Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[QueenStagiaire]

Cows, horses or sheeps?

*sheep

 

[Potomac]

Did Lipo crash today or why was he behind?

I thought mechanical

 

[topcat]

Sheeps are my favorite.

Flogging a dead horse?

 

[Brullnux]

It's funny seeing the peloton from that angle (helicopter showing it from behind), as you can see the front line of riders following the motorbike as closely as possible to the extent of weaving way across the road.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Some ridiculous motor pacing helping the peloton.

 

[Brullnux]

Alpecin have absolutely drilled this climb.

Almost worked, but not quite. Milan maybe 5-10 seconds off the back of the peloton. Another 1km at 7-8% would have made it more interesting, but having said that Alpecin had completely run out of domestiques.

 

[Red Rick]

Alpecin have absolutely drilled this climb

Got a full 100m on Milan over the top.

Utterly pointless stage this.

 

[Brullnux]

Got a full 100m on Milan over the top.

Utterly pointless stage this.

Yeah, steeper section was too short and then Alpecin also ran out of teammates at the top.

Shame this stage existed, the first three produced a good balance and represented the geography of the region fine. This should have been hillier.

 

[noob]

Even a noob been wondering why is this stage. I can't get even the slightest excited about anything but animals it would seem.

 

[RobertCrawley]

All those missed bottles.

 

[Andre]

I thought this stage would be interesting...I don't know what I was thinking

 

[Red Rick]

Not a single team should help Trek.

 

[noob]

So will there be any late 500 m GC madness?

 

[Extinction]

Hinault had 2-3 mins at the top of the peyresourde. He was caught about 3 km after the summit.

He 'waited' becauses he knew he wasn't going anywhere, didn't have the strength to resist them, to thus save any chance of holding yellow. He then cracked on Superbagneres. Anyway, today is a boring stage, poorly designed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lovely to see all these teams chipping in for the last 100km to help Trek out, great sportsmanship being shown.

 

[Red Rick]

Gotta root for Milan here because I can't stand to see cycling terrorists win.

 

[search]

Thomas is keeping the group's hopes alive

 

[Samamba]

If final was a bit more technical break would win this. Props to those teams, they actually tried. The typical strat to get some fresh guys to jump towards an early break later on.

This really is Thomas his cup of tea

 

[Lequack]

Can't believe every team is just working for Milan. Who knew he had such influence.

 

[Red Rick]

And then you let Trek have a 4 man leadout in the final km.

*** embarrassing.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco down

 

[Samamba]

Very rookie mistake from Milan

 

[Brullnux]

Goodness me what is happening to Jonathan Milan?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

No legs for Milan

 

[Didinho]

Jake!! Champs Elysées next.