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

[Samamba]

Onley about to be on the podium

 

[Brullnux]

How about trying to win a stage to save some face?

Vingegaard cannot drop Pogacar, the only way he wins the stage is by wheelsucking Pogacar and attacking with 400m to go.

 

[Salvarani]

Lipo dropping ouch

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tell you who could do with a strong teammate here, Florian Lipowitz.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar is desperate for the stage win here.

He already won 4 and he is on his way to win his 4th Tour. I will not say desperate at all.

 

[Unchained]

Pointless right now. He doesn't need to gain anything, knows he'll lose a sprint to Pogi, and if memory serves me right, Pogi did exactly the same (with all right to do so) several times this tour.

Your memory is fairly accurate.. Best bet that looks unlikely is to allow anyone else to get in front of Pogacar..just pacing and attack from behind and hope if other riders counter they get in Pog's way and disrupt his straight line.. with Pogacar in front he will jump like the times before and everyone will desperately try to keep his wheel....7k out and @35 back it will have to happen soon..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Onley should up the pace himself here, Lipowitz is vulnerable and there's no way he wins the stage no matter what he does anyway.

 

[iBanesto]

So proud of FloLip today... he has recovered well from his stupidity yesterday.

 

[Gigs_98]

I tink Onley might end up dragging Pogacar to the stage win here.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think Onley has gone to the G Thomas school of GC riding but so far he still has a good chance.

 

[Bombarolo]

Impossible to make any significant difference in this climb without someone pacing super hard and keeping everyone on the limit before a huge attack.
Pogacar pace is very low at the moment.

 

[Boehmand]

If anything UAE needs an even worse line up. I'm talking a climbing team with Mareczko, Quaranta, Cipollini, Guardini, Milan, Martinez and me to help Pogačar. Then we'd may get some real excitement.

It's not that bad.

All you need is ONE more rival quality rider in the team, and then race dynamics change completely.

It's easy for Pogacar to control just Vingegaard - but if he had to control both him and another rider of similar quality - that took turns attacking him, it would be a different matter.

They hoped Jorgenson could be that rider, but he is a level below.

 

[Sciatic]

Onley sees he can gap Lipowitz but isn't willing to attack himself? Or just waiting for the top?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Lipo is still strong, just seems like he lack the acceleration

 

[Samamba]

I tink Onley might end up dragging Pogacar to the stage win here.

I think Onley will also wait till the last 1.5 km to just drop Lipo purely on explosivity there.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Did I say he should be the one pulling? Please tell me where I said that.. I just said Jonas is playing it smart for his chances.

His chances at what? Thought he wanted to risk everything to win the Tour. If he's planning on sitting on Pog's wheel so he can try to outsprint him at the end for the stage, then ok I guess.

 

[iBanesto]

Lipo is still strong, just seems like he lack the acceleration

He is a diesel truck up a mountain like Ullrich.

 

[Miha81]

Vingegaard cannot drop Pogacar, the only way he wins the stage is by wheelsucking Pogacar and attacking with 400m to go.

And vice versa I guess.

 

[Kazistuta]

How about trying to win a stage to save some face?

This is his best chance to do exactly that. I get that from a viewer perspective it's not so interesting, but sometimes you gotta think before just acting.

 

[Red Rick]

I have no idea what postmodernism means anymore but this feels like postmodernist cycling to me.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

His chances at what? Thought he wanted to risk everything to win the Tour. If he's planning on sitting on Pog's wheel so he can try to outsprint him at the end for the stage, then ok I guess.

Chances for a stage win.. their attempt yesterday clearly couldn’t drop a stronger Pogi..

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kevin could end up moving up a place despite being completely dead

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Vingegaard cannot drop Pogacar, the only way he wins the stage is by wheelsucking Pogacar and attacking with 400m to go.

 

[Samamba]

These last 2 stages have been... well disappointing.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Jonas Vingegaard, you are not gaining a lot of fans today I can tell you that much