Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 21: Mantes-la-Ville – Paris (132.3k)

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I also didn't really know what to expect – I think ASO wanted a more active race, maybe dreaming of a tight GC for the podium or win, but seems that riders didn't want that at all and preferred the parade stage. Sort of makes sense, given the gaps in GC and fatigue, but it's a shame.
I really don't see what's so different--action always started once the peloton reached the circuit.
 
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Again, that is the usual setup, I have never seen a break go before entering the Paris lap
Correct, but added that many of the roads used for Olympics were described as too narrow and dangerous.. Covid and Olympics and politics, civil engineering have a big bus lane and additional road furniture on traditional route..a couple of podcasts said that bike lanes have been added to surrounding streets, in effect making the roads for race route more narrow.
When you are training a dog, he or she craps on rug, rubbing their nose in it days or weeks later is thought to be ineffective. Glad riders and teams have decided to rub ASO plan teams nose in it today, by riding in the long accepted style for final stage..

Good shot of Pogacar giving Alpecin rider some space to say hello to his folks!!
 
A couple of designers in his company.

It was not universally beloved by artists in Paris when it was constructed. There's a funny anecdote on Wikipedia about how Guy de Maupassant always dined at the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place in Paris where he didn't have to look at it.
That's like the joke about the Montparnasse tower. It's considered the best view of Paris from the top of it . . . because you can't see the Montparnasse Tower from there :)
 
A couple of designers in his company.

It was not universally beloved by artists in Paris when it was constructed. There's a funny anecdote on Wikipedia about how Guy de Maupassant always dined at the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place in Paris where he didn't have to look at it.
It was also meant to be taken down straight after the Exhibition, but I guess everyone might know that.
 
What kind of Pog fashion is this?

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For sure. What information did you read that said it would be otherwise? I think most of assumed this is exactly what we would get.

This article has some good quotes, among many others, from designersn and riders hoping for (or fearing) something different from the usual procession
 
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