Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 11: Toulouse – Toulouse (156.8k)

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From the climb to the finish, there are 8 flat kilometers. I don't think anyone in the peloton is interested in attacking and riding so many kilometers alone before the Hautacam stage.
this stage has been "full gas" from the start, I honestly don't think 8k more or less will matter much
 
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When else do they get a chance to lead the peloton, so why not? And there's honoring the yellow and that type of thing.
Honor would be to save every rider, every God blessed calorie for final kilometers, Pogacar doesn't want the jersey back , he is not feeling inadequate without it.. EF burning firewood just guarantees giving jersey back..Healy finishing next to Pog and Remco is only important thing for entire stage!! Hatch and Vaughters were homeschooled at Homer Simpson Springfield School of Racing!!
 
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Schmid will be super dangerous on that final steep rise, tired as he might be, one of these guys will probably need to go a bit before then.
 
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Honor would be to save every rider, every God blessed calorie for final kilometers, Pogacar doesn't want the jersey back , he is not feeling inadequate without it.. EF burning firewood just guarantees giving jersey back..Healy finishing next to Pog and Remco is only important thing for entire stage!! Hatch and Vaughters were homeschooled at Homer Simpson Springfield School of Racing!!

Think probably some of it is also that Healy is a guy who lives and dies by the sword... you know all the fibre of his being wanted to try and be in the breakaway and go for the win aha.
 
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Honor would be to save every rider, every God blessed calorie for final kilometers, Pogacar doesn't want the jersey back , he is not feeling inadequate without it.. EF burning firewood just guarantees giving jersey back..Healy finishing next to Pog and Remco is only important thing for entire stage!! Hatch and Vaughters were homeschooled at Homer Simpson Springfield School of Racing!!
That's not typically what honoring the jersey has meant in Tour tradition. As for today, who knows and why does it matter--he'll either stay with Pog on the final climb or not. And gone after tomorrow anyways (baring another scintillating breakaway)
 
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I’m hoping De Lie is having one of his insane power days and could survive that steep climb. But he’ll surely be happy about his performance again.

Wout going too hard on that climb, not good for the cooperation.
He has to get over the penultimate climb with them first.
 
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The difference between a really, really sticky bottle and a Madison hand sling will be determined by officials watching some of these car antics!!
 
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