfectly for him.
Bradley Wiggins· Guest0:08
It does, yeah.
Lance Armstrong· Host0:09
'Cause there is so much stress and pressure that comes- Yeah ... with the yellow jersey. I mean, he's... He didn't really lose any ti- He's right there.
Bradley Wiggins· Guest0:16
Yeah.
George Hincapie· Host0:17
Yeah, but, uh, I mean, you know how it is. I mean, first stage of Tour and you get that yellow jersey, now you got that, that high, that motivation- Very so, yeah ... the confidence in your team. [clears throat] Vingegaard hasn't worn the yellow jersey in several years. I don't know exactly how many, but he's in the yellow jersey once again. I feel like that's just gonna elevate him even more.
Lance Armstrong· Host0:33
[upbeat music] All right, everybody, welcome back to the Move podcast. We are going to talk about, finally, stage one of the 2026 Tour. But before we do, happy birthday, America.
Bradley Wiggins· Guest0:50
Yeah.
George Hincapie· Host0:51
Happy birthday.
Lance Armstrong· Host0:51
Boy, there's a lot, lot, lot, lot going on with this birthday. It's 250. It's, it's big. Um, uh- Yeah ... big, big time here in Aspen. I mean, coming down to the studio, just all the people going down. We're missing the parade due to the late start. Uh, but anyways, hope everybody's having a great fourth. You too, even- Yeah, no, I mean, I'm loving it. [laughs] [laughs] I- Even the donuts this morning were- And the donuts were glazed- Glazed ... this morning in the studio with red, white, and blue. Uh, and, and we were watching the race, and I asked Sir Bradley, I said, "Do, do you guys have one of those? Like, what the..." He goes, "No."
George Hincapie· Host1:26
No.
Bradley Wiggins· Guest1:27
We colonized everyone.
Lance Armstrong· Host1:28
He's like, "Yeah."
George Hincapie· Host1:29
Yeah.
Lance Armstrong· Host1:29
"We,