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

[Sciatic]

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

That's exactly what I thought--looks like tire tracks!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Van Aert not trying, way down!

TACTICALLY PERFECT!!!

He's really slow, loosing more than 1:30 in not even 9 kilometers. Basically going backwards.

 

[noob]

That's exactly what I thought--looks like tire tracks!

Someone said oil spill, I think that's fitting too

 

[Didinho]

He's really slow, loosing more than 1:30 in not even 9 kilometers. Basically going backwards.

Doing a monster negative split.

He was sleeping instead of doing the recon, so a rest day for him.

 

[search]

looks like the wind has changed quite a bit meanwhile. Schmid lost 1:15 to Affini in the 1st half, nothing in the 2nd. More or less same for Dunbar (although a bit worse).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Aert looks like someone who got a late call up after he had been doing motocross for a week, but there's plenty of stages left for him to improve.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Wind is from north?

 

[Gratemans]

Wind is from north?

Yes

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Van Aert looks like someone who got a late call up after he had been doing motocross for a week, but there's plenty of stages left for him to improve.

He only lost one more minute in the last roughly 8k. So it's getting better.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Yes

Headwind in the first 10 km. Tailwind in the last 10 km.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Healy also taking it easy. makes complete sense, yet we also haven't seen any indication of good form so far in the race, if I paid attention and didn't miss something.

 

[red_flanders]

Sounds like the headwind is on the way out, so if we see advantage for aero riders, we should see it early.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

O'Connor abysmal time at T1.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Bob Roll wondering what's on Vingo's playlist, "back in my day we listened to the Australian rock band AC/DC"

 

[DarkBlue]

Van Aert looks like someone who got a late call up after he had been doing motocross for a week, but there's plenty of stages left for him to improve.

He's a climber now.

See his performance in Finestre

 

[Peyroteo94]

O'Connor abysmal time at T1.

He is so overrated to be honest. How could he get second in a GT?

 

[Rackham]

He is so overrated to be honest. How could he get second in a GT?

O'Connor fell really hard on stage 1. So that probably ruined his GC right there and then.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Jorgenson looks like Goose's son from Top Gun Maverick

 

[QueenStagiaire]

O'Connor abysmal time at T1.

Well, the wind has also gotten a lot worse.

 

[Kedjan]

C-rod +42s at T1...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Looking quite good for Affini this, probably not for the win but still

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Barguil messed up the Bardet-Van den Broek tribute.

 

[Didinho]

Forgot about Schachmann. He could set a good time for Remco. For top 5 himself maybe.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Roglic about to take the start, get ready for a Roglstomp bishes

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Lipowitz said yesterday that if he has good legs he'll push for it today otherwise he'll let off quickly. Bit hard to tell after T1 what it is.