Tour de France 2026: Our Favorite Moments and Final Takeaways | Episode 43

In Episode 43 of the Service Course Report Podcast, Ed Philbrick, Derin “DS” Stockton and Kurt “KS” Stockton gather for a final look at the 2026 Tour de France. The conversation begins with Mathieu van der Poel’s extraordinary final-stage victory in Paris before moving through Tadej Pogačar’s aggressive ride in yellow, Remco Evenepoel’s high-mountain breakthrough, Mads Pedersen’s green jersey and Lidl-Trek’s impressive team performance. The hosts also examine Uno-X’s memorable Tour, Decathlon’s support of Paul Seixas, Richard Carapaz’s relentless attacks, Sepp Kuss’ devastating crashes, concerns about mountain-stage crowd control, extreme heat, cooling technology and several important UCI decisions. The episode closes with the regular ride report, including injury recovery, Nashville cross-training, the Thurlow ride and Ed’s conversion to 35 mm road tires. Subscribe, leave a review, share the episode and send us your Tour questions. Chapters (00:00:09) - Postpartum Syndrome: Episode 2(00:01:52) - Favorite Moment of the Tour de France(00:04:41) - Peter Sagan on Red Bull(00:08:43) - Tom Vanderpool on the Tour(00:09:47) - Phillipson's Paris sprint(00:14:41) - The peloton's race(00:17:14) - Favorite Tour de France moment(00:22:18) - Trek Cycling Team's(00:24:55) - Lidl Trek: A good brand?(00:27:30) - On the Injury Reserve: Duchene(00:30:09) - Enjoying the mountains of Tennessee(00:34:49) - Thurlow Rogers Crashing At His First Race(00:37:36) - Old Race Photos from the Early 1980's(00:39:27) - The Tour de France 2017(00:42:27) - Philipson and the Tour(00:46:39) - Olympic Race Preview(00:51:37) - What went wrong with the Net.net team?(00:56:25) - Thomas: I think Garen Thomas is too nice for cycling(01:03:23) - How to ride in the Tour(01:08:24) - Andy Sepkus Crash(01:13:36) - Tom Dumoulin on Tour(01:17:48) - Tom Dumoulin on the positive dope test at the Tour(01:19:23) - Philipson's Points Back(01:21:07) - Taste the Tour de France