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

[Peyroteo94]

Pogi softening legs. Last hill will be like Kwaremont and theres no MVP here.

He doesn't have a team

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Rain coming in now

 

[Unchained]

What about a mountain top finish for the last stage ? Would be a lot of fun if the time gaps are still small

Maybe.. But making the race days shorter and races longer could help. I personally feel like Paris plays out what most modern race promoters are trying, some of the race out and about with special geographic features and some of the race on a circuit to concentrate the crowds and ease of public viewing, don't want someone to rip me a new one, but French public transport is decent, same with feeder roads to big cities like Paris so if you want to make a day trip out of watching final stage it's possible for many.. Mountain top stuff is super difficult to watch.. Especially for small kids or old people..

 

[Miha81]

Nice stage to end underwhelming edition of TDF

 

[Sciatic]

Seriously dark clouds out there, more rain coming?

 

[dobrien]

Pogi softening legs. Last hill will be like Kwaremont and theres no MVP here.

Yeah, I can definitely see him soloing home for the win; pretty hard to beat that for spectacular if he pulls it off.

 

[Salvarani]

This is every man for himself on this stage

A well-timed solo from someone could make it

 

[E_F_]

So you got what you wanted after all that complaining. There's no reason the parade portion would dilute the racing in this final 50 km

I don't think that's even slightly true... I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. I was mainly just joking about the AI image and Pog actually sending it up Montmartre.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Roglič finally working for Jordi Meeus

 

[Monsi]

Milan still in the second group but you'd imagine he'll be nowhere when the decisive attacks come on the final Montmartre

 

[Peyroteo94]

This is why Vingegaard is not popular. He already gave up.

 

[dobrien]

Rain will change things...

 

[Miha81]

THE GOAT

Honoring the jersey

What a guy

I guess he really missed classics

 

[Sciatic]

I don't think that's even slightly true... I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. I was mainly just joking about the AI image and Pog actually sending it up Montmartre.

I think it was cool we did get that

 

[titan31]

Would like a French win. Give me Tronchon, Alaphilippe

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Rog was literally last wheel in the peloton before Montmartre. You think, Fine, ok, he doesn’t care. Now he’s leading the peloton pushing hard to make it back. So good at so many things, so bad at positioning.

 

[dgodave]

Goodness me.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Liggett: "first time I've seen rain like this on the final stage since I started covering the race in 1975", yeah, let's take this easy on the descents, people.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Cobbles - slippery when wet. Yeeeesh

 

[Charlyghoul]

Prudhomme the Pious, Saint Prudhomme

 

[Didinho]

Jorgenson waiting 3 weeks to finally wheelsuck Pogi for an hour.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Fred Wright sighting

 

[Sciatic]

Dont know if Gregoire made the front group, if he did maybe we'll get another rainy descent special. (or crash)

 

[Poursuivant]

This is great

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Cool that they're actually racing today. Best stage of the tour so far.