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

[Cycling111]

Almeida hasn't arrived yet?

Edit:
They just put it on PCS.


The hardest day will be Monday.

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João Almeida

6:42

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Van Aert looked kinda good, he was getting barged around a lot and a few months back probably would've noped out of it and finished 15th

This for sure! There was a point when he looked like he was pancaked (EDIT: Sandwiched in...got my wheat based items mixed up) in, that I thought he would pull the parachute and drop out, but he stayed in and didn't lose his nerve for the first time in a long time. I think the way he has been ridden against so far this tour, may have lit a fire in him again.

 

[Netserk]

Vingegaard overly neurotic today.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Vingegaard overly neurotic today.

Lots of wasted energy on a wide road...sure there were round abouts, but nobody else seemed to be too worried, and his face was in the wind a bit there for marginal reasons.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

That Wout was the only rider who was challenging him, is an indictement of all of the other teams with sprinters. How do you *** it up that badly?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great win by Milan and with another 1 to 2 stage wins should get the points jersey. Girmay disappointing and looked like he got bumped around a lot as well due to how slow he was going.

 

[Brullnux]

Milan always the favourite on uphill sprints like these. Has a really good track record, just too much power. On purely flat ones, Merlier takes the lead, but these suit Milan perfectly.

 

[Red Rick]

That Wout was the only rider who was challenging him, is an indictement of all of the other teams with sprinters. How do you *** it up that badly?

I think it sorta shows the specificity of sprints on such an uphill drag where it's still clearly a bunch sprint but the uphill kick kills all the leadouts and pure sprinters die before the sprint even launches.

 

[Unchained]

Milan only won because he is good looking..

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

Great to see that Vercher and Burgadeau shared the Combativité award.

 

[Barkintheeye]

Perfect lead out by MVDP but KG really has got nothing against Milan.

 

[staubsauger]

Milan only won because he is good looking..

Was a successful recipe for Marcel Kittel already!

 

[Red Rick]

Was a successful recipe for Marcel Kittel already!

Kittel is actually one of the better pundits for Dutch TV

 

[CyclistAbi]

So first Tour stage win since Nibali for Italy?

 

[Lequack]

Nice couple

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944062036087885890

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1944062036087885890

 

[Mayomaniac]

Kittel is actually one of the better pundits for Dutch TV

I was actually surprised when I heared him commentating the Deutschland Rundfahrt on German TV a few years ago, he's a good commentator.

 

[Cycling111]

Milan always the favourite on uphill sprints like these. Has a really good track record, just too much power. On purely flat ones, Merlier takes the lead, but these suit Milan perfectly.

Merlier was injured by not having a team when he suffered the breakdown today.

He had to recover on his own. LIDL would stopped half the team for Milan.

 

[CyclistAbi]

"A tough guy who likes to bully his opponents" - Tadej Pogacar receives backlash after first Tour de France days

The Tour de France is likely to be decided in the mountains between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, but with so many flat and hilly stages beforehand, the current battle feels more psychological b...

cyclinguptodate.com

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.

 

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"A tough guy who likes to bully his opponents" - Tadej Pogacar receives backlash after first Tour de France days

The Tour de France is likely to be decided in the mountains between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, but with so many flat and hilly stages beforehand, the current battle feels more psychological b...

cyclinguptodate.com

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.

these are topics better to be discussed on Reddit

 

[E_F_]

"A tough guy who likes to bully his opponents" - Tadej Pogacar receives backlash after first Tour de France days

The Tour de France is likely to be decided in the mountains between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, but with so many flat and hilly stages beforehand, the current battle feels more psychological b...

cyclinguptodate.com

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.

You can't seriously be equating a physical push with the horrible crime of "forcing" the best rider in the race into the yellow jersey...

 

[staubsauger]

I was actually surprised when I heared him commentating the Deutschland Rundfahrt on German TV a few years ago, he's a good commentator.

He's very eloquent indeed!
Maybe Eurosport should have tried to make a commentator from him? Migels isn't getting younger after all.

 

[CyclistAbi]

these are topics better to be discussed on Reddit

I mean you can't escape such remarks, IMHO journalists should use them sparingly.

You can't seriously be equating a physical push with the horrible crime of "forcing" the best rider in the race into the yellow jersey...

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.

 

[Hugh Januss]

This for sure! There was a point when he looked like he was pancaked (EDIT: Sandwiched in...got my wheat based items mixed up) in, that I thought he would pull the parachute and drop out, but he stayed in and didn't lose his nerve for the first time in a long time. I think the way he has been ridden against so far this tour, may have lit a fire in him again.

Just as Jorgensen and Vingo started to drop back under the 5K banner Wout appeared at the bottom of the screen in the overhead shots. At first it looked kind of speculative, like let me just see if there's anything here for me. With about 1 1/2 K to go you could tell he was committed and right up until Milan (and Wout) jumped the others were just kind of falling away on their own.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Milan on his first Tour victory. Another big name among stage winners this year. When will some lesser cyclist win a stage?

 

[Hugh Januss]

"A tough guy who likes to bully his opponents" - Tadej Pogacar receives backlash after first Tour de France days

The Tour de France is likely to be decided in the mountains between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, but with so many flat and hilly stages beforehand, the current battle feels more psychological b...

cyclinguptodate.com

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.

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.