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

[ChewbaccaDefense]

From the overhead... that is THJ fault

You are in charge of your front wheel, and Pog is the ONLY rider who moved left. Everyone else is moving right. Pog's fault solely.

 

[Danskebjerge]

No Norwegian accent in Johannessen's English. Almost.

 

[Peyroteo94]

We are about to read that crashing is positive

Unless is Remco. Any crash/jacket is an excuse for him to not win a race.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Yup, saw again and he kept a straight line

Everyone else moving right...his front wheel, his responsibility.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What an emotional finale! Kudos to Abrahamsen and also to Schmid for fending off a strong group including Vans. When I thought the chasing group (seemingly much stronger) lost big time today a great attack by Van der Poel happened on the last climb but he couldn't make it to the top2. He missed just by seconds.

We actually had some GC drama today. Visma put pressure on Pogacar (Jorgenson + Vingo) but a few kilometers later a more important thing happened: Pogi crashed at high speed. Credit to his rivals (Visma, Remco, Bora) for waiting for him. Fair play! Pogi joined the reduced peleton but it remains to be seen how it affects him. The timing couldn't have been worse.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

If it was Remco:
"Jesus, he looked injured, tomorrow he will lose time and it's because of this crash. If he didn't crash, he would win the Tour de France."

When Evenepoel crashed on his hip in the Vuelta, it was downplayed into oblivion that his crash might have anything to do with his subpar showing the next few days, even though they had to carry him off his bike because he couldn't walk properly.

 

[Salvarani]

You are in charge of your front wheel, and Pog is the ONLY rider who moved left. Everyone else is moving right. Pog's fault solely.

Images from abaove show something completely different.

 

[bNator]

Pog

Not true. Pog’s deviation was a reaction to THJ deviation.

 

[Flamin]

It's not about circumstance, it's about who he is. Plenty other riders go down, not due to their own fault, and they lose time because nobody waits.

But riders today are more concenred with pleasing the tiktok crowd and pleasing King Joffrey himself than actually racing.

Well yes, of course it's about who he is as well. I think that's quite obvious, no? Why would the peloton wait for a rider that is not involved for the gc?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Absolutely wonderful stage. 4 hours of entertainment.
Congrats to Abra.

 

[Danskebjerge]

You are in charge of your front wheel

Is that a UCI rule?

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, @CyclistAbi; what was it about a broken collarbone being the end of a rider's season

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Unless is Remco. Any crash/jacket is an excuse for him to not win a race.

Yeah, because Remco’s crash’s have been usually more significant than what this looks like(at this time).

 

[Barnacle Bill]

I remember last year Pog almost crashing when the peloton parted around some street furniture and he wasn't paying attention, but managed to keep it up. Less fortunate this time, but hopefully he's ok.

 

[jono]

If that was crit or cross racing, you'd say that Johanessen chopped Pogacar, but those types would also say "rubbing is racing". Not sure any of that applies here.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Well at least the crash provided an opportunity for a seemingly never-ending stream of bad takes.

 

[nightowl]

Whether you think is Pogacar’s fault or not depends entirely on whether you like Pogacar or not lol

 

[Peyroteo94]

Yeah, because Remco’s crash’s have been usually more significant than what this looks like(at this time).

No, did you see Dauphiné?

 

[Forever The Best]

Once again a big sports event may well be affected by injuries it seems like, after NBA Finals game 7. What a shame.

 

[Schultz0620]

I feel like the crash was just an accident. Don't feel anyone is really at fault. That was a hard crash though. Could be the opening Jonas was looking for.

 

[kingjr]

You are in charge of your front wheel, and Pog is the ONLY rider who moved left. Everyone else is moving right. Pog's fault solely.

I think the main problem here is that his hand was off the handlebar, otherwise he maybe doesn't even crash.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Well yes, of course it's about who he is as well. I think that's quite obvious, no? Why would the peloton wait for a rider that is not involved for the gc?

Of course they waited because he is Pogacar. El Patron! That UnoX rider deserves a yellow card

 

[TrekCyclist]

Not according to those images. He deviated and rode recklessly.

makes one wonder how all the other riders managed to not crash when every rider in the group in front of them moved to the right

 

[noob]

Finally my TV functions. Watching Abrahamsen interview.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Don't like that kind of waiting at all. Race was on before the crash and Pog's own inattention to what was going on around him played a significant part in him going down. Continuing racing and ramming home the advantage would have been the right thing to do for his rivals there instead of the show of over the top piety that followed.