Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 16: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux, 171.5 km

[D. Pecher]

The idea of anger management has been around for some time now.

Let's see your anger management after two hard weeks of cycling.

 

[Rou]

Milan and his team are a joke. Doesn't deserve that jersey.

 

[Valv.Piti]

The fact that we've seen it before doesn't mean it's ok. Politt screaming at riders attacking is straight up pathetic and shouldn't be seen as normal, neither should blocking the road be btw.

Alpecin blocking the road with 5 riders for a 3 man break was the peak of this stage. I'd much rather watch riders scream at each other than people blocking the road, I absolutely hate that and everypne seem to just normalize blocking it which I dont understand.

 

[Samamba]

ARensman could go for another one and go for Polka

 

[scribers]

That’s the look of Milan capitulating

 

[Boehmand]

Vingegaard just stopped to pee, the speed in the peloton will drop now and the gap go out.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Perfect scenario for UAE. I wouldn't be surprised to see Narvaz launching Pogacar with 13 km to go when Soler and Sivakov are 1 km in front to help him a little bit after

 

[Rob5091]

I thought the peloton was full of guys with the sniffles, but there we are again at 50km/h and 35 guys up the road.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fantastic break, shame pocagar has to win his 8th stage this week and won't let them get time

 

[Potomac]

They have isolated Healey!

 

[D. Pecher]

Perfect scenario for UAE. I wouldn't be surprised to see Narvaz launching Pogacar with 13 km to go when Soler and Sivakov are 1 km in front to help him a little bit after

I think so too. The breakaway group is way too big and too many different interests. Not to mention that the average up to that point has been 50 kph. That group will never get enough gap, and most of them will bonk badly up the Ventoux. UAE got exactly what they wanted.

 

[Rou]

Why is S. Yates second wheel behind Politt?
3d chess or orders from Trine?

 

[Danskebjerge]

Norway has done better than Denmark in this Tour if you take them rider by rider. Even today, Asgreen and Valgren are not there for their captain.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Fantastic break, shame pocagar has to win his 8th stage this week and won't let them get time

Its Mont Ventoux buddy. You already longing for the Sky era where they let breaks go day after day with +10 minutes and softpedalling?

 

[pastronef]

just watching from now. when did the break go? why is Politt already riding at the front? let them go ffs!

 

[Boehmand]

As long as the break is inside 5 minutes at the bottom, it's not a problem for Pogacar/Vingegaard, and they may both prefer a gap that big, so that their teammates out front can stay out until the head wind hits halfway up the climb.

 

[broppo]

Is Johnny Milan mentally challenged? It is pretty unreal how he and Lidl trek is riding.....

 

[Boehmand]

Around 40 riders simultaneously digging in their pockets for gels

 

[D. Pecher]

Is Johnny Milan mentally challenged? It is pretty unreal how he and Lidl trek is riding.....

Sheer desperation. He knows that he will lose the green. Getting those twenty points was more or less his last chance.

 

[Heston]

UAE might just decide to give up the stage. It will take a lot of manpower to keep this break in check. And Pogacar seems to care more about La Loze.

 

[Rou]

UAE might just decide to give up the stage. It will take a lot of manpower to keep this break in check. And Pogacar seems to care more about La Loze.

Nah, Politt will keep it under 5 mins.

 

[scribers]

just watching from now. when did the break go? why is Politt already riding at the front? let them go ffs!

Politt been grinding wheels for an hour

 

[Rou]

In fact I hope it's around 5 mins so we get to see bigger watts than PDB.

 

[pastronef]

Nah, Politt will keep it under 5 mins.

ffs UAE is getting annoying

 

[D. Pecher]

UAE might just decide to give up the stage. It will take a lot of manpower to keep this break in check. And Pogacar seems to care more about La Loze.

They need at the very least five minutes when they hit the Ventoux. We've seen before how quickly Pogacar, Vingegard and Lipowitz can atomize 3 to 4 minutes on a climb, especially against riders who have been going full pelt all day. The stage has been insanely fast so far.