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Plappy's back from San Sebastián.
Max's off-season plans hinge on one thing: Melbourne's finals run. Either he's playing in a grand final, or he's Everesting a climb in South Australia with Ed Langdon — completely untrained, in the hunt to be the heaviest person to ever do it. Also floated: getting Plappy to hand down one of his old sports cars as the podcast's official team car.
On the bike: Wout van Aert's Denmark treble, Jensen's cruel near-miss ("biggest blue balls of my life" per his own Instagram), Marco Brenner's Poland win, Remco's record San Sebastián, and Felix Gall's Burgos victory — with Oscar Onley's return to form the one Plappy was happiest to see. Gianni Moscon adds another line to the rap sheet with a fresh DQ.
Max builds out his All-Australian squad (37 riders deep and counting, no room for Uno-X yet despite their stacked year) and floats basing a second Aussie team in Asia. Plus Max's Pillar Performance Top 5 out-of-contract riders — Danny van Poppel, Habats, Christophe Laporte, Toms Skujiņš and Laurens De Plus — a Comm Games track wrap, and the reveal of the TDF Femmes Zwift prize winner, a 26-year-old triathlete lawyer from Adelaide who couldn't have written a better use for it himself.
Plus your voicenotes.
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The final episode of an incredible nine days — Max makes his case for "Team FDJ," a 2024 grudge resurfaces, and one mid-race turn from an unlikely rider blows the whole GC group apart before the decisive finale.
In this episode:
Demi's callback to 2024 and the full context behind it — was Kasha really in the wrong?
Max declares himself "Team Demi" while defending FDJ's road captain instincts
Zoe Baxter's monster turn splits the group and takes down a podium contender
The "Longini" nickname is born, and UAE's surprising third-fifth-seventh haul
Breaking down the polka dot jersey points system — and why it clearly wasn't designed for the GC leader to win it
Full prize wrap-up: Oakley Metas, TDU hamper, and the Zwift setup winner still to come
A genuine debate on race length — should TDFF ever go beyond nine days?
What's next on the calendar for the whole peloton before Worlds
Amy signs off — for now — with a standing invite back for Social Club
🚴‍♀️ Tour de France Femmes 2026 coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones — thanks for following along all nine days
🎧 Zwift smart trainer winner announced on tomorrow's Social Club episode
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Will Max's solo laptop-battery monologue finally sees the light of day? Alex rides Ventoux himself, and a genuinely controversial corner sparks the most heated debate of the whole Tour — was it a block, or just racing?
In this episode:
Alex's own Ventoux ascent, and a Strava time nobody's allowed to see yet
Ventoux recap: Niewiadoma's decisive attack, and how badly the favourites underestimated her
Longo Borghini's quiet, selfless ride that may have saved someone's GC entirely
The corner that's split the podcast down the middle — Amy makes her case, with "extensive video evidence"
Vollering takes yellow for the fourth time in eight stages — genuinely one of the tightest GCs in years
What Canyon-SRAM should do with the white jersey heading into the final day
Prize money reality check — why the white jersey might be worth less than a sausage roll and a Coke
Final stage preview: four ascents of the Col d'Èze, GC still wide open, huge prizes on the line
Tips locked in — including one accusation of bias that doesn't go unnoticed
🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial🕶️ Final stage prizes: Oakley Metas, a TDU hamper, and the GC comp winner revealed
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A stacked breakaway, a young French rider given the hometown blessing to attack, a runaway neutral service motorbike causing chaos, and a proper GC scare for one of the favourites heading straight into the Queen Stage.
In this episode:
FDJ's hometown gift to their young French talent, and EF's near-miss with their own descending specialist
Puck living her absolute best life — press conferences, breakaway points, GC top-15, all at once
A genuinely bizarre day for Visma — best 10-minute power ever, still gets dropped from the group
The neutral service motorbike incident that nearly took out the breakaway multiple times
Canyon-SRAM's tactical dilemma — using the white jersey to chase when GC is what matters most
Longo Borghini's one-woman chase effort, and what it says about her priorities
A tight, well-earned bunch sprint finish and what it means for the GC top five
Mont Ventoux preview: the Queen Stage, three GC contenders, and a genuine head-to-head shaping up
Another broadcast coverage miss — right before the biggest stage of the race

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Amy makes her BBC radio debut talking bra-gate, and back on the bike a genuinely brutal stage separates the real GC contenders from the pretenders — including one honest, disarming post-race quote that stuck with everyone.
In this episode:
Amy's whirlwind BBC appearance, and whether any press is good press
The UAE leadership saga gets an unexpectedly clear answer straight from the rider herself
Puck's KOM mission continues largely unopposed — why isn't anyone else fighting for polka dots?
The GC group splinters on the hardest climbing of the race so far — who survived, who didn't
A genuinely gracious post-race quote that says more about where the gap really is
Breaking down prize money across the men's and women's races — and why it matters more than you'd think
A Polaroid project update and the ongoing Zwift leaderboard chaos
Stage 6 preview: does the breakaway finally get its shot, or is everyone saving it for what comes next?

🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones
🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one
🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial
👟 Comment your Stage 7 tip for a shot at Giant shoes (Australia only)
💻 Tip the most stage winners across the Tour for a chance to win a Zwift smart trainer setup
#TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast