Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 18: Vif - Courchevel Col de La Loze(171.5k)

[geisterhome]

Lipowitz is done

 

[ashhutch1997]

This is actually gonna end with Roglic waiting for Lipowitz probably

Can't see Roglic doing that. He'll smell that podium spot.

 

[E_F_]

False flat downill is slightly better because if riders do 150 watts they just lose time much less quickly.

Jonas to Bordeaux-Paris Pogacar from the top of Col du Pre to the bottom of the MTF.

 

[dgodave]

That is the biggest question you have watching this 😅 😉

Unlike all the other questions, that one might have an answer.

 

[kingjr]

This is actually gonna end with Roglic waiting for Lipowitz probably

Yeah, and hopefully with Onley at least a minute ahead of both of them.

 

[geisterhome]

i can imagine lipowitz losing time on onley today lol

 

[nightowl]

I'm being optimistic here, but Pogacar did take longer than usual to react to those attacks in the valley.

All the more reason soft pedalling in the valley and letting dropped domestiques do a meh pace instead of keeping the pressure on is a big tactical error.

 

[Bratone]

Any chance that Pog just lets Visma pace to bring the gap down while waiting for the final steep portion and Narvaez launches him for the stage win ?

 

[ontheroad]

The first mistake was riding behind jorge. His pace was not high enough

He was needed for the valley into Loze once Vingegaard couldn't drop Pogacar though.

 

[YavorD]

Any chance that Pog just lets Visma pace to bring the gap down while waiting for the final steep portion and Narvaez launches him for the stage win ?

Visma doesn't see to close the gap that much.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Yeah that attack is now not looking that good if you don't even have O'Conner level on this climb. The question is is he just measuring his effort. But then it would be on the team car to tell him to give it a few more watts

 

[Peyroteo94]

Tour is over IMO.

 

[Gigs_98]

i can imagine lipowitz losing time on onley today lol

The battle for yellow might be a repeat of last year but at least the battle for the other gc positions is much more entertaining this year

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vingegaard just touched himself on the back and activated fish mode. The big attack will come soon.

 

[D. Pecher]

i can imagine lipowitz losing time on onley today lol

Maybe, but that's the luxury RBH have. Even if he blows up, there's still Roglic to clinch the podium.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Tour is over IMO.

It was over after Hauticam unfortunately

 

[kingjr]

i can imagine lipowitz losing time on onley today lol

And it would have been SO, SO EASY, to avoid.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Jorgensen is cooked.

 

[E_F_]

The Altitude Sprint Organization strikes again.

 

[titan31]

But what can they do? They can try to increase the gap to third in the GC, but Vingegaard doesn't seem to regard that as important.

Why bother on Madeleine then at all? All they did was blow everyone up including their own team and then give up.

If you're going to half ass try it, just don't bother as all they did was chase their own guy on Jorgensen down when maybe he could have won the stage.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I'm the only one to think Lipo can lose his third place tomorrow?

 

[scribers]

This stage is just science fiction

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I'm the only one to think Lipo can lose his third place tomorrow?

I think today is more likely than tomorrow.

 

[Miha81]

Does Rogla have enough time to do one more ski jump attempt?

 

[Red Rick]

The battle for yellow might be a repeat of last year but at least the battle for the other gc positions is much more entertaining this year

I mean Lipowitz has been pretty consistently 3rd best apart from 2 Vuelta style days where Roglic could hammer it.