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

[ppanther92]

Terrible stage

Awesome stage (apart from Ganna and Bissegger).

 

[Unchained]

Contador is wearing his wife's jeans and a Hawaiian shirt!!

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great win my Philipsen and overall strong performance from the team. Pogacar and Vingegaard already leaving the others in the dust.

 

[ppanther92]

So, how much time did Gall loose?

I am waiting as well…

 

[Tim Cahill]

You know its a clownshow when you see 32 kilogram Valentin Painter desperately leading the chase.

 

[Rackham]

Tbf who was up there that's realistically a concern in the fight for 3rd? They are not going to beat either Pog or Vingo. Almeida was also back, as was Remco. Everyone else Roglic should easily beat by minutes if he's on form.

No reason not to though. Both Quick Step and Red Bull protected the right for their sprinters to win the sprint for... 39th.

Disgraceful stuff tbh. I mean people might ask how and why Visma is so much better. Maybe it's because they race as an actual team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ackermann started his sprint early in order to beat the Big 2, but he finished in-between them in the end.

 

[Tim Cahill]

So, how much time did Gall loose?

Only 39 seconds, finished 75th!!!

They'll be popping the champagne corks in the Decathlon bus. Job done!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So, how much time did Gall loose?

In there with the others like Roglič

 

[Ulfhednar]

How do Remco and team look at themselves in the mirror? What an absolute cluster! Just a pathetic effort.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So, how much time did Gall loose?

He was in G2 apparently.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Quickstep disasterclass. What an awful performance

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

All GC contenders still in one piece and some actual racing outside the climbs, Great stage in my book.

...I was solely commenting on the fact that Philipsen won...it's always a bad day for me, when that happens.

 

[tobydawq]

As good an opening stage as could be hoped for, I'd say, even if the winner might not be the most popular one.

No really big crashes, nice cross-wind action, a KOM sprint for the ages.

Poor Ganna, though.

Wout and Remco, ouch.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

No reason not to though. Both Quick Step and Red Bull protected the right for their sprinters to win the sprint for... 39th.

Disgraceful stuff tbh. I mean people might ask how and why Visma is so much better. Maybe it's because they race as an actual team.

Yeah, I wasn't arguing against making an effort. Just wanted to point out that it's not much of a disaster. Of course if Roglic somehow is so close to Vingo and Pogi that these seconds will matter, they will bite themselves in the ass.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Terrible day by Martinez. Likely an illness. If this was a mountain stage he could even be OTL.

 

[ppanther92]

Only 39 seconds, finished 75th!!!

They'll be popping the champagne corks in the Decathlon bus. Job done!

Yes, I am celebrating that as well

 

[titan31]

You know its a clownshow when you see 32 kilogram Valentin Painter desperately leading the chase.

Ya, it's the issue with how Red Bull and SQS have built their teams. Merlier, Meeus and van Poppel weren't committing as they're still hopefully it comes back so they can sprint, so end up with their GC leaders suffering too

 

[noob]

The sadness there's no Unchained s4 for this

 

[jmdirt]

Team Hair Booster!
MvdP!
JP!

 

[benzwire]

Tbf who was up there that's realistically a concern in the fight for 3rd? They are not going to beat either Pog or Vingo. Almeida was also back, as was Remco. Everyone else Roglic should easily beat by minutes if he's on form.

That's just sad if Bora and Roglic give up just like that.

 

[movingtarget]

Typical first week Tour stage. Lots of skin left on the road.

 

[ppanther92]

Tbh, there was also not too much luck involved either. Vingegaard forced the split (chapeau) by taking wind himself at 63kmh.

Roglic and Vingegaard are to blame themselves. And ofc Bora with extra shame of riding a leadout for Meeus for the sprint for 39th (which he lost).

 

[tobydawq]

Ackermann lol

Wtf was he thinking? I guess he was afraid to be closed, but I don't think what transpired was a better outcome...

 

[Red Rick]

That's just sad if Bora and Roglic give up just like that.

It's basic realism.