Tour de France Tour De France 2025, Stage 17: Bollène - Valence(160.4K)

[Samamba]

A nasty wet crash on a sprint stage ... and Rogla stays upright. What is this?

Cause he finally learned to just risk time loss and sit at the back

 

[Andy262]

Think Bittner would have been thereabouts without being the meat in the sandwich there

 

[Samamba]

Luckily (from UNO-X perspective) that’s not gonna happen, he got a contract until end of 2028.

Thank god (for UNO X but also cycling) this guy didn't sign for UAE 2 years ago when he could

 

[Boehmand]

Think Bittner would have been thereabouts without being the meat in the sandwich there

Agreed, when his lead out can get 3rd it stands to reason he would have been in play for the win.

Howver a lot of other sprinters would then be in the mix - not least Merlier.

 

[D. Pecher]

A nasty wet crash on a sprint stage ... and Rogla stays upright. What is this?

pure magic

 

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic's gimmick of not doing any recon, proper training blocks or even reading the road book, and going round telling everyone he doesn't care about the race really seems to be paying dividends thus far.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Nice comments from Milan, rightly appreciating his team.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

You should never underestimate an Italian horse in a bike race.

Horse pictured mid-meme attack and did not finish the race. Overrated

 

[Boehmand]

Girmay looks like he is not starting tomorrow

 

[Boehmand]

Great post-stage interview with Milan, he seems like a humble and personable young man

 

[Boehmand]

Danish TV2 just showed a clip of Simmons riding across the line with his arms raised while Skujins and Nys both point to him and clap.

Cool and well deserved after him beasting the stage today

 

[RedheadDane]

According to Winston, when Bittner was still on the ground, he was screaming radio: "Toby, sprint! Toby sprint!"
According to Lund, he couldn't hear when was being said in the radio.

 

[Pippo_San]

I love to see the way Milan sprints...he just looks like he's gonna destroy his freaking bike 😅😅😅
What a chad!

 

[RedheadDane]

I love to see the way Milan sprints...he just looks like he's gonna destroy his freaking bike 😅😅😅
What a chad!

Maybe Trek has been working on developing and extra strong frame.

 

[Boehmand]

According to Winston, when Bittner was still on the ground, he was screaming radio: "Toby, sprint! Toby sprint!"
According to Lund, he couldn't hear when was being said in the radio.

Just watched the clip a 3rd time, you can actually see him on the radio as soon as he comes to a stop on the road - so freaking cool

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Milan is a very good sprinter, but such a one-dimensional rider does not belong in a green jersey.

 

[scribers]

I am OK with Milan winning the jersey. It's been a compelling competition

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Thank god (for UNO X but also cycling) this guy didn't sign for UAE 2 years ago when he could

I think you are mixing up Abrahamsen with Wærenskjold. As far as I know it has only been Wærenskjold of the two of them that had a concrete offer from UAE.

 

[Samamba]

I think you are mixing up Abrahamsen with Wærenskjold. As far as I know it has only been Wærenskjold of the two of them that had a concrete offer from UAE.

No Abrahamsen had a serious offer.

 

[Boehmand]

Milan is a very good sprinter, but such a one-dimensional rider does not belong in a green jersey.

Cavendish was a one-dimensional rider

 

[Red Rick]

It's more important that it's a competition that adds something to the race than that it rewards an alround rider. Rewarding an alround rider just means you're just handing more stuff to the guy who's already winning everything.

 

[Boehmand]

I just now realised we have a new white jersey at the Tour

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[D. Pecher]

Girmay looks like he is not starting tomorrow

To be fair, he looked like he was not starting tomorrow when his tem mates pushed him over the finish line. It was obvious that he was injured in the crash. Nice work, Cofidis...

 

[YavorD]

It's more important that it's a competition that adds something to the race than that it rewards an alround rider. Rewarding an alround rider just means you're just handing more stuff to the guy who's already winning everything.

Yeah, because the green jersey competition adds sooo much this year. We see sprinters left and right trying to win it. The battle is fierce for every point.

 

[RedheadDane]

Might be a bit premature for a Scott Theuns thread, though...

If multiple people hadn't ninjaed me so this got pushed to a new page that would have been nice...

I'm referring to this: