Tour de France 2025

[Underachiever]

20 hours ago, Bub Marley said:

Gotta say well deserved for Vingegaard. His descending skills are next level. Pogacar has looked very cautious all tour which I think is down to his accident but today really highlighted how much more risk Vingegaard was willing to take. 

Nah, seems Tommeke was right all along 🙂

 

[Frosty]

3 hours ago, EddieV said:

how does Vingegaard take 2min 51s on Van Aert in 22.4km?

2 hours ago, Frosty said:

We don’t know if WvA was going all out. We don’t know if he was pacing the effort for his DS to then see what was possible. They’re on the same team, and could be all focus on ensuring 2020 doesn’t happen again. We will never know.

I’m not defending Jonas at all; my odds were on Pogačar to claw back time.

How does Jonas take 2m51 on WvA?
Similar in 2020 - Wout has never beaten these two on a "mountain" TT, but has on a flatter route.

[Underachiever]

4 hours ago, Vetplant said:

What I read from that... Campenaerts is DEFINITELY going for the win today.....

 

PS. Manipulation of the Y-Axis grinds my gears. This scale was selected for dramatic effect. Plot it from Zero and I'm sure it doesn't look as dramatic.

Marginal gains looks more "realistic" from zero...

Unless you want to market/sell something!!! Zoom is your friend.

[Vetplant]

3 hours ago, NC_lurker said:

Not disputing that the time gaps are rather large...but out of interest did you watch Vingegaard's ride? I'm not sure I've ever seen such aggressive riding on a TT bike. The speed he was going around corners brings to mind Pidcock's descent last year, just insane.

SNIP

Regardless of his speed on the climb, it appeared he was moving far faster than Tadej on the rest of the course as well.

 

[edgarblount]

[Frosty]

Just now, edgarblount said:

Froome had the same in 2013, based on one chapter in his book, The Climb. He, and Richie Porte, had blood and urine tests after a particular “unbelievable” stage and again the following morning.L (blood only).

[Frosty]

4 hours ago, Vetplant said:

This scale was selected for dramatic effect. Plot it from Zero and I'm sure it doesn't look as dramatic.

[Vetplant]

15 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Wait, don't you "ballies" hold something at arms length when you struggle to read it...?

[Frosty]

44 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Wait, don't you "ballies" hold something at arms length when you struggle to read it...?

We only need glasses because our arms aren't long enough to hold the device far enough away

[JohanDiv]

I guess that is officially Game Over now.. ai jai jai..

[Vetplant]

2 minutes ago, JohanDiv said:

I guess that is officially Game Over now.. ai jai jai..

Pogacar popped out the back!

Other GC shifts are bound to happen today in the Top10

[JohanDiv]

Jip and there goes Adam Yates as well

[Jewbacca]

This is entertaining 

Yoh

[Vetplant]

Jonas going to take this stage? Is 2min40 too far?

[Jewbacca]

6 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Jonas going to take this stage? Is 2min40 too far?

Not if the fans/cars block the road!

[Vetplant]

2 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Not if the fans/cars block the road!

FFS!