Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 1: Lille – Lille (184.9k)

[Sciatic]

Some recon pictures

Spoiler: SOQ

Spoiler: Visma

Nice! Did Remco have that gold-colored collar on his jersey before, or is that new?

 

[Berniece]

Nice! Did Remco have that gold-colored collar on his jersey before, or is that new?

I think he only has it on his jacket, not on his actual jersey

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Finally I got to see what it looks like for the rest of the peloton for 21 stages.....

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rabobank jersey looks alright but would've preferred the iconic orange

 

[Peyroteo94]

Some recon pictures

Spoiler: SOQ

Spoiler: Visma

Beautiful belgian champion jersey. Normally, UAE kill any champion jersey but this time they didn't.

 

[zlev11]

a lot of national champion jerseys are in the Tour this year
Belgium (Wellens)
Germany (Zimmerman)
Latvia (Skujins)
GB (Watson)
USA (Simmons)
Norway (Leknessund)
Switzerland (Schmid)
Kazakhstan (Fedorov)
Spain (Romeo)

am i missing any?

 

[tobydawq]

a lot of national champion jerseys are in the Tour this year
Belgium (Wellens)
Germany (Zimmerman)
Latvia (Skujins)
GB (Watson)
USA (Simmons)
Norway (Leknessund)
Switzerland (Schmid)
Kazakhstan (Fedorov)
Spain (Romeo)

am i missing any?

Narváez, Durbridge and Van Poppel.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Girmay ftw ????

I feel very underwhelmed by the starting list for the Tour ... I dont know why

Nice to see Primoz turn up for his annual misfortune...Id love if he won it but as long as Pogacr is there then that is not going to happen

I want drama ...not a processions

 

[Netserk]

Nice summary of last year's edition during the team presentation.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Girmay ftw ????

I feel very underwhelmed by the starting list for the Tour ... I dont know why

Nice to see Primoz turn up for his annual misfortune...Id love if he won it but as long as Pogacr is there then that is not going to happen

I want drama ...not a processions

Probably underwhelmed because of how the big 3 GC riders have just separated themselves from the rest of the pack.

 

[Berniece]

Girmay ftw ????

I feel very underwhelmed by the starting list for the Tour ... I dont know why

Nice to see Primoz turn up for his annual misfortune...Id love if he won it but as long as Pogacr is there then that is not going to happen

I want drama ...not a processions

Underwhelmed? Who do you miss besides Pedersen?

 

[Berniece]

Team presentation is underway

Watch the 2025 teams presentation's live

Tour de France - Official website

www.letour.fr

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's Arnaud Demare rofl thought he was dead!!!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's Arnaud Demare rofl thought he was dead!!!

No, he managed to escape from Gaudu and Madiot's bullying regime before it got that bad.

 

[Rackham]

Team presentation is underway

Watch the 2025 teams presentation's live

Tour de France - Official website

www.letour.fr

The dance routine interludes are always... something.

Not sure what that something is but it's something.

 

[Gratemans]

The dance routine interludes are always... something.

Not sure what that something is but it's something.

Couldn't have said it better.
Almost made me think of that Australian breakdancer at the Olympics.

 

[Tim Cahill]

"If that hasn't inspired you to pop down to your local discotheque, I don't know what will.'

Got a little chortle out of me that, proper deadpan.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

IPT seem to have a special jersey as well: blue with blackberry juice stains

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's always great to see a champion like Alaphilippe having learned French.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Fwiw I got a message from my brother last year during the ToB, he was stood on the roadside and apparently 'All anyone is *** talking about here is Alaphilippe'. Quite high praise for a Frenchman in Sheffield.

 

[Rackham]

IPT seem to have a special jersey as well: blue with blackberry juice stains

IPT with "their jersey is stained" shocker.

 

[tobydawq]

It's always great to see a champion like Alaphilippe having learned French.

He is French.

Sometimes your knowledge of cycling is shockingly poor.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

FDJ should have gone with red on both arms like on the Ceratizit kit.

 

[Tim Cahill]

That kit is hysterical, Ganna looks like he's about to cry

 

[Rackham]

That kit is hysterical, Ganna looks like he's about to cry

It's like a failed AI image generation. Someone should check their hands to see if they anyone of the Ineos boys have six fingers.