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

[awavey]

Still some gray clouds but the sun is trying to come out

well weve just had some torrential rain, thats now crossing the North sea heading towards that part of France, so it might be short lived sun

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why? Getting covided?

He's lollygagging midpack/back all the time, waiting for the mountains. Might be ok but if he gets caught in a split he might not get any support as they're mostly concerned about leader 1A.

 

[noob]

The same awful commercials over and over again.

For me a creepy ad saying "We are with you every step of the way". Then they show an image of Pog. Maybe they want him to switch carrer to scary movies!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Funny how when I see the yellow jersey I immediately think it's Pog because it's such a familiar sight. And then I look at the legs and am like, nope, those are the thicc legs of a sprinter. (I know, I know, it's Jasper.)

 

[noob]

He's lollygagging midpack/back all the time, waiting for the mountains. Might be ok but if he gets caught in a split he might not get any support as they're mostly concerned about leader 1A.

It might be he's not trying for GC but going for stages saving himself for vuelta?

 

[noob]

Funny how when I see the yellow jersey I immediately think it's Pog because it's such a familiar sight. And then I look at the legs and am like, nope, those are the thicc legs of a sprinter. (I know, I know, it's Jasper.)

Me too, I constantly think "Pog really gained weight!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Funny how when I see the yellow jersey I immediately think it's Pog because it's such a familiar sight. And then I look at the legs and am like, nope, those are the thicc legs of a sprinter. (I know, I know, it's Jasper.)

If only he were wearing some other well known jersey...

 

[RobertCrawley]

Moses on the parcours.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

If only he were wearing some other well known jersey...

Jasper will probably end up wearing green eventually, is MVDP his lead-out man?

 

[awavey]

Jasper will probably end up wearing green eventually, is MVDP his lead-out man?

I thought he'd said pre race he was there to lead Jasper for sprints & there to go for his stages.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Why is vdP 30 seconds back with a small group of riders?

 

[Tim Cahill]

"Welcome... Jonathan Vaughters!"

Ah for *** sake

 

[noob]

Why is vdP 30 seconds back with a small group of riders?

Maybe helping Jasper pee.

Not literally but you see what I mean

 

[Libertine Seguros]

"Welcome... Jonathan Vaughters!"

Ah for *** sake

Him telling Robbie McEwen that race organisers are stepping away from sprint stages because audiences find them boring was at least something to take from this.

Well, that and that if he's on the commentary only we don't have to see what stupid outfit he's wearing while he talks.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I do like Visma's jerseys this Tour edition, much nicer than the jerseys that looked like heavy curtains a couple years back.

 

[noob]

He hit his head?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Carlton now going all-in on the glazing, telling Vaughters why he thinks everybody loves EF-Easypost, because of course everybody loves them.

Carlton, most of us were positively disposed to Carapaz during the Giro because the alternatives were SSDD superteams and/or because they liked Richard Carapaz, not because he was riding for EF. Some may have been cheering for him because they like EF, sure, but it's not that "everybody" loves Vaughters' band of merry men.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

He hit his head?

He seems okay, he's riding on

 

[noob]

He seems okay, he's riding on

So did Ganna, Jonas, Küng and others. I'm seriously weary when it looks like they hit their heads.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They‘re on the first open crosswind section now

 

[Tim Cahill]

Fair play to Bruno Amirail, persisting with the same losing strategy at the kom as yesterday.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Maybe helping Jasper pee.

Not literally but you see what I mean

I love how PCS calls it a sanitary stop.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was a bit clutchy...

 

[Filippo_3467]

The wind is there...but should be too early for the teams

 

[awavey]

Him telling Robbie McEwen that race organisers are stepping away from sprint stages because audiences find them boring was at least something to take from this.

Well, that and that if he's on the commentary only we don't have to see what stupid outfit he's wearing while he talks.

love Vaughters asking about Jonas helmet (I wondered that too) understanding the answer in like 2 seconds, but Robbie persisting in give the full blow by blow info about it, despite Vaughters clearly providing the yep got that, ok got it, yep totally got it