Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[mididoctors]

One minute schmmminute

 

[mididoctors]

Bit of a collection ..,

 

[mididoctors]

JA in a ditch

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Oops wrong Ineos riders fell, not G!😆

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Crash.
Alaphilippe and Rodriguez involved

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Magnus Cort fell off on the other side of the road

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Green jersey talk on itv4 again...

Have multiple intermediate sprints per stage, with points dished out for position and fastest times over the ~300m approach.

I don't agree with big points being dished out on mountain top finishes.

 

[mididoctors]

WvA clips off

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Another wibble Wout attack...

What a genius long con since the Giro!🤣

 

[Dogtrousers]

Green jersey talk on itv4 again...

Have multiple intermediate sprints per stage, with points dished out for position and fastest times over the ~300m approach.

I don't agree with big points being dished out on mountain top finishes.

That would be really complicated and I can't see the point. But maybe that's because I am stupid. Is it just a daft gimmicky idea or am I missing something

 

[Blazing Saddles]

This is very French from WVA.
Lots of panache, not much hope of success.

 

[kingrollo]

This is very French from WVA.
Lots of panache, not much hope of success.

He sprinted 500m up a hill !!!

And David Millar put him in the same bracket and as Pog + JV .... unbelievable....

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Raining in Valence….

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

He's going to catch the lead four, they are going to look at him and expect him to pull most of the time, while Wout gesticulates about his poor form and then Milan plus Merlier contest the sprint win.

 

[Pross]

That would be really complicated and I can't see the point. But maybe that's because I am stupid. Is it just a daft gimmicky idea or am I missing something

Sounds gimmicky, if they want the points jersey to be a sprinters jersey then they just need to have more flat, easily controlled stages. I'm not sure that's what audiences want though. They could also ensure the intermediate sprints are placed in locations that mean they are more likely to be contested by the sprinters. I'm pretty sure they brought the current system in to stop breaks hoovering up all the intermediate points and to create competition for Cav when he was in his prime (and seemingly not well liked by the organisers who would DQ him at every opportunity).