Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[Shadow]

Wow. Ferocious.
VPP and Healy, Vingo and Pogi, I do not know how they do those huge acceleration bursts going up such inclines.
Almost feel sorry for Mas.

 

[Shadow]

Doesn't Valentin Paret-Peintre have the coolest name in the peloton?

I would contend that his brother, the wonderful Aurélien Paret-Peintre, is well up there!

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

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!!)

Zwift doing group rides up Ven Top (Ventoux) at least today, next one starts 2100 BST I think, with option of late join up to 30mins after.

New Zwift account gets 14 days unlimited on pc, accounts that don't have subscription get 25Km free every calendar month.

Full Ven Top route approx 21Km.

 

[ddraver]

Oh sorry, those mid-term INSET days come back to bite us...

 

[TomDW]

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!!)

Do it on a real bike and the memories will last forever. From Sault & Malaucène are the easier ways up.

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[kaadublin]

Just watched the last 40km with genuinely no clue what had happened today. It's a bit weird to be shouting at the TV 5 hours after the race has finished, but there I was...

A fascinating climb, with so many riders coming and going. Van Wilder coming out of nowhere was such a surprise. Thought Ben Healy had it until the last few metres, but what a ride by him and Paret-Peintre. The top 10 has shuffled around a bit too.

Wow! Loved every moment of that.

 

[mididoctors]

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Roglic attacks forcing onley to chase with lipowitz on the wheel over and over again ..

 

[Cathryn]

Do it on a real bike and the memories will last forever. From Sault & Malaucène are the easier ways up.

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Definitely going from Sault! The photo at the top is the same no matter which route you take!

 

[mididoctors]

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?

It's great seeing the climbers battling it out like it's 1986

 

[TomDW]

Roglic attacks forcing onley to chase with lipowitz on the wheel over and over again ..

Is Roglic really going to pass Lipowitz and try for third in the coming stages? He always thrives in the late stages if he hasn't crashed and withdrawn earlier.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Is Roglic really going to pass Lipowitz and try for third in the coming stages? He always thrives in the late stages if he hasn't crashed and withdrawn earlier.

He joined RedBull Bora Hansgrohe to be undisputed leader with a full team backing him, so I don't see him not giving it a go.

 

[Pblakeney]

He joined RedBull Bora Hansgrohe to be undisputed leader with a full team backing him, so I don't see him not giving it a go.

True. Lipowitz was Plan B. Push comes to shove...

 

[mididoctors]

Is Roglic really going to pass Lipowitz and try for third in the coming stages? He always thrives in the late stages if he hasn't crashed and withdrawn earlier.

Definitely going for 4th

 

[phreak]

True. Lipowitz was Plan B. Push comes to shove...

He seemed a bit shirty about having to hold back in the Vuelta that Kuss won under the guise of not attacking the leader, so I don't think he'd have any issues attacking Lipowitz.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Today looks odds on to end in a sprint. Add in the fact that it's a headwind all the way. Maybe a day to do jobs around the house...

Date: 23/07
Stage 17:- Bollène - Valence (160.4 km)
Vertical meters: 1660
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