Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 2: Lauwin-Planque – Boulogne-sur-Mer (209.1k)

[hayneplane]

Only 6 guys who have been in the lead group both days

Quite surprising.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

He's the only rider I'm convinced where that ends with me in a coma under the table rather than the rider hammered after 2 pints.

I get the feeling Quinn Simmons could hold his own too.

 

[Red Rick]

I get the feeling Quinn Simmons could hold his own too.

I will not end up in a coma from Bud light and such nonsense.

 

[topcat]

He's the only rider I'm convinced where that ends with me in a coma under the table rather than the rider hammered after 2 pints.

If you can't out drink a guy with 5% body fat, then you need to go back to college.

 

[Red Rick]

If you can't out drink a guy with 5% body fat, then you need to go back to college.

Fair pint.

 

[proffate]

Ben Healy always looks a little like he's on the way home from the pub

 

[Salvarani]

Ben Healy always looks a little like he's on the way home from the pub

Maybe it is in his contract that a couple of his bottles during the race has to be Guiness or something.

 

[staubsauger]

Jonas Vingegaard's wife sensationally slams Visma: "The team is pushing him too far... The countdown to the end of his career began when we had our first child"

Jonas Vingegaard's wife sensationally slams Visma: "The team is pushing him too far... The countdown to the end of his career began when we had our first child"

Whilst Jonas Vingegaard's quest for a 3rd Maillot Jaune has just begun at the 2025 Tour de France, the Dane's wife Trine has caused quite a stir back home in Denmark by sensationally slamming Vingegaa...

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That woman is a total psychopath...

 

[Cycling111]

We're back in the 90s. It was very common to see wives on television criticizing teams, teammates, or rivals.

Of course, some of them, in addition to being wives, were also their husbands' managers.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ben Healy always looks a little like he's on the way home from the pub

For some reason his best performance ever was on a race called "Amstel..."

 

[tobydawq]

German tv switching to women's football.

Yeah, as someone who is in Germany today, I can confirm that German TV is not something anyone should be envious of in any aspect. They also had a news broadcast at a quarter to five and then just ditched the final 15 kilometers to show the preview of Norway versus Finland in the women's Euro... And there was no other channel they put the Tour on after that (of the 100 channels on my hotel TV which apparently cannot handle an HDMI cable (which I've of course brought as I'm no amateur). Hopefully Austria and Italy will prove a bit better...

 

[RobertCrawley]

That woman is a total psychopath...

She cares more about her husband and family than she does about cycling.

That's honorable, even if you don't agree with it.

 

[tobydawq]

Grégoire once again the only non-alien, let's see if he lasts longer than in Sanremo.

Ganna and Jorgenson are aliens now?

 

[staubsauger]

She cares more about her husband and family than she does about cycling.

That's honorable, even if you don't agree with it.

I highly doubt she really cares about him. Everything about her just screams controlling & possessive!

 

[RobertCrawley]

I highly doubt she really cares about him. Everything about her just screams controlling & possessive!

You don't know, unless you're some kind of mind reader.

 

[dobrien]

Yep, in my opinion Vingegaard is actually showing more weakness...not in the strength of his riding (which is very strong), but he is overtly trying to boss the situation instead of being there and letting it come to him, which is what I see Pogacar doing. Just my opinion obviously...the real loser I see in Remco. He does not look good to me. Yesterday was unforgivable. Today I'm not sure if he didn't have the goods to be in the fight for the victory, or he was playing it to be there but save some effort. Time will tell...

I'm nervous about him for sure; he was briefly riding like he wanted to make something happen on the pointy end today but was nowhere at the end, and I doubt it was on purpose. Finishing back as far as he did (and behind some of the riders he did) could hardly have been the plan. That said, we really aren't going to know much definitively until the TT; sure hope I'm wrong but today did not give me the warm fuzzies.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Yeah, as someone who is in Germany today, I can confirm that German TV is not something anyone should be envious of in any aspect. They also had a news broadcast at a quarter to five and then just ditched the final 15 kilometers to show the preview of Norway versus Finland in the women's Euro... And there was no other channel they put the Tour on after that (of the 100 channels on my hotel TV which apparently cannot handle an HDMI cable (which I've of course brought as I'm no amateur). Hopefully Austria and Italy will prove a bit better...

