Tour de Suisse 2025 - Men's (June 15- June 22)

[Pippo_San]

I get these vibes Joao is gonna destroy the field tomorrow.
He could've won this TdS with one leg hadn't the big escape happened in the first stage. Anyway that's cycling and it's been a very good show like that.

 

[Red Rick]

It's actually impressive how many tactical errors Vauquelin and Onley manage to fit into the final 500m.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I've watched him for 4 years, never a scratch. It's insane.

He makes up for it by getting sick every other race.

 

[Cookster15]

Nice win by Almeida - he is fighting. But Kévin Vauquelin is impressing me too.

 

[Cookster15]

So who do we pick for the MTT and final GC victory? I didn't know much about Vauquelin until this race. I see he has a good record in TTs. He has a 33 second lead on Almeida, seems like he hang on to win GC?

 

[YavorD]

So who do we pick for the MTT and final GC victory? I didn't know much about Vauquelin until this race. I see he has a good record in TTs. He has a 33 second lead on Almeida, seems like he hang on to win GC?

I would say Almeida for both.
The climb is hard (actually untill the time-check they are using the same last climb of today) and I will be very surprised if Vauquelin is within 30 seconds of Almeida.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So starting with #112 (Zimmerman) there are two-minute starting gaps between riders, all prior to that are 1-minute.

112	91	16:04:00	Zimmermann Georg	Intermarché - Wanty
113	183	16:06:00	Bennett George	Israel - Premier Tech
114	113	16:08:00	Barta Will	Movistar Team
115	4	16:10:00	Großschartner Felix	UAE Team Emirates - XRG
116	174	16:12:00	Champoussin Clément	XDS Astana Team
117	136	16:14:00	Van Wilder Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step
118	112	16:16:00	Castrillo Pablo	Movistar Team
119	145	16:18:00	O'Connor Ben	Team Jayco AlUla
120	105	16:20:00	Kämna Lennard	Lidl - Trek
121	51	16:22:00	Gall Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
122	154	16:24:00	Onley Oscar	Team Picnic PostNL
123	212	16:26:00	Alaphilippe Julian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
124	3	16:28:00	Almeida João	UAE Team Emirates - XRG
125	26	16:30:00	Vauquelin Kévin	Arkéa - B&B Hotels

There seems to be a strange time warp between Vergaerde and Samitier at PCS, will the riders be going on a coffee break or something?

69	104	14:04:00	Vergaerde Otto	Lidl - Trek
70	37	15:19:00	Samitier Sergio	Cofidis

Complete start order here: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse/2025/stage-8/live/startorder

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So starting with #112 (Zimmerman) there are two-minute starting gaps between riders, all prior to that are 1-minute.

112	91	16:04:00	Zimmermann Georg	Intermarché - Wanty
113	183	16:06:00	Bennett George	Israel - Premier Tech
114	113	16:08:00	Barta Will	Movistar Team
115	4	16:10:00	Großschartner Felix	UAE Team Emirates - XRG
116	174	16:12:00	Champoussin Clément	XDS Astana Team
117	136	16:14:00	Van Wilder Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step
118	112	16:16:00	Castrillo Pablo	Movistar Team
119	145	16:18:00	O'Connor Ben	Team Jayco AlUla
120	105	16:20:00	Kämna Lennard	Lidl - Trek
121	51	16:22:00	Gall Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
122	154	16:24:00	Onley Oscar	Team Picnic PostNL
123	212	16:26:00	Alaphilippe Julian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
124	3	16:28:00	Almeida João	UAE Team Emirates - XRG
125	26	16:30:00	Vauquelin Kévin	Arkéa - B&B Hotels

There seems to be a strange time warp between Vergaerde and Samitier at PCS, will the riders be going on a coffee break or something?

69	104	14:04:00	Vergaerde Otto	Lidl - Trek
70	37	15:19:00	Samitier Sergio	Cofidis

Complete start order here: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse/2025/stage-8/live/startorder

They probably need to get the Team Cars back down the mountain after the first half since there‘s only one way up, that‘s why there‘s a break.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Has any rider ever been seen having ice cream during a race?

Late reply but they did have some back in the day!

 

[scribers]

So who do we pick for the MTT and final GC victory? I didn't know much about Vauquelin until this race. I see he has a good record in TTs. He has a 33 second lead on Almeida, seems like he hang on to win GC?

Bruyneel says it will be close but Almeida

 

[SHAD0W93]

So who do we pick for the MTT and final GC victory? I didn't know much about Vauquelin until this race. I see he has a good record in TTs. He has a 33 second lead on Almeida, seems like he hang on to win GC?

Almeida the stage and GC by 10 seconds minimum. I think he’s more tired compared to previously due to having to attack more.

 

[Juan Pelota]

It's going to be very close, Vaquelin has beaten Almeida in TTs before, but on flatter terrain. In last years TdS finale, Almeida put 2 minutes in Vaquelin. Ofc not sure of Vaquelin was going all out...

 

[noob]

He makes up for it by getting sick every other race.

Yes sadly so 😥

 

[Potomac]

KV is impressive, but it would break an impressive streak for France if he wins the GC tomorrow.

 

[Gratemans]

So who do we pick for the MTT and final GC victory? I didn't know much about Vauquelin until this race. I see he has a good record in TTs. He has a 33 second lead on Almeida, seems like he hang on to win GC?

Vauquelin is a fine rider, and the jersey might give him something extra. So against almost everybody I'd say he has a very good chance. But this is Almeida. Who rides EVERY climb as a MTT. I'm pretty sure he'll win this.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

MTT has started and we have a couple of riders on the road.

 

[tobydawq]

JA must be very confident he can get the time tomorrow - or he didn't have it in his today.

I definitely don't think he had it in him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let go of the others and only finished fifth.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Early marker:

BEL

JANSSENS Jimmy

31'30"21

Official timing:

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[Red Rick]

Why does PCS say only 9 riders on the road or is this one of those MTTs with multiple waves of riders?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Why does PCS say only 9 riders on the road or is this one of those MTTs with multiple waves of riders?

Looks like there is 45min wait for the next to start

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Why does PCS say only 9 riders on the road or is this one of those MTTs with multiple waves of riders?

see

QueenStagiaire's answer above.​

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It'll be a couple of hours before live images, but for now here's a fun factoid from PCS, how time flies.

The last time trial victory for Froome Chris (Israel - Premier Tech) was 2847 days ago (Vuelta a España | Stage 16 (ITT))

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Why does PCS say only 9 riders on the road or is this one of those MTTs with multiple waves of riders?

I didn't catch it earlier, but besides the 75-min break I did catch there are also a couple of 15-min breaks and several times there are starting gaps anywhere between 3-5mins between riders. So, I actually missed a lot when first glancing at the startorder.

 

[Red Rick]

Bjerg gonna miss the time cut and go down a DNF if his T1 time is anything to go by

 

[RedheadDane]

Bjerg gonna miss the time cut and go down a DNF if his T1 time is anything to go by

Huh? It's not ending on a descent, he doesn't need to be worried about not being able to go home to his beautiful (sick) wife.