Kim held court
In yellow

Sarah’s gigantic pull
Took Kim here

Rouleur’s stage
Attacks from all

Day for the book
Africa reigns

#TDFF132 #TDF133

(Character count including first hashtag is 140)

A classic sprint
And lead-out trains
Was ahead
‘til a crash
Split the pack
And Wiebes and Vos
Were left to duel
In old Anjou

#TdFF132 #TdF133 #Stage3

Lorna and Marianne
Did renew their fray
But in the sprint
It was the former’s day

Another battle in Poitiers
A second win

#TdFF132

(Or should it be #TdF133?)

#TourDeFranceFemmes #Stage4

Fin du Tour Masculin (ou Tour Hommes)

Pas des résultats que j’ai voulu comme des années passées

But thank you all for those lovely words of encouragement & those general interactions, eg likes & reposts, for my #TdF133 posts

But above all merci bien @lesli.bsky.social for inspiring me

Haven't we had some good poems though. What a great idea of @tourdecouch.bsky.social to create #tdf133.
Encore. Vive Le Tour.
And bring on the 2027 UK Grand Depart. Hoping that the Tour de Femmes will start in Leeds like the 2014 Grand Depart. Bonne nuit.

Slippery when wet
The mountains by the Seine
Slippery when Wout
Dominant in rain

Tadej had been rampant
A champion on cobble
But Van Aert he loves Paris
The Champs Élysées double

#tdf133 Stage 21 #tdf2025   
Dedicated to ITV Cycling, the best sports coverage team. Au revoir x

Tradition says
Paris it will be
Time to relax
And a sprint

Montmartre slays
The Paris past
Time to race
And a Wout win

#TdF133 #Stage21 #Paris

ZOMG, bsky cycling peeps. This has been a fan-fucking-tastic three weeks. Thank you so much for all the excellent interactions, and for enjoying me trying to keep alive the #tdf133 tradition (RIP Cycling Twitter). Merci mille fois!

Champagne kilometers
gave way to slick cobbles
and snaking through the Louvre
a break on Rue Lepic
Pogi made it stick
Mateo gave cover
And then he moved over
So Woutje could make his move
Dropped Tadej at Sacre Coeur
A thrilling end for this Tour
This Belgian watt bazooka did prove.

#tdf133

Seriously I'm emotional watching that. And I haven't even finished watching Stage 20 highlights show yet. I paused to write the daily #tdf133 poem and check out some posts. Stage 21 will be emotional. Allez allez allez au revoir #itvcycling

Kaden Groves
On wet roads
Where corners bode
Ill
Did break away
As Frank
Did play
And the teams will have much
To say
As they
Take stock of a day
That got away
And now Tadej
May play
For a stage on the
Champs-Élysées
À demain
As they say
#tdf133 stage 20 #TDF2025

In skies laden
It was Kaden
Who shone
Alone
At the finish
Sharpish
In the break
For the win’s sake

#TdF133 #Stage20

No Alp
Was any help
To Jonas
As Pog
Held him close
In high hills

No battle royale
No slugfest
No win
No contest

A chess
Checkmate

#TdF133
#LesAlpes
#Stage18 #Stage19

I’ve got two #TdF133 poems to write up

I am going to do the two Alpine stages as one

The first two days. On holiday are always busy and tiring

Tears of joy
for Kaden Groves
he hits the finish
in rain soaked clothes
Harry Sweeny
Red dossard
Peloton
not pedaling hard
They'll all roll in
Vibes are chill
Til a crash
And a Cofidis spill
in the final meters
Did Pogi near kill
He shakes his head
wryly smiles
Safely home
after many miles
#tdf133

Forget the peloton
Status quo
No sparks or fireworks
From Pog or Vingo
Content to pedal
to Pontarlier
get thru the Jura
and be on their way
to the streets of Paris
and finish this race
Legs are weary
From the brutal pace
These gods are human
After all
Are we not pleased
By this spectacle?
#tdf133

Slick roads
Sweeny saves
Final climb
Ten riders brave
Rain pelts down
Summit banners wave
Côte de Longeville
Dicey descent
Caden Groves
Rides hell bent
Downhill crash
bikes slide out
The Champ of Spain?
There is some doubt
Nine miles to ride
For Groves alone
Can he hold on
to the finish zone
#tdf133

Arensman
Turned up the heat
Tadej meanwhile
Was downbeat

Wrapped up
In a mountain coat
Dreams of home
But still the GOAT

Paris just
Two days away
I wonder what
Concerns Tadej

Perchance he rues
Like you and me
The end of cycling
On ITV

Merci au revoir
@itvcycling
#tdf133 stage19 #tdf #letour

Farewell to the Alps
No fireworks from the leaders
Thymen takes the day

#tdf133

My Tour knitting is extremely basic - the stockinette bottom of a sweater tee where the lacework was done ages ago. I could never do colorwork, watch the Tour, and take notes for the #tdf133 poetry slam. 😁

Ben O'Connor
Earned the honour
On brutal climbs
That make a goner

But check that ride
Of Van Den Broek
As the chasing pack
Surged like a truck

Onto the Loze
And past GC
Only to watch
Oscar Onley

Be one of three
Elite, mais oui
22 seconds
To destiny

#tdf133 s18 #tdf #tdf2025

40 years viewing
Will soon be no more
No ITV Cycling
And no Channel 4

So many people
Discovered Le Tour
On free to air telly
Les velos bonjour

Sherwen & Liggett
Gary Imlach alors
Boulting & Millar
And so many more

And so ITV
We say Au Revoir
But we'll meet again
On Never Strays Far

#tdf #tdf133

Simon+Adam
tow their squads
from Courchevel
to Col de la Loze
an HC climb
above the clouds.
Their papa wears
a split jersey
bipartisan
because, you see
no favorites in
this family
1 rides for Visma
1 UAE
and can only be friends
when the race ends.
Oh and Ben O'Connor
today the stage wins.
#tdf133

#tdf133 worthy post. 😍

Wout was fast
But ran out of gas
And then the rain came down
The break of four
Had hoped for more
But they well knew the sound
Of copter blades
For TV feeds
As they approached the town
1k
Down like skittles
Bunch
Sprint
Somewhat little
But still big
Milan #tdf133 stage 17

Milan again
In the sprint
Under rain

Peloton asunder
As a crash
Trains did plunder

The break today
Towards Valence
Couldn’t stay

#TdF133

#Stage17

Long
Flat
Stage
Then shade

In the trees up
Where the knees up
Are put to the test up
is
And the only way

Tadej v Strava
Healy v Ventoux
Paret Peintre would rather
Win for France
#tdf133 s16

It's all over
Brave Jonas yields
He's swallowed by the pack
It's desperate moments
as the sprinters
prep their last attack
2 roundabouts
Sharp hard left
The leadout men get set
Sprinters delight
The 1k kite
A crash the pod has cleft
Merlier et Girmay stopped
Green jersey Milan finish topped
#tdf133

Abrahamsen rockets off
Albanese pursues
The 10 km kite
Appears above
A rolling catch ensues
Wellens drives
Ten second gap
The brave Norse god drives on
5k to pedal
Can his mettle
Match his Nordic brawn?

#tdf133

Treacherous finish
Left hand bend
A long thin line of bikes
The peloton is all strung out
They're riding blindly, yikes
And still the break has stayed away
With just ten miles to ride
Can these fellas pull it off?
Their catch has been implied
The peloton is gaining ground
Pressure is applied
#tdf133