Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 19: Albertville-La Plagne (93.1k) ‚Historic day, magnificent racing‘ ~ Rob Hatch, probably

[SafeBet]

Love how any semblance of a chance that something still might happen just gets deleted by a route change on the eve of the last mountain stage.

*** briliant

I was once told only RCS does this kind of BS.
Actually not once but a gazillion times on this forum.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

There are endless options to replace Saisies with a similar climb in the same part of the stage, but I guess ASO are that hellbent on making sure the sport isn't taken seriously.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

French conspiracy to stop Johannessen from overtaking Vaquelin

 

[Faserr]

Mountain stage under 100km. Roglic will go nuclear.

 

[YavorD]

I trusted ASO that they're better than RCS.
Everything is gone now.. maan.

 

[search]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948482481360900563

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[Tim Cahill]

Asterisked Tour. Just like the previous 20 editions.

 

[ashhutch1997]

FFS the Bisanne is right there..

 

[YavorD]

Asterisked Tour. Just like the previous 20 editions.

27*.

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948482481360900563

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1948482481360900563

Widar to take 2 minutes

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I know we've all rightfully clowned on the original placement of the intermediate sprint, but I would be absolutely fuming if I was part of the town council who paid for it only to see it cancelled last minute for the sake of protecting a few farmers' feelings.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Did you forget Ventoux?

But he got Ventoux record

That record wasn't from the 90s but from 2004. I always thought that the record was a bit iffy because I don't think an ITT really is an advantage in that case. In the 90s Ventoux was only really raced once in 94 and that was raced differently + they had a descent and another 15km flat afterwards.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I hope ‚il Toro di Buja‘ hasn‘t contracted that disease and will be able to keep his green jersey. I suspect the disease wouldn‘t transfer to the Belgian horse.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

We don't even need mountain stages anyway today's one was rubbish. Jonas been waiting all tour for the cobble hill of Montmartre and there he will attack pocagar and take time

 

[YavorD]

I wonder does the disease affect goat(s) as well or only cows?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

We don't even need mountain stages anyway today's one was rubbish. Jonas been waiting all tour for the cobble hill of Montmartre and there he will attack pocagar and take time

Who knows, maybe that will be taken out because a mime is murdered there or something. (That would be a real reason to change the route if it happened on the course by the way.)

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Worst Tour since 2012. And to be fair even that one is getting retroactively interesting

 

[Andre]

Prediction: Lipo will only spank Onley's ass and podium

 

[Gigs_98]

This feels a bit like the route change of the last mountain stage in 2019. It feels like I should care but I don't anymore.

 

[Red Rick]

I know we've all rightfully clowned on the original placement of the intermediate sprint, but I would be absolutely fuming if I was part of the town council who paid for it only to see it cancelled last minute for the sake of protecting a few farmers' feelings.

Can I clown a town council to pay for a Tour intermediate sprint in general instead?

 

[Red Rick]

This feels a bit like the route change of the last mountain stage in 2019. It feels like I should care but I don't anymore.

We both know you and I cared very much until Lo Squalo crossed the finish line in Val Thorens with his hands in the air.

 

[RedheadDane]

Because of sick cattle on the mountain making the herders there sad or upset? That has to be the dumbest reason to change a sporting event ever…

From what I understand, several of the cows had to be put down. So... I'm guessing they need the road(s) to get rid of the dead cows.

Prediction: Lipo will only spank Onley's ass and podium

Whose ass was he going to spank as well?

This feels a bit like the route change of the last mountain stage in 2019. It feels like I should care but I don't anymore.

At least they didn't have to stop today's stage halfways through because cows were dropping dead on the road.

 

[Red Rick]

The real reason for the change is the ASO had witnessed the glory of Roglic attacking with over 100km to go and decided they'd had seen enough and could take no more.

 

[Red Rick]

From what I understand, several of the cows had to be put down. So... I'm guessing they need the road(s) to get rid of the dead cows.

"Pass of dead cows" translate that and you have a new climb name if you ask me.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lol, what a shitshow

At least Pog gets another stage then