Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 10: Ennezat – Le Mont-Dore (165.3k)

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If Vingegaard is at a level to challenge Pogacar, then UAE are in massive trouble with the way their climbing lineup is looking right now. For all his faults, Ayuso would have made a world of difference.
Sivakov is one of those duracell bunnies who will probably come good on the slower start stages and just pace 2HC climbs before the finale.
 
Apr 13, 2025
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If Vingegaard is at a level to challenge Pogacar, then UAE are in massive trouble with the way their climbing lineup is looking right now. For all his faults, Ayuso would have made a world of difference.
Ayuso didn't want to be a domestique. As soon as he retired from the Giro, he didn't even consider the Tour but instead asked to go to the Vuelta.
 
May 3, 2015
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GC Buchmann also already dropped. I really wonder how he got 4th in the Tour. Since that he showed zero.

But for some reason it probably was also the Tour with the by far lowest level in recent years (Ala 5th)
 
Jun 11, 2021
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EF with a very strong showing, multiple guys alert. If this doesn't turn out a GC day then my money is on them as they'll be riding the coattails of all the French guys who're going to be pulling like lunatics.
 
Apr 10, 2019
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GC Buchmann also already dropped. I really wonder how he got 4th in the Tour. Since that he showed zero.

But for some reason it probably was also the Tour with the by far lowest level in recent years (Ala 5th)
The year after he was still good at the Dauphine, but since then...
 
Sep 20, 2017
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They could have forced him to be in the Tour, but that doesn't guarantee he'd work. They had problems last year. They'd have them again.
Better to have one rider of questionable loyalty when there are 15 riders including 4 Vismas left than no teammates at all. And if Adam Yates doesn't find his legs, this is an entirely plausible scenario.