Tour de France Femmes 2025 (July 26th- August 3rd)

[QueenStagiaire]

Gigante seems cooked

 

[AmRacer]

Gigante seems cooked

The road is going the wrong direction

 

[Didinho]

Gigantic downhill problem. Those extra efforts are deadly.

Kasia going hard. Did she crash today? With blood on her leg.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Oh man, this is painful. This is what my riding buddies must feel like when they have to wait for me on a descent.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sarah Gigante really went to the Pierre Latour school of descending, didn't she?

 

[Escarabajo]

Gosh!
Gigante has a gigante problem!
She needs to work on it!

 

[Tim Cahill]

I'm not sure I can remember someone at such a top end of climbing level being so poor on descents such that they become more a factor in the races than the climbs themselves, everyone could see exactly what was coming.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gigantic downhill problem. Those extra efforts are deadly.

Kasia going hard. Did she crash today? With blood on her leg.

Yes, she was brought down when Kerbaol crashed at the bottom of the Joux-Plane, but she got onto her bike quickly and Cille pulled her back into position quickly. Commentary mis-identified her as Włodarczyk, but it was the Polish national jersey that went down.

 

[Red Rick]

Tbh I can't say I don't *** myself when I descend a mountain but it's surreal to see a pro ride like this.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm not sure I can remember someone at such a top end of climbing level being so poor on descents such that they become more a factor in the races than the climbs themselves, everyone could see exactly what was coming.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Gigante literally lost 2 seconds in the first corner of the proper downhill

 

[dobrien]

Tbh I can't say I don't *** myself when I descend a mountain but it's surreal to see a pro ride like this.

Yeah, this isn't just about cornering, it appears she's simply not comfortable at speed at all on the bike, even when going straight. You can just see how tense she is...

 

[AmRacer]

I'm not sure I can remember someone at such a top end of climbing level being so poor on descents such that they become more a factor in the races than the climbs themselves, everyone could see exactly what was coming.

There's a certain male cyclist.

 

[dobrien]

There's a certain male cyclist.

Who is the second coming of Paolo Salvoldelli compared to Gigante!!

 

[RedheadDane]

There's a certain male cyclist.

Aren't there several (though only Latour is still active)?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yeah, this isn't just about cornering, it appears she's simply not comfortable at speed at all on the bike, even when going straight. You can just see how tense she is...

You could see when she was first distanced and Labous was riding across the gap, despite the urgency of reconnecting with the group, she would NOT pedal, instead freewheeling despite that she was going slower than those in front.

She really needs a pilotfish, so she could follow somebody who's a better descender. I mean, a teammate would swiftly get more frustrated than Nibali guiding Basso down the Mortirolo in 2010, but just being able to hold somebody competent in eyesight and follow their lines would be beneficial.

 

[dobrien]

Wonderful crowds!!

 

[Didinho]

Pauline with a free ride. Another stage win incoming.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Did you miss her getting distanced by 30" on the first descent of the day?

It may have been a one-off borne out of other circumstances, but she did get dropped on the descent.

I'm gonna be honest I've not watched any racing all weekend. Not even watching this one just leaving comments based on the live ticker when I check my phone. Still the forums number 1 tactical analysist thoguh

 

[Escarabajo]

This is really painful to watch!

 

[JR1012]

Sadge AVB wont win the stage. But at least she tried.
She will be catched on the next climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, this isn't just about cornering, it appears she's simply not comfortable at speed at all on the bike, even when going straight. You can just see how tense she is...

She's literally holding off when they go faster, like she seems reasonably fine doing hairpins at low speed, but she stops accelerating out of corners once she goes past 50 kph

 

[Escarabajo]

Ok, if that was the case She should have gone very hard like a TT at the bottom of Joux Plane

 

[P4rthen0n]

Sarah Gigante lost 50s in like 6km descending.
She's afraid of the speed.

It's heartbreaking to watch. I hope she can get some of this time back on the next climb.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ok, if that was the case She should have gone very hard like a TT at the bottom of Joux Plane

Gigante tried some attacks but she didn‘t look like she had her best legs today.