Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 8, Saint-Méen-le-Grand-> Laval, 171.4k

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So why would only Pogi be a bully, and Jonas not included? Just because Jonas is introverted he hence can't be a bully and the action to push Pogi in yellow can be overlooked? I mean Pogi only pushed Matteo, whole Visma pushed Pogi into yellow.
I feel like we deserve a less lame controversy on the 15th anniversary of the chain drop incident.
 
It's not against the rules (except apparently for Rou's "unwritten rule") to ride faster on the front than others would prefer. Technically it is against a (written) rule to take your hands off your handlebar and put them on another rider.
No, it's not. If it was all leadout guys will be removed from a race. In fact the whole peloton would be out because everyone is giving a teammate a push sometimes.
 
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How many? If you are not Pogacar, Evenepoel or Van der Poel you don't win many classics. Still, high places in races like Liege (3rd and 4th), Amstel (2nd) or Strade (4th) indicate that he's really good in undulating terrain.
So where are we going to draw the line between "big" and "lesser"? Jorgenson? Vaquelin? Lipowitz? Simmons? How many sprinters are big?
 
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I'm not seeing but what is the difference? (As you know english is not my native language so you can say in portuguese if you want)
There isn’t a difference (at least not in English). Fracture is the medical term for any kind of bone break, whether that be broken all the way through or not. A “broken bone” is a non-medical term that is used more often in everyday language.

Sometimes people mistakenly use “broken” vs “fractured” to mean a complete break vs a partial break - which it looks like may be the case here.
 
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DQ worthy divebomb btw with 1.5k to go, but we only punish riders when a crash happens. Almost crashes out Milan there for absolutely 0 reason. Exactly why I can't take sprinters serious when they cry about safety.

I reckon van den berg should have received a yellow in stage one where he recklessly tried to move in between two riders causing him to crash and bringing O'Connor down.
 
I mean you can't escape such remarks, IMHO journalists should use them sparingly.



Man handling if somebody is apparently intentionally obstructing you from feed, that is not bullying, it's setting things straight, we all know what happened when Pogi didn't eat.

But the whole point i am trying to make is sure Pogi and Jonas are shaking hands and smiling. The rest is tense, not like the media is trying to portray it, best friends on holidays. It's tense and we should appreciate it for what it is.
If I am a fan of a team, it's Visma, and when I look at the context, it does look like the guy handing bottles for UAE is just past the Visma guy, and I think there is every possibiity in the world that Jorgensen's decision to ride up beside Pog, instead of letting him slot in and grab, could have been intentional. Again, Visma works every angle, and I think the idea that Visma radioed for him to try to block Pog from grabbing a bottle, is not ridiculous. I bet Pog thinks it was intentional, based on his reaction.
 
Hi missed today the stage. Why merlier did not win the sprint? Bad postjon or too hard of a climb? Good win by Milan
Had a puncture and wasted quite some energy to get back in the final. Just like Paul Penhoet who nevertheless appeared at the front all of the sudden, but was too spend to play a role in the sprint.

That chips section on the final climb seems to have caused quite some flat tires.
 
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