Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 14: Pau – Luchon Superbagnères (182.6k)

[Kangaridoo]

Milan to get dropped on the incline towards the sprint.

 

[dobrien]

Only 17k to the sprint; potential for absolutely massive gaps today if the Tourmalet is ridden hard.

 

[dobrien]

I'm not saying it's a realistic ambition, but if he takes Tourmarlet he's already only 1 point behind, given Pogi doesn't get one. But the HC MTFs make it really hard to get Pogi not to win it.

Yup, just with the way this stage seems to be playing out it looks like a pretty huge GC day coming.

 

[Heston]

Skjelmose crashes more than Roglic

 

[dobrien]

Milan to get dropped on the incline towards the sprint.

Watch Pogi take the points.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Skjelmose hitting road furniture like he so often does.

 

[Boehmand]

Skjelmose continuing his love affair with road furniture

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Skjelmose crashes more than Roglic

To quote a german football wisdom:
When you have *** on your shoe, you have *** on your shoe.

Had to think about it when he crashed. Perpetual bad luck.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wawa or another bdsm needs to be getting in these breaks, if Onley is alone after Tourmalet then it could be trouble, Arkea's team actually look pretty legit in the mountains and Bora will be able to help each other.

 

[Kangaridoo]

Skjelmose hitting road furniture like he so often does.

Too bad with the timing. He's seemed optimistic but not really done much yet.

 

[Squire]

Skjelmose is in for a long day.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Too bad with the timing. He's seemed optimistic but not really done much yet.

Voigt said he had info that he wanted to go for the KOM and of course really starting to do so today. So that's out of the window. Hurt's twice.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Such a lame break

 

[Heston]

Peloton still going so fast. Seems hopeless for Skjelmose, but maybe he can catch the heaviest sprinters later.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Such a lame break

Well, that‘s not going to be the final selection.

 

[Kangaridoo]

Voigt said he had info that he wanted to go for the KOM and of course really starting to do so today. So that's out of the window. Hurt's twice.

I'd say he hasn't shown the form to win the KOM but tbh hard to single out a break rider that can challenge GC riders (Pogacar)

 

[ppanther92]

Watch Pogi take the points.

That would be quite funny

 

[dobrien]

Wawa or another bdsm needs to be getting in these breaks, if Onley is alone after Tourmalet then it could be trouble, Arkea's team actually look pretty legit in the mountains and Bora will be able to help each other.

I envision a black kit with masks and patent leather knee-high cycling shoes.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

UAE should just nuke Tourmalet and we will get 90 kilometers of solo riders all over the road.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Looks like a rider error. Skjelmose can only blame himself.

 

[dobrien]

That would be quite funny

In the same way a red-hot poker in the you-know-what would be funny.

 

[dobrien]

UAE should just nuke Tourmalet and we will get 90 kilometers of solo riders all over the road.

This would be incredible; the stage is certainly set up for it.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I'd say he hasn't shown the form to win the KOM but tbh hard to single out a break rider that can challenge GC riders (Pogacar)

Agreed. But still it sucks that you have a plan for the day and the next mountain stages, and it's gone before they could even try. And the way it goes Milan won't get sprint points because of bad timing and already spenting to much energy. So already before Tourmarlet, Lidl might have lost green potentially in the long run and the chance to go for KOM.

 

[Kangaridoo]

Agreed. But still it sucks that you have a plan for the day and the next mountain stages, and it's gone before they could even try. And the way it goes Milan won't get sprint points because of bad timing and already spenting to much energy. So already before Tourmarlet, Lidl might have lost green potentially in the long run and the chance to go for KOM.

Yea terrible day for Lidl Trek, but also entirely self imposed. Maybe Skjelmose should abandon and try to come back even stronger for Vuelta. And Lidl can try to focus 100% on Milan

 

[Peyroteo94]

Sprint teams are killing this break.