OTA = over the air (I don’t have cable).
Brian
We come on the screen at 9:00, pounding on the barricades at the transition between the yellow Continental and whtle E.Leclerc signs. Those are my wife’s hands under the NBC logo, wearing grey gloves, red shirt with a king of the hill polka dot jersey on top of it. You can see us in shots for the next 30 seconds or so, especially as Bernal is coming to the finish line.
It was 4 stage wins (team time trial and 3 sprint stages). I also think you’re a bit hard on Jumbo (where it was De Plus with the monster ride and Bennett doing the best he could after a couple of crashes). Ineos still had Poels there to bring back any attack on Thomas and Bernal, just like he did the previous day when Kruiswerk attacked at half power (because he was saving energy for the last climb that never happened). Neither Bernal, nor Thomas showed any signs of weakness during that stage and Buchman had been “like a shadow” thoughout the mountain stages according to Kruiswijk. The main goal was to finish off Alaphilipe, and get a podium and not yet another 4th place for Kruiswijk.
Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone in this thread for the commentary, I don’t follow cycling closely enough to enjoy/appreciate the racing but I really enjoy following it through this thread.
Oops. Forgot about Wout’s win. And yeah, I’m being a bit hard on them, but I’d just really like to see a competitive Tour. If one takes Alaphilippe’s alpine time losses to be inevitable, then the only person who actually contested an Ineos win was Thibault Pinot. Nobody else within shouting distance in the GC made a single real attack in the mountains. Seeing Kruijswijk’s comments after the finish, I think I’ve underestimated how much being on the podium meant to him. I can’t really fault him for that, given his history at grand tour. But goddamit, I really want to see some other team win this race once or twice a decade.
InEOS has never won before and won it their first year in the tour with two podium spots. Honestly, quit your carping. 
We were staying at the same hotel as team InEOS after stage 20 and several of the crew were wearing Sky branded gear.
I don’t blame them. Much nicer looking kit than InEOS.
Next you’ll be telling me that Indurain didn’t ride for the same team as Valverde, or that Jumbo Visma isn’t Rabobank. 
Don’t say nothin’ bout Valverde. He’s a team of ONE.