Tour de France 2025

['Dale]

Possible invitation to the Tour de France pending. However, new backers in the mix.

Pic: Team Astana, Instagram

['Dale]

Grey shorts in the peloton as MAAP enters the WorldTour peloton

Sauce: CyclingNews

['Dale]

Gotta love high performance environments 

 

['Dale]

The rainbow jersey at the training in Calpe, gripping the gull wing handlebars on the new Colnago aero bike

Sauce: IG

[babse]

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/video-tadej-pogacar-takes-coll-de-rates-kom-fan-captures-full-uae-leadout-for-world-champion-who-climbs-at-31kmh-for-12-minutes

 

Looking positive for everyone else 😮‍💨

['Dale]

19 year old Matthew Brennan just took his 2nd stage win in Spain, wearing the GC jersey. Good enough, yes. Old enough for the big touring circus though France, hmmm. 
That opening stage win a few days ago - sensational.

 

[The Tourminator]

55 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

19 year old Matthew Brennan just took his 2nd stage win in Spain, wearing the GC jersey. Good enough, yes. Old enough for the big touring circus though France, hmmm. 
That opening stage win a few days ago - sensational.

 

Agree he's looking like a sensation. Groves is a multi grand tour stage winning rider and Bittner also has one. For 19 year old he's a really versatile sprinter. Reminds me almost of a young Sagan. I don't think Jumbo will send him to the Tour. Apparently he's never done a stage with 3000meters like one of the Catalunya stages. I think we'll probably count him in for next year's giro as a grand tour debut. If he continues improving like this, a tour de france debut win at the UK grand depart in 2027 wouldn't be that surprising.