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

[Tim Cahill]

Politburo has been convened

 

[AmRacer]

Bora telling Rog to knock it off as UAE are pulling ???

He made it to the breakaway without spending too much

 

[Peyroteo94]

UAE can't be 4 minutes behind today.

 

[Brullnux]

Bora telling Rog to knock it off as UAE are pulling ???

As in, don't go all out and waste a load of energy for nothing, they're not telling him to drop back. Right call from Bora as otherwise you burn Roglic 130km out for no gain, given the size of the front group he can just sit on until the situation is more favourable anyway

 

[Peyroteo94]

Arkea and Picnic will work if they have domestiques

 

[Boehmand]

Sivakov just made it back to the peloton after his chain issue... the tempo may raise again.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Neils Pollit loving his camp commandeer role

 

[nightowl]

UAE can’t control for *** its anarchy out on the road

 

[AmRacer]

Matteo has found his legs

 

[Red Rick]

As in, don't go all out and waste a load of energy for nothing, they're not telling him to drop back. Right call from Bora as otherwise you burn Roglic 130km out for no gain, given the size of the front group he can just sit on until the situation is more favourable anyway

The aim should be to have Roglic survive the Vingegaard/Pogacar onslaught on the Madeleine, that should be the finish line for like 85% of the peloton today.

 

[BubbaChuck]

a lot of cooked faces.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Lenny struggeling hard to stay with the group. Ouch.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Visma steadily riding into some better form ahead of the crucial 4th week

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Lenny looks cooked. Seems like polkadot will once again go to the yellow jersey.

 

[Brullnux]

At what point will Politt start shouting again, given that it's UAE's right to control the race in any way possible no matter their clear and obvious weaknesses.

 

[Alien Performance]

I don't understand why EF haven't been putting Healy up the road on days like this, surely much better to be with Gall and Roglic than with Jonas and Tadej

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I have not seen polka dot gloves before but I hope Lenny gets to keep them after today, in addition to the socks!

 

[slim charles]

Oh Matteo was allowed™ to go into the break?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Feels like too short a leash, if they catch Wellens too early he won't be of any use.

 

[topcat]

Primoz Roglic, the forum salutes you.

 

[Boehmand]

I don't understand why EF haven't been putting Healy up the road on days like this, surely much better to be with Gall and Roglic than with Jonas and Tadej

I think they are are eyeing tomorrow for him instead.

Let everyone else spend themselves today and then go long range tomorrow.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Jorgenson & Van Aert in the breakaway. Two best powerhorses Vingo would need on the false flat/shallow climb. UAE needs to keep them close, then they wont survive Madeleine ahead.

 

[Heston]

Politt riding slow. Visma/UAE cannot wait too long if they want the stage win when Gall is out there.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Jorgenson & Van Aert in the breakaway. Two best powerhorses Vingo would need on the false flat/shallow climb. UAE needs to keep them close, then they wont survive Madeleine ahead.

Van Aert is not in the break.

 

[OJRvE]

Feels like too short a leash, if they catch Wellens too early he won't be of any use.

Politt is probably pacing to the bottom of Madeleine and will lose 3-4 minutes on Glandon and even more in the Valley