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The Devil Shows the Way TdF26-141
I think that even the gendarmes like the devil or perhaps I should say they enjoy Didi Senft. It seems he was the only person allowed on the inside of the barriers once passed the Four-Kilometer Banner. Has he saluted every rider, it seems he was showing Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) showing just were those that had dropped off the leaders were at up the road. With three-and-a-half kilometers left to the mountain top finish the Maillot Jaune could almost see his quarry for stage honors. Not only was he on his way to an almost sure stage win atop Alpe d'Huez, he was also recording the fastest ever ascent of the fable climb eclipsing Marco Pantini's record by three minutes I believe. Maybe he has made a deal with the Devil to be this amazingly good.