Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[mididoctors]

He has green pretty much wrapped up

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Girmay not holding bars with right hand, not looking good.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

5500m climbing tomorrow!😱😱😱😱😱

 

[Blazing Saddles]

So, tomorrow we move onto what is undoubtedly the Queen stage. The three HC monsters account for almost 70kms of this 170km stage. Many, many vertical metres of ascent.

Date: 24/07
Stage 18:- Vif - Courchevel (Col de la Loze) (171.5 km)
Vertical metres: 5642

Map:

Profile:

Climbs:

Finish and Climb:

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Tomorrow is guaranteed to be a stonking stage with loads of attacks and one of Pog or Vini cracking. How do I know? I'm in the office and have a meeting that will last all day thus I'll miss the whole stage.

 

[Cathryn]

It will be less crowded from Sault and yes not as unrelenting as up thru the forest from Bedoin. I did it years ago (from Bedoin), back down to Sault for lunch and then a lovely ride thru Gorge de la Nesque back to Bedoin - which if you can incorporate any of that into your itinerary I would strongly recommend, it was breath-takingly beautiful.

you’re the second person to recommend that route! I just mapped it and my legs hurt already! I think it will depend on how I’m feeling! The spirit is very willing but the legs are weak…

 

[ddraver]

Bini reported as fine...

 

[Dorset Boy]

At least they're taking the easy way up to the Col de la Loze, and not doing the Meribel side!
First half of the Glandon is super hard.

 

[Mike_P]

Finding live stuff in a timely manner among all the football/rugby and nothing ever seems to be listed or advertised properly.

Categories - Sport. if its not obvious down to Sport A-Z and presumably C for cycling or T for Tour of Britain. Once you have watched or part of one should be listed on the main screen

 

[mididoctors]

At least they're taking the easy way up to the Col de la Loze, and not doing the Meribel side!
First half of the Glandon is super hard.

I hate the glandon

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Tomorrow is guaranteed to be a stonking stage with loads of attacks and one of Pog or Vini cracking. How do I know? I'm in the office and have a meeting that will last all day thus I'll miss the whole stage.

I'm stuck at work tomorrow but will record the whole day's coverage on ITV. Then going to do a "Bob and Terry" and try to avoid seeing the result.

The positive is I can fast forward through all the dead dog and donkey adverts

 

[Sunny Portrush]

I hate the glandon

I've done it from both sides and starting in Saint Etienne de Cuines was, to me, far harder. 17km of climbing and then the last two km are 10% and 11% - I think those 2k took me about 15 minutes lol

 

[T4tomo]

you’re the second person to recommend that route! I just mapped it and my legs hurt already! I think it will depend on how I’m feeling! The spirit is very willing but the legs are weak…

Most route mapping software make it look like there is lots of up and down as you run down the gorge, there isn't, it's about 20km of 1-3% smooth down hill. There is a small climb from Sault to get there, and a couple of small uphills back to Bedoin. I had a bit of help on that last bit as two kind Italians slowed up and gave me a wheel to suck back to Bedoin.

 

[mididoctors]

I'm stuck at work tomorrow but will record the whole day's coverage on ITV. Then going to do a "Bob and Terry" and try to avoid seeing the result.

The positive is I can fast forward through all the dead dog and donkey adverts

I know what a bob and Terry is ..... fark I'm.old

 

[Beebo]

I know what a bob and Terry is ..... fark I'm.old

It was 2 years before I was born and i know the reference.