Week three legs are separating the field, the Alpe d'Huez debate isn't going anywhere, and the mailbag has thoughts on both. Chalk lines vs rope vs barriers, plus one photo of Pascal Ackermann that needs no further explanation. And yes, there was also a Queen Stage.In this episode:Week three legs — who's still got it, and who's cooked after three weeks of racingWorking through the mailbag on Alpe d'Huez — the good, the fair, and the "maybe don't say that" feedbackChalk lines vs rope vs barriers — trying to find the happy medium without killing the atmosphereThat Ackermann photo, and why it's the perfect encapsulation of the mountain's chaosCarapaz sets the record on the first climb out of the holes, then does it again late — third-week Carapaz is just a thing nowMads' baffling, brilliant, completely unnecessary KOM raid mid-Queen StageTadej's full-stage domestique ride for Del Toro, and Prodhomme's iconic stare-downSepp's double crash, near miss with the ravine, still smiling in the press conferenceReedy's Tour de France fantasy league shout-out, and the "Free Quinn Simmons" campaign beginsMore Aussie Uno-X funding chat — tech money still leading the raceStage 21 preview: the shortened Paris finale, wildfire disruption, Pogi and MVDP going long again

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