Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[No Ta Doctor]

Weather looking a bit grim, cold and wet. Could be dodgy on descents.
Worried about Skjelmose now - he's going to try for the break and the polkadots - but he had that hypothermia at La Flèche Wallonne last year, doesn't quite have that Mads P wet weather Viking gene

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Weather looking a bit grim, cold and wet. Could be dodgy on descents.
Worried about Skjelmose now - he's going to try for the break and the polkadots - but he had that hypothermia at La Flèche Wallonne last year, doesn't quite have that Mads P wet weather Viking gene

And just like that he gets interviewed on DK TV2 where he says the cool weather will be good for him as heat is his achilles heel...
Today's nose plaster is a loveheart and his fiancés name (all nose plasters have been drawn by his fiancés sister's daughter, it's very cute)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Did anyone miss the time cut yesterday?

 

[mididoctors]

Did anyone miss the time cut yesterday?

I don't think so

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Did anyone miss the time cut yesterday?

Nope. Mezgec closest, but Pog would have to have been half a minute faster I think

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Did anyone miss the time cut yesterday?

6 riders missed the original time cut.
Lucky for them they changed the percentage.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

OOOH! OOOH! Bonus sweepstake points! The Badger v Lemond reference! This stage - pretty much carbon copy I think - was where Hinault did the dirty on Lemond, having promised to help him win after Lemond rode for him in '85.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

With ITV4 starting three hours early we get 2.5 hours more donkey adverts.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

6 riders missed the original time cut.
Lucky for them they changed the percentage.

Just to be clear, they changed the cutoff before the stage start, so they rode to the new cutoff percentage. Just don't want it to sound like ASO cooked it up to let them back in after they'd been eliminated

 

[Pblakeney]

OOOH! OOOH! Bonus sweepstake points! The Badger v Lemond reference! This stage - pretty much carbon copy I think - was where Hinault did the dirty on Lemond, having promised to help him win after Lemond rode for him in '85.

Is that the same stage where Lemond did the dirty on himself?
Probably not but it would excuse Hinault carrying on.

 

[Mo1959]

They keep talking as though this is Oscar Onley’s first tour. I’ll need to check, but I was sure he did it last year, unless I’m thinking of another big tour?

Just double checked. He did last year.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I expect 90 minutes of attempted breakaway action.
Simmons on duty for Skjelmose.

 

[mididoctors]

They're off

 

[Supersuperleeds]

They keep talking as though this is Oscar Onley’s first tour. I’ll need to check, but I was sure he did it last year, unless I’m thinking of another big tour?

Just double checked. He did last year.

ITV getting their facts wrong, I can’t say how shocked I am.

 

[Dogtrousers]

They keep talking as though this is Oscar Onley’s first tour. I’ll need to check, but I was sure he did it last year, unless I’m thinking of another big tour?

Just double checked. He did last year.

And the Vuelta 23