You must have missed German Eurosport somehow then. It's a normal TV station, quite surprising if it wasn't on the Hotels TV. I am guessing the ARD also has an internet broadcast of the entire stage, atleast that's what they did last year.

 

[Berniece]

Pogacar already looking for excuses… as if he waited too long, you didn’t come close mate.

Bergkoning Tadej Pogacar "verknoeit" zijn sprint: "Ik was een beetje bang en wachtte te lang" | sporza

Tadej Pogacar heeft zijn eerste podiumceremonie achter de rug. Niet als ritwinnaar of gele trui, maar wel zowaar als bollenman. Pogacar eindigde in Boulogne-sur-Mer tweede na Mathieu van der Poel en legde zich daarbij neer.

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[QueenStagiaire]

Pogacar already looking for excuses… as if he waited too long, you didn’t come close mate.

Bergkoning Tadej Pogacar "verknoeit" zijn sprint: "Ik was een beetje bang en wachtte te lang" | sporza

Tadej Pogacar heeft zijn eerste podiumceremonie achter de rug. Niet als ritwinnaar of gele trui, maar wel zowaar als bollenman. Pogacar eindigde in Boulogne-sur-Mer tweede na Mathieu van der Poel en legde zich daarbij neer.

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I thought it was pretty clear he waited too long. Van der Poel wins a short sprint every time. Also if he didn‘t come close, then everyone else OTL‘d today.

 

[Berniece]

I thought it was pretty clear he waited too long. Van der Poel wins a short sprint every time. Also if he didn‘t come close, then everyone else OTL‘d today.

He barely came closer, he was never going to win that sprint. MVDP was just better, has nothing to do with starting too late

 

[ppanther92]

We're back in the 90s. It was very common to see wives on television criticizing teams, teammates, or rivals.

Of course, some of them, in addition to being wives, were also their husbands' managers.

Too young for the 90s but Ms. Froome vs. Ms. Wiggins also added spice back in 2012.

 

[HashRouge]

Pogacar already looking for excuses… as if he waited too long, you didn’t come close mate.

Bergkoning Tadej Pogacar "verknoeit" zijn sprint: "Ik was een beetje bang en wachtte te lang" | sporza

Tadej Pogacar heeft zijn eerste podiumceremonie achter de rug. Niet als ritwinnaar of gele trui, maar wel zowaar als bollenman. Pogacar eindigde in Boulogne-sur-Mer tweede na Mathieu van der Poel en legde zich daarbij neer.

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In the interview I saw, he said he maybe waited too long and should have tried to anticipate a bit. Then he concluded that MdvP was just too fast. I don't think he was looking for excuses, just considering whether a different tactic might have given him a better chance.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

He barely came closer, he was never going to win that sprint. MVDP was just better, has nothing to do with starting too late

I am inclined to agree that he probably doesn't win the sprint whatever he does, but a long sprint would suit him more than a super explosive short one, so no matter the outcome, he made the wrong decision to get the best possible result. He even said that he did start to late AND MvdP was faster. Seems like fair self-criticism to me, not making excuses.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He barely came closer, he was never going to win that sprint. MVDP was just better, has nothing to do with starting too late

And he said MVP was better, I don't get what is your point exactly.

 

[Cycling111]

I am inclined to agree that he probably doesn't win the sprint whatever he does, but a long sprint would suit him more than a super explosive short one, so no matter the outcome, he made the wrong decision to get the best possible result. He even said that he did start to late AND MvdP was faster. Seems like fair self-criticism to me, not making excuses.

The problem is that Pogacar said it. So even if he criticized himself, he still has to be criticized.

It's the opposite of what Remco did after Amstel, Remco looked for excuses 100%, but the opinion was different taht time. LOL