Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 3: Valenciennes – Dunkerque (173.8k)

[RobertCrawley]

Vande Velde just said everybody's bored, even the riders. At least he's honest.

It was kind of cool that he exchanged some words and gentle jabs with some of the riders as he reported on the moto.

 

[Red Rick]

"The Tour de France is the toughest endurance event in all of sports"

The Tour de France:

 

[Tricycle Rider]

They just showed Milan shaking hands with Bini after yesterday's stage where he had that outburst- there's a good boy.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Rogla entertaining the gruppetto all while commentators talking on how he wants to stay anonymous.

Perfection.

 

[moljoh]

More action on the back with the team cars than on the front

 

[Tim Cahill]

Where's just stop oil when you need them

 

[Sciatic]

Just tuned in . . . seriously there is no break? On a stage like this? Yikes.

 

[moljoh]

Where is Didi when you need him

 

[Rackham]

Just tuned in . . . seriously there is no break? On a stage like this? Yikes.

It's weird. This started happening a few years ago and actually makes no real sense considering how some riders will remain totally anonymous from the beginning of the Tour to the end. And the fact the peloton is even bigger this year as well should probably encourage a few riders to at least make the most out of this race and show their jersey.

 

[ppanther92]

"The Tour de France is the toughest endurance event in all of sports"

The Tour de France:

2 days of hard work, one day of rest - sounds like my home office schedule

 

[Peyroteo94]

This stage will probably be the slowest stage ever with such reduced number of vertical meters (bar last stages in GTs where it is a procession or stages after a rider's death: WW for example).

 

[CyclistAbi]

Just tuned in . . . seriously there is no break? On a stage like this? Yikes.

Perfect time you are just in for some action.

 

[noob]

Is no one allowed to go in the break today???

 

[CyclistAbi]

Is no one allowed to go in the break today???

Nop.

 

[moljoh]

Now mocking Jasper's most celebrated 2nd place finish ever

 

[moljoh]

In polish we call it "cucumber season" (sezon ogórkowy) how is it in other countries?
When nothing interesting is happening that is, usually summer holidays

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Thibaut guarnalac would have been up the road today man entertaining us all. Disgusting that he's not selected.

 

[noob]

Wout having the masked singer pic on his bike

 

[scribers]

He looks like a mushroom

This is just punishment for past deeds. Perhaps in a previous life.

 

[RedheadDane]

In polish we call it "cucumber season" (sezon ogórkowy) how is it in other countries?
When nothing interesting is happening that is, usually summer holidays

Pretty much the same in Denmark; Agurketid.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Most excellent news, we're already halfway through to Dunkerque! (Hang in there everyone.)

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Where is Didi when you need him

he was cashing in, 2 weekends ago in the Letape Brazil ...

 

[RobertCrawley]

In polish we call it "cucumber season" (sezon ogórkowy) how is it in other countries?
When nothing interesting is happening that is, usually summer holidays

The dog days of summer in the US.

 

[noob]

So if there will be any break today they will go on the hill?

 

[ppanther92]

In polish we call it "cucumber season" (sezon ogórkowy) how is it in other countries?
When nothing interesting is happening that is, usually summer holidays

I like that more than Sommerloch ("summer hole") in Austria...