Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 9: Chinon – Châteauroux (174.1k)

[Red Rick]

Pathetic loser teams pathetically losing after racing pathetically to the surprise of absolutely *** nobody

 

[titan31]

Half these teams should be kicked out. Racing for top 10s instead of trying to actually win. Useless cowards

 

[Peyroteo94]

Merlier is clearly the best sprinter in the world

 

[Pippo_San]

Well that was fast. Chapeau to Merlier great sprint there.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

Chapeau MVDP and Rickaert.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Dang, so close for MVDP and Rickaert. Great win by Merlier and showing his top end speed.

 

[kingjr]

This stage was probably more exciting than any of the mountain stages is going to be.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Horse wins

 

[Didinho]

De Lie boxed in and 3rd. Good to see him getting better.

 

[Brullnux]

Milan came close but I think this – a flat sprint with similar positioning– shows that Merlier is the fastest in the world at the moment.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

BELGIAN HORSE

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

How’s that 9th place Uno-X 🙄

 

[Tim Cahill]

De Lie maybe riding into a bit of form?

 

[Danskebjerge]

At least van der Poel has a stage win already. I feel more sorry for his team mate sort of.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

This stage was probably more exciting than any of the mountain stages is going to be.

This is likely a sad truth.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

De Lie maybe riding into a bit of form?

 

[Red Rick]

This last 5km alone is why this sport deserves to die.

 

[ppanther92]

So from the teams doing heavy workload in the end:

Uno-X 9th
Arkea 13th
Visma 27th

*** losers…

 

[dr.eve]

Uno-X got 9th... Chapeau...

 

[tobydawq]

This reminds me of Cancellara pulling that solo Tony Martin break back for absolutely no reason other than a big personal *** you

Me too (though Cancellara was second in the sprint, so it was not completely unjustified what he did).

 

[Squire]

Was a really fun stage for being a pan-flat one. Can't complain about the entertainment value when the route is what it is.

 

[Rackham]

I was hoping for a little more moto pacing for Van der Poel.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Is merlier the greatest sprinter ever in the history of the sport? He's certainly the most horselike

 

[dobrien]

Motorbike here just in time!

Soon as I saw the bike take position I thought "Too bad it's not Tour de Netherlands, we can get some proper pacing here!"

 

[Froome]

This last 5km alone is why this sport deserves to die.

The last 5 km where quite funny to watch. This time you have no reason in complaining, but at the same time you have the right to complain about what you want.