The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham news and links for Tuesday, July 21 - Cartilage Free Captain

What the report says

SB Nation’s Cartilage Free Captain used its July 21, 2026 “Hoddle of Coffee” column to focus less on Tottenham Hotspur and more on a major Tour de France development: Jonas Vingegaard’s withdrawal after a crash on Stage 15. The post said the two-time Tour winner fell while riding in the peloton with Tadej Pogacar nearby, was taken away by ambulance and was later confirmed by his Jumbo Visma team to have a broken clavicle requiring surgery.

The column framed the incident through Vingegaard’s long-running rivalry with Pogacar. It noted Vingegaard won the Tour in 2022 and 2023, while finishing second behind Pogacar in 2021, 2024 and 2025, and said he appeared headed for another runner-up finish this year before the crash. The post also recalled Vingegaard’s serious 2024 Tour of the Basque Country injuries and said he entered this Tour after winning the Giro d’Italia.

The author discussed questions being raised about overnight anti-doping tests, writing that Vingegaard was woken at 2 a.m. and Pogacar at 5 a.m. before the stage. The post said Pogacar suggested the timing may have contributed, while the writer cautioned that anti-doping protocols exist for a reason and did not assert a proven link.

With Vingegaard out, the column said Remco Evenepoel won the stage and that the race for places behind Pogacar could involve Evenepoel, Paul Seixas, Isaac Del Toro and Tom Pidcock. The broader significance is that one crash abruptly changed the shape of the Tour and removed one half of cycling’s leading rivalry from the race.