Tour de France 2025 (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

[mididoctors]

It's cow disease

 

[mididoctors]

To be fair that chance went on Ventoux (arguably before) where it was very apparent that Pog is the stronger rider and Vin ain't going to drop him.

Can Onley get 23 seconds on Lipo- that is the question.... after yesterday it doesn't need anything mad from OO, it may be that his usual modus of following Pog and Vin as far as he can will work if Lipo has tired legs

Onley could get 20 secs on lipowitz on the last day by accident

 

[mididoctors]

Wasn’t it snowed out in 1996 as well? I have a feeling so I will have to check.

No idea what the new start time will be, I can’t find it on their website.

The bjarne Riss 40km stage

 

[mididoctors]

High speed dash of a stage may suit onley

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Just got very confused about itv4 coverage...

tvguidedotcouk thought it started at 1215 and was already on.

Guide on tv says 1315 BST.

 

[mididoctors]

Just got very confused about itv4 coverage...

tvguidedotcouk thought it started at 1215 and was already on.

Guide on tv says 1315 BST.

Stage shortened. Start later .... Diseased cattle on hill pasture . Risk of spreading it having the tour crash through it

 

[kaadublin]

Looks like the spectator yesterday with the half UAE/half VLAB jersey was Simon and Adam's dad, as he and his wife were in a few photos online yesterday. So he has a very good excuse!

 

[BrumJim]

Looks like the spectator yesterday with the half UAE/half VLAB jersey was Simon and Adam's dad, as he and his wife were in a few photos online yesterday. So he has a very good excuse!

Doesn't have a choice really, do they!

 

[ktmbiker58]

Just got very confused about itv4 coverage...

tvguidedotcouk thought it started at 1215 and was already on.

Guide on tv says 1315 BST.

Official start is 14:30 so ITV4 might burst into life at 14:00 - hope everyone is enjoying The Champions which is on at the moment!

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Stage shortened. Start later .... Diseased cattle on hill pasture . Risk of spreading it having the tour crash through it

I don’t think it’s specifically because of the threat of spreading disease, more the facts the farmers are p***d off and may threaten to disrupt the race for the associated media attention

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Bloody gendarmes stopped riders (inc Vingegaard and Simon Vima Yates) from descending from Col de la Loze yesterday. FFS, you've just ridden the hardest queen stage in decades and are following the instructions of the race organisers and they keep you by the side of the road in the cold and damp of fifteen minutes

 

[mididoctors]

Official start is 14:30 so ITV4 might burst into life at 14:00 - hope everyone is enjoying The Champions which is on at the moment!

Really bad continuity in That fight scene

 

[mididoctors]

I don’t think it’s specifically because of the threat of spreading disease, more the facts the farmers are p***d off and may threaten to disrupt the race for the associated media attention

I see

 

[Lanterne Rogue]

I don’t think it’s specifically because of the threat of spreading disease, more the facts the farmers are p***d off and may threaten to disrupt the race for the associated media attention

I suspect it's both. Obviously big risk of having to wheel Bernard Hinault out of retirement to engage in some robust industrial negotiations, but there's also the real and reputational risks. If it pops up in the next valley people will be blaming the Tour whether it was the vector or not.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It's cow disease

Maddening isn’t it.