Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 5: Caen – Caen (33.0k, ITT)

[Berniece]

Grischa on Wout for today:

"Because winning will be difficult, it makes more sense to save energy for the upcoming stages. That way, he has a better chance of winning."

Wise, just stupid to go for it and get a 7th place.

WVA wanted to go all out and win the stage but Trine didn't allow it

 

[Sciatic]

Loved seeing the donkey watching intently behind the fence

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Simon Yates is being cleaver ..saving himself fro 3rd week of the Tour

 

[noob]

??? Who?

Tom Dumoulain. Retired cyclists can be hot too, just look at Horner and Hincapie

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Simon Yates is being cleaver ..

Although he's not even from Axeter...


He's from Bury, but happily he is not being spayed spade.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Tom Dumoulain. Retired cyclists can be hot too, just look at Horner and Hincapie

I wasn't watching closely enough to see bystanders, assumed you were talking about somebody's performance.

 

[Pantani_lives]

S. Yates in no hurry. What's the record for the worst GC placement in the Tour for that year's Giro winner?

Simoni was 84th in 2003, but I don't know if that's the record (not including DNFs).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Loved seeing the donkey watching intently behind the fence

Thought van aert was about to start?

 

[Sciatic]

Simon Yates is being cleaver ..saving himself fro 3rd week of the Tour

Is he slicing through the air with that giant helmet?

 

[Cycling111]

1	AFFINI Edoardo		37.15,08	37.15,08	53.2
2	ARMIRAIL Bruno		0.02,47	37.17,55	53.1
3	ROMEO Iván		0.29,86	37.44,94	52.5
4	PLAPP Luke		0.44,88	37.59,96	52.1
5	CASTRILLO Pablo		0.45,52	38.00,60	52.1
6	FOSS Tobias		0.52,79	38.07,87	51.9

 

[Pippo_San]

This stage is the only way for Remco to hope for a top 3.

 

[Kedjan]

A bit tougher conditions out there? Voigt said the wind is picking up a bit.

So Remco to smash it on the way out where it now seems to be a stronger headwind?

 

[noob]

WVA wanted to go all out and win the stage but Trine didn't allow it

I thought she was talking about Jorgensen tbh.

 

[Sciatic]

Nice to see Barguil smile in the start house as he heard the road of the crowd when his name was announced

 

[dgodave]

Now that is a cool castle.

 

[noob]

When you see Gianetti aren't you reminded of Lumiere??

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzmwAKUppU

 

[Tricycle Rider]

1	AFFINI Edoardo		37.15,08	37.15,08	53.2
2	ARMIRAIL Bruno		0.02,47	37.17,55	53.1
3	ROMEO Iván		0.29,86	37.44,94	52.5
4	PLAPP Luke		0.44,88	37.59,96	52.1
5	CASTRILLO Pablo		0.45,52	38.00,60	52.1
6	FOSS Tobias		0.52,79	38.07,87	51.9

Is Remco singing Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf''? I swear in this picture he looks just like Simon Le Bon singing the do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do part...

 

[Sciatic]

Now that is a cool castle.

Agreed. I'm surprised that much of it is still standing given how heavily Caen was bombarded throughout WWII. Perhaps they rebuilt some sections

 

[search]

That is not true. He was informed 24 days before the TDF when he was preparing to ride Tour De Suisse.

I only saw a Spanish article about it earlier on, and the "moto cross" part indeed was and incorrect translation, by the look of it.

Here's the original interview:

Being at the Tour de France wasn't in his plans, he was surprised in June when he got the call. "There wasn't enough time to do any altitude camps or anything by the time I found out. So, I was just back home and we actually did motor pacing almost every single day leading up to here.

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[Didinho]

Wout freewheeling. He’s going to fight against Campenaerts for the last places today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

German Eurosport are very impressed by Van Aert‘s aerodynamics while going at a pedestrian pace.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Time to find out if weightloss made Remco less aero (more bones sticking out). Imo Affini is finishing this one on the podium.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Come on, G, just one last time!

 

[dgodave]

Whats with that UAE jersey? Looks like he got run over by a motorbike.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Van Aert not trying, way down!

TACTICALLY PERFECT!!!