La Planche des Belles Filles

There was a bit of a decline, I would say, but not that significant.

2020, the infamous Planche des Belles Filles time trial, which of course finished uphill, but there was a-

Mm

... long, flat portion before that.

Uh, yeah, I just think he's, he, he potentially gonna be given a bit more free rein.

I mean, there was a story a couple weeks ago about how, about how Tadej Pogačar still feels bad about Planche des Belles Filles.

Uh, and so maybe he just gets, gets to head up the road and win some stages as a, as a "I'm sorry to my fellow Slovenian." [laughs] Something like that.

We can always hope.