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Introducing Domestique Predict - How you can win a Santini Tour de France yellow jersey TT skinsuit

Domestique just got a new way to play! Domestique Predict is live, and the first game is built around the biggest race of the year: the Tour de France 2026.

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Here's how it works. 

  • For every stage, you pick one rider you think will finish highest. 
  • Your score for that stage is the rider's time behind the stage winner, minus any bonus seconds they pick up for a top-three finish. 
  • Stack those scores across all 21 stages and you get your own general classification, exactly like the real race. Lowest total time wins.
  • There's a catch: you can only use each rider once during the whole Tour. So no hiding behind Tadej Pogačar for three weeks. 

Pick badly, or back someone who doesn't finish, and you're not off the hook either. A missed pick or a DNF costs you the last finisher's time gap, plus a penalty.

The rolling opening kilometres lead into the climbs around Montjuïc, where the strongest riders may have to finish the job on their own. That puts the GC contenders under pressure from day one and makes the first stage especially hard to call.

There is also more than pride at stake. The player leading the general classification in Paris will win an official Santini Tour de France yellow jersey time trial skinsuit.

Make your pick, follow your progress and see how you compare with the rest of the field. 

Sign in and submit your stage one prediction before the race begins!

Tadej Pogacar - 2025 - Tour de France stage 12

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