Bryan Coquard

Lecknesund won from the break in stage seven.

Coquard stage eight in the sprint.

And then which stage did, did Pogacar crash? Stage eight?

Stage eight, correct.

Then we had the first rest day.

Tronchon won a sprint where Visma swaps it around and so Groupama, we started to have quite some nice winners in...

We had Coquard winning his first ever Grand Tour stage.

FDJ winning their first maybe World Tour race of the year.

...

Coquard was good, and then they rode with Coquard in the other sprint stages, so they were present.

Q365, yes, very present.

Eddie Dunbar wins.

Pogačar leaving the Vuelta, and as it turned out, the 2026 season, not in an umpteenth autumnal blaze of glory, but an ambulance.

The stage winner that day, an answer to future pub quiz brainteasers, Bryan Coquard of Cofidis.

That afternoon, Enric Mas would decline the red jersey out of respect.

He would end the following day wearing it with pride, having dropped all but Oscar Onley on the Aitana, and even beat the Scotsman in a sprint.

But maybe I'm gonna say a very big name, a rider that I really expect to be a big role rider during this Vuelta, and was pretty disappointed while he was racing, which was Mads Pedersen, Daniel.

He was fourth at Manosque, second at, uh, Serre Chevalier.

That is sprint, uh, won by Bryan Coquard.

But to be honest, those were the only two days we saw him-

What do you mean?

If Brennan's not there, Mayoz is in the wheel and Mayoz would've won or Coquard.

Yeah, but Mayoz is also a good sprinter, eh?

That's what I mean, but it's, like to your point, Cort's not qu-

Jörgen Mayoz is like 78, 79-ish in that, in that spectrum.

There's a gap.

Coquard is higher than 75, 74.

That, yeah, if we attach stats to the riders here hypothetically, then, uh, Cort will always lose if there's a faster sprinter, a notably faster sprinter in the wheel.

Uh, Matthew Brennan won the stage in a time of 3 hours, 56 minutes, 33 seconds.

Uh, Bryan Coquard was second.

It was at the Tour de France.

Excellent.