Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[Blazing Saddles]

19kms covered in 35 minutes.

 

[T4tomo]

I'll turn into the last 20 mins of the highlights later and see who wins the sprint

 

[Dogtrousers]

When I see a rider in yellow my first thought is to automatically assume it's Pog.

 

[Beebo]

Almost feel sorry for commentators today.
There really is nothing to talk about.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

These stages are totally pointless nowadays. Since breakaways are not allowed a decent gap, nobody can be arsed to try.
It’s 4 hours of nothing followed by some crashes and a sprint.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

In their wisdom, the ASO have decided that two, pan flat stages similar to today will make good weekend viewing!

 

[Pross]

Stage 3 and no-one being prepared to get in a break speaks volumes. The organisers really messed up designing this stage. Even the sole 4th cat climb is too close to the end to encourage the usual suspects.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Almost feel sorry for commentators today.
There really is nothing to talk about.

France TV commentators seem to have given up and buggered off. Complete silence.

 

[BrumJim]

Can't ever remember a GT stage getting this far through the day without even an attempt at a breakaway. Sometimes it is just a lone rider, dreading a day in the wind for no reward other than a combativity prize. Sometimes several breaks form, but the peleton isn't happy with the format every time. But never a complete lack of any initiative.

 

[Dogtrousers]

M Prudhomme may be looking hard at Uno X, Total Energies and Tudor.

I gave you a wildcard. You had one job - to be breakaway fodder. And this is how you repay me.

 

[T4tomo]

The strong headwind is probably deterring breakaways as much as anything today, unless a decent bunch goes off, all you are doing is tiring your legs for nothing ( well a bit of TV time for your Team owner)

 

[mididoctors]

Alex dowsett

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Almost feel sorry for commentators today.
There really is nothing to talk about.

Apart from when the chopper gave us pictures of Trouée d'Arenberg, just ro rub in how boring the stage was

Stage 3 nd no-one being prepared to get in a break speaks volumes. The organisers really messed up designing this stage. Even the sole 4th cat climb is too close to the end to encourage the usual suspects.

To be fair, with a prevailing SW wind this should have been cross-tail the whole day.

Can't ever remember a GT stage getting this far through the day without even an attempt at a breakaway. Sometimes it is just a lone rider, dreading a day in the wind for no reward other than a combativity prize. Sometimes several breaks form, but the peleton isn't happy with the format every time. But never a complete lack of any initiative.

We've seen it a couple of times before in the last couple of seasons I think. But as Pross said above, with a headwind and the peloton never giving anyone more than a handful of minutes anymore, who wants to bother? I also think "getting on the telly in a hopeless break" is less attractive to teams/sponsors now, as it's message is "we're a bit crap"

 

[mididoctors]

Have I told you I have ridden with him a few times on Essex lanes

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Pog so bored he's become the team's domestique.