Tour de France 2025

[betaboy]

But how is Jay Vine? His the guy with the worst injuries and no one’s talking about him? Only the big stars are getting the attention….

[peepeekaitjie]

6 hours ago, betaboy said:

But how is Jay Vine? His the guy with the worst injuries and no one’s talking about him? Only the big stars are getting the attention….

He is not a TdF contender but here: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/07/australian-cycling-star-jay-vine-avoids-spinal-surgery-after-horror-crash-in-spain

[peepeekaitjie]

Remco also having success surgery 

https://www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/6493/remco-evenepoel-update

[DieselnDust]

Remco  & jonas both had successful surgery. Jonas is the bigger tragedy because of the collapsed lung. I doubt he’ll be a contender at tdf if he turns up. Remco will likely be there but similar to Tadej in 2023, might be healed but the body takes a lot of energy to heal so I doubt he’ll be in peak form

[peepeekaitjie]

50 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Remco  & jonas both had successful surgery. Jonas is the bigger tragedy because of the collapsed lung. I doubt he’ll be a contender at tdf if he turns up. Remco will likely be there but similar to Tadej in 2023, might be healed but the body takes a lot of energy to heal so I doubt he’ll be in peak form

Now it is a race to see who will heal and recover the fastest

[DieselnDust]

9 minutes ago, peepeekaitjie said:

Now it is a race to see who will heal and recover the fastest

I’m sure there’s an appropriate Monty python skit to apply here < searches archives>

[Zebra]

19 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

I’m sure there’s an appropriate Monty python skit to apply here < searches archives>

"...BRING OUT YOUR DEAD, BRING OUT YOUR DEAD...."

 

 

[Frosty]

Every year, I wish for no crashes in the Tour, and that the best rider wins. Seems this needs to be extended to the whole season. 

[Irvin85]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

Remco  & jonas both had successful surgery. Jonas is the bigger tragedy because of the collapsed lung. I doubt he’ll be a contender at tdf if he turns up. Remco will likely be there but similar to Tadej in 2023, might be healed but the body takes a lot of energy to heal so I doubt he’ll be in peak form

Tadej is doing the Giro as well, so he might be a bit tired for the tour. That might be their saving grace to a level playing field. But I doubt Jonas will be at the starting line. 

[peepeekaitjie]

20 minutes ago, Irvin85 said:

But I doubt Jonas will be at the starting line

that's fine, he already has 2. he can do the Vuelta and the Giro instead

[Shebeen]

1 hour ago, peepeekaitjie said:

Now it is a race to see who will heal and recover the fastest

When this crash happened I went to look at the cycling betting. before then it was jonas miles ahead of the rest. they took the options off, and have returned with this:

 

 

there is one clear winner here - Ineos. How they can maximise it is a big ask though

[Irvin85]

52 minutes ago, peepeekaitjie said:

that's fine, he already has 2. he can do the Vuelta and the Giro instead

We might see Kuss as the designated leader for the Bee's then. 

[Vetplant]

24 minutes ago, Irvin85 said:

We might see Kuss as the designated leader for the Bee's then. 

My biased view is that they should set Kuss free to go for GC, but then as a team they should just focus on going stage hunting for WvA, bump up his 9 stage victories to 15 and bag the Green jersey...

 

[DieselnDust]

44 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

When this crash happened I went to look at the cycling betting. before then it was jonas miles ahead of the rest. they took the options off, and have returned with this:

 

 

there is one clear winner here - Ineos. How they can maximise it is a big ask though

Bernal is coming back to some sort of form. Dark horse that one.

[peepeekaitjie]

15 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

My biased view is that they should set Kuss free to go for GC, but then as a team they should just focus on going stage hunting for WvA, bump up his 9 stage victories to 15 and bag the Green jersey...

 

pity WvA is also out with a fractured collarbone, fractured rib(s), and fractured sternum. Let's see who can recover and adequately train by the time the TdF rolls around. 

 

 

 

[Shebeen]

1 hour ago, Irvin85 said:

We might see Kuss as the designated leader for the Bee's then. 

Thought so too - I just put R20 on him at 34-1.