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

[dgodave]

Hari Seldon would have approved of the Louvre design.

Why is that?

 

[RedheadDane]

Moustache time.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Vande Velde mentioned the cobbles have been really deteriorating over the years, yikes.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Game on

Why is that?

Looks like a big Prime Radiant.

 

[memyselfandI]

Didn't know Magnus Cort Nielsen is in the race?

 

[Sciatic]

No, but they're an indication of a desire from the race organisers.

Well there still could be racing on Montmartre, without doing away without nullifying the parade portion. But it's not like i've interviewed Gouvenou or Macron or whomever, so you all could be right. This is just exactly what I assumed we would get. And more than any other stage, this one is about showcasing Paris, and making it accessible for 100,000 spectators, not just for TV viewing.

 

[E_F_]

Vande Velde mentioned the cobbles have been really deteriorating over the years, yikes.

Where? On the Champs?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Moustache time.

Let's hope so, Cort has been very quiet this Tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

Didn't know Magnus Cort Nielsen is in the race?

He's been sick.
And woefully bluestache-less.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Where? On the Champs?

Yes

 

[Unchained]

I guess I'm learning that now, lmao. I honestly thought the ASO had intended to have a normal stage, but I guess not and/or the riders decided against it. Was this always common knowledge among fans? Did all the riders expect or agree to this?

You are correct, you are not losing your mind, ASO did promote the suspense!! Hyped up final stage as meaningful and public really wouldn't know TDF results until it was over!! ASO saying race route made harder possibly creating significant gaps..riders and teams didn't buy into the hype..

 

[E_F_]

Yes

Probably wasn't made to withstand the traffic it sees... What happened to the redevelopment plans for it, anyway?

 

[RobertCrawley]

A puncture for Ben O'Connor. A puncture here and it's probably good night and good luck.

 

[RobertCrawley]

You are correct, you are not losing your mind, ASO did promote the suspense!! Hyped up final stage as meaningful and public really wouldn't know TDF results until it was over!! ASO saying race route made harder possibly creating significant gaps..riders and teams didn't buy into the hype..

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I like it when the Tour tries some different things like this.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Vingegaard also getting involved in the domestique work

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Geraint Thomas should have led onto the Champs. This entire Tour has been BS.

 

[Red Rick]

Vingegaard doing more domestique work than Van Aert the entire Tour.

 

[Rackham]

I see these nice very dry I mean rainy conditions that made freezing GC the logical thing to do.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Go Neilson!

 

[Sciatic]

You are correct, you are not losing your mind, ASO did promote the suspense!! Hyped up final stage as meaningful and public really wouldn't know TDF results until it was over!! ASO saying race route made harder possibly creating significant gaps..riders and teams didn't buy into the hype..

And none of that would nullify the parade portion of the stage which is what I thought folks were complaining about?

 

[Tim Cahill]

What has old Geraint been up to this year anyway, he podiumed the giro last year, and now can't even make a breakaway, I wonder what happened to beget such a dramatic loss of form.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How fitting that the race is ending with bad PR for ASO and the GC riders alike, coupled with one last *** you to the fans.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Paris is just stunning.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Jonas wants the stage.

 

[Rou]

Lipowitz!