Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[phreak]

What a race Healy is having. After Pogacar, he's probably been the most impressive rider, and hopefully Pidcock will be sat at home looking at this as a template for how he should approach GTs.

 

[gavroche]

Great French victory and well deserved. Bravo Valentin , you were the best today.

 

[phreak]

So, Vingegaard did the climb about 90 seconds faster than Mayo's record, which was set in a time trial. Not bad with a headwind as well.


View: https://x.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1947706920896246046

 

[stage hunter]

I couldn’t comment on the climb, due to watching NZ coverage again. Seems the tv pics take quite a while to get there.

Positive signs for Ving today I thought.

Pog did two little digs attacks and distanced him, albeit right at the end. Pog is throttling back for the Vuelta I think.

 

[Pblakeney]

So, Vingegaard did the climb about 90 seconds faster than Mayo's record, which was set in a time trial. Not bad with a headwind as well.


View: https://x.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1947706920896246046

Wait a minute! Pog started the climb behind him and finished in front of him so must have a faster time?

 

[Dorset Boy]

Pog knocked c6 minutes off his previous KoM on the climb, down to 53:47
Ventoux Segment
Oscar Onley was 55:32 today, so also smashed Pog's KoM.
Jonas doesn't seem to put his rides on Strava, so clearly he isn't actually real.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Couldn't have got that more wrong. When the GC group looked out of any stage contention I thought they were going to just follow each other to the line and that Mas was going to ride away to a comfortable win. Glad I caused a reverse commentators curse though, no need for everyone to thank me.

Given my initial response to you was pretty much: Yes, it's going to be rubbish I'm happy to say thanks.

Could you by any chance express the opinion that Pog has this completely wrapped up now?

Thanks in advance

 

[phreak]

Pog knocked c6 minutes off his previous KoM on the climb, down to 53:47
Ventoux Segment

I saw that Illi had the QOM on Hautacam as well. She's rapid going uphill.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Don't know if this link will work but it's a 10 year old picture of f Alex Dowsett and a very young Oscar Onley

Yay. It worked.


View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMAvnhvNoXa/?igsh=MXNyaTNhYmttc25yNA==

Is that @mididoctors lurking behind him, looking for a wheel to follow home?

 

[Dorset Boy]

I'll have to post my photo from last week when I rode the last few hundred metres of the Madeleine with Pauline FP and Marion Bunel

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Onley getting beaten up by red bull

 

[ddraver]

Well that was a brilliant Highlights stage to watch. A lot of brilliant team and individual moves and generally nice stuff happening.

Term finishes just in time for the Alps... 😎

 

[TomDW]

Great French victory and well deserved. Bravo Valentin , you were the best today.

Indeed, not who was on my radar but he'd obviously targeted it. Doesn't Valentin Paret-Peintre have the coolest name in the peloton?

 

[Cathryn]

Cracking stage. I'm going to crawl up Ventoux in a month's time - this has made me very excited (and considering renting an ebike!!)

 

[Cathryn]

Term finishes just in time for the Alps... 😎

What? I have two more days!