Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 19: Albertville-La Plagne (93.1k) ‚Historic day, magnificent racing‘ ~ Rob Hatch, probably

[Red Rick]

Roglic has found the perfect breakaway mates for the false flat downhill section into La Plagne.

 

[benzwire]

Roglic just looks smooth climbing this

 

[Boehmand]

Paret-Peintre's stature and climbing style reminds me of Virenque.

 

[dgodave]

VPP climbing like an eel again.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

The rider with a bmi of -5 is chasing....

Paris-Pants? Looks like he caught up

 

[JosefK]

Campenaerts climbing with climbers. Kuss dropped. Visma strange brew.

 

[Didinho]

Pogi scared of Foss, understandable.

 

[Tim Cahill]

VPP should just hold onto the motorbike and take the 8 point deduction

 

[Boehmand]

I think Pogacar somehow engineering a scenario where it is clear he is gifting polka dots to Vingegaard while still winning the stage himself would be a bigger flex than winning polka dots himself.

That's not mathematically possible

 

[Red Rick]

"Nothing is indeed all or nothing"

~ Jonas Vingegaard, 2025

 

[OJRvE]

But he's losing massive amount of time on La Plagne for sure.

Ideally you want to drop him before the valley to gain time there aswell. Doubt he is gonna lose 10+ on Narvaez last climb if motivated

 

[dgodave]

VPP should just hold onto the motorbike and take the 8 point deduction

Channel your inner lamprey.

 

[Stubb]

Pogi wants the stage and red bull best shot for the podium is alone in the peloton. Roglic: "lets try again a lose-lose strategy". What a selfish man, hope Lipo has a good day.

 

[OJRvE]

Campenaerts climbing with climbers. Kuss dropped. Visma strange brew.

It’s almost like Sky 10 years ago

 

[search]

That's not mathematically possible

He could get some sticky bottles

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pogi wants the stage and red bull best shot for the podium is alone in the peloton. Roglic: "lets try again a lose-lose strategy". What a selfish man, hope Lipo has a good day.

???? Also Lipowitz isn‘t alone in the Peloton

 

[titan31]

Pog didn't even bother taking that last set of points for the KOM there. Martinez still will need to score points on that last climb but if Pog isn't too bothered, maybe he will

 

[Valv.Piti]

La Plagne MTF shootout it is

 

[staubsauger]

Rasmussen flew up this ascent in 2007! 🐔 Smoothly spinning a low gear.

 

[nightowl]

Looking like an easy Pogacar win then

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Shortening the stage helped with breakaway control tremendously. UAE and Pogi are going for the stage. Visma tired after yesterday. Vingo will try on La Plagne unless Pog attacks first (likely).

 

[Boehmand]

So no Visma plans for polka dots, that much is clear after crossing the first HC.

Their only play now is the stage win with Vingegaard.

 

[Red Rick]

Shortening the stage helped with breakaway control tremendously. UAE and Pogi are going for the stage. Visma tired after yesterday. Vingo will try on La Plagne unless Pog attacks first (likely).

A lot of domestiques have one good climb in them. Contador going nuts on the Telegraphe in 2011 led eventually to 50 guys getting to the base of the Alpe d'Huez together.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Rain due sometime in the next hour

 

[Boehmand]

Danish TV2 just playing a pre-stage interview with Pogacar saying he has never been to La Plagne

How is that even possible, knowing this stage was on the Tour menu?