TdF fever (NO breakdance) edition

>Current and upcoming races
03.07 - 06.07 Sibiu Cycling Tour 2.1
05.07 - 27.07 Tour de France 2.UWT
06.07 - 13.07 Giro d'Italia Women 2.WWT
06.07 - 13.07 Tour of Magnificent Qinghai 2.Pro
06.07 Argenta Classic - Deurne 1.1 WE
09.07 - 13.07 Tour of Austria 2.1
16.07 - 20.07 Baloise Ladies Tour 2.1 WE
19.07 La Périgord Ladies 1.1 WE
20.07 La Picto - Charentaise 1.1 WE
21.07 Clàssica Terres de l'Ebre 1.1
25.07 Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika 1.1
26.07 - 03.08 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2.WWT
6.07 - 30.07 Ethias-Tour de Wallonie 2.Pro
27.07 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 1.1
02.08 Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa 1.UWT
04.08 - 10.08 Tour de Pologne 2.UWT
05.08 - 09.08 Vuelta a Burgos 2.Pro
06.08 - 08.08 Tour de l'Ain 2.1 M
06.08 - 10.08 Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race 2.1
06.08 - 17.08 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta 2.1
07.08 - 10.08 Arctic Race of Norway 2.Pro
12.08 - 14.08 Tour de Pologne Women 2.1 WE
12.08 - 16.08 PostNord Tour of Denmark 2.Pro
14.08 - 17.08 Czech Tour 2.1
15.08 - 17.08 Tour de Romandie Féminin 2.WWT
15.08 Grote Prijs Yvonne Reynders 1.1 WE
15.08 Circuit Franco-Belge 1.Pro
17.08 La Polynormande 1.1
17.08 ADAC Cyclassics 1.UWT
19.08 - 22.08 Tour du Limousin-Périgord - Nouvelle Aquitaine 2.1
20.08 - 24.08 Lidl Deutschland Tour 2.Pro
20.08 - 24.08 Renewi Tour 2.UWT

>Mecha-Rusbert's webm folders:
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>Bert van Koers' ciclismo quizzes:
https://www.sporcle.com/user/Bert_van_Koers/quizzes/

>Races info:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/
https://firstcycling.com/

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https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
https://cycling.today/live-streaming/

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Previous thread:
>>149551121

First for firing an aero bullet into Pogacar's drivetrain

>viva le Tour!

>>149582613
>viva

>>149582613
he said la tour. but pierre latour doesn't do the tour.

PMFP

of course he won't, why would he

bros, my wife and I are SO ready for Le Tour

>>149582819
because journalists said so or something it was quite hyped up on dutch eurosport when he tried green in dauphine

Finished watching the Unchained slop. Good to know that Roglič junior falls just as much as his dad

>3 weeks of pogimerdawinlol
schizobrit needs to do the needfull

>>149582876
is it bad that I converted all her tiktoks and IG vids to postable size in preparation for the BIG race?

>>149582914
Vinge himself is optimistic about his odds:
>>149582387

>>149582914
Baseball bat atop the mythical ventoux? Rouge drone through the front wheel at 100kph?

>>149582977
If he pulls this off I will devote my life to supporting him in every single race he does. I might put a bet on him even. Odd are shite for how unlikely it is , 32.50 for 10 quid. Should at least be 100.

>>149582876
kill all burger posters

>>149582977
thanks for the double (you)
but everyon and their mothers know that the only way Jonas wins is if Pogi gets sick or crashes
the only way he can win without Pogi leaving the race is if he somehow gains 4 minutes on him before Hautacam because of some crosswinds bullshitery here in the first week and Jonas just hanging on stage after stage

>>149582876
>>149582925
go see a fucking doctor already you are mentally unwell

I just realised there will be no Bardet in the tour.
Is it even worth watching them?

>>149583088
he will be in the Tour

>>149583088
I just imagine any rider in a PÆHKNÆK kit is Bardet. It helps a lot.

>>149583053
Any day now pog will have to pay back the matches he used in Strate the other year.

>>149583164
>pog wasting matches in the classics
>memco still recovering from getting doored
>vinge still recovering from basque country
it will even out

>>149583164
he paid for it in Amstel

>Skjelmose saying he will go for KOM
im ready for Amager dopage

>>149583511
It still hurts

QUIZ TIME:

Why wasn't Jesus born on Amager?

>>149583610
because Odin already had a son called Thor?

>>149583653
Because they wouldn't be able to find three wise men and a virgin

>>149583668
jajajajjajajajjaja

why don't they start racing the day after the team presentation?

>>149583668
dont you dare

>>149583668
hahaha classic

>>149583511
Kek, look at Contador lurking in the background. Some nice foreshadowing going on there

>>149583511
>ynr the Saint-Étienne time trial

>>149582819
The most blring rider alive

>>149583511
Without any hjaelpers it might be just as well getting in the breaks and going for the polkadots.

>>149583078
How does posting a few pics of his favourite cyclist and her cheesy aromatic feet make him mentally ill. I'm curious. The other brit spams Merlen or whatever her name is.

>>149584631
>a few pics

>>149584631
if you honestly need to ask then you have the same problem ngl

>>149584039
Skjelmose, Quinn and Nys is a pretty good breakaway trio

>>149584765
>tfw you will never see vinge and skjelly on the Rådhus balcony in yellow and polka

>>149584765
>thinking Nys will work for someone else

Armstrong Luz Ardiden 2003

>>149585571
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTt4ZOc-SpE

Profoundly cowardly riding by Ullrich. Should've had his '97 TdF stripped retroactively for whatever the hell he was doing here

gibbons didnt get banter

>>149585755
>constantly in and out of the saddle
>chain waving side to side on his chest
>the zoom into the #1 on his bike
>ascending into the fog
kino

>>149585876
Who has most kino climbing style of modern peloton?

Mikel Landa one of my favorite riders to watch climb but he's a dying breed...

>>149585935
They all have pretty boring climbing style nowadays, very robotic. Landa is good as well as Martin. Roglic can be aesthetic too. Of course the goat is Contador

>>149585935
Not many, its hard to do without EPO.

>>149585935
CARTHY but he's washed. honorable mention to all the CEPEDA's

>>149585935
Yates brothers especially Adam are quite kino despite the absence of flair. Out of the saddle they are some ideal of industrial efficiency.

>>149586130
Those two together out of the saddle is pure anime tier kino.

>>149582977
LOSING muscle is so dumb when he's losing a lot in absolute power terms. i pronounce the fish dead.

>van Sintmaartensdijk

Good name

FUCK W*UT

>>149584810
>tfw the only jersey vingo will ever wear is the cope polka

nonsense

Veloteam done.
No more adjustments!

>>149588750
I love this little medieval peasant

>>149588932
same. my favorite rider in the entire peloton. natural born entertainer on a bike

Why are all the stages so early this year? I might actually be able to watch live and piss you guys off with my asian girl posting again

>>149589002
Nah you can't be worse than the American psych ward schizo

>>149589010
he cant keep getting away with it!

>>149586189

This will be Roglics last chance, don't count him out.

>>149589002
Her skin texture is like that of a sex toy

My favourite /cyc/ trait is how touchy this general is. Even a disagreement about cycling puts you onto the naughty step. This feels like an office environment full of limp wrists men and officious bitchy women.

And I love it. Very unique general. The closes normalfag general this site has ever had. Sycophantic to a certain extent. Like a scientology sect.

>>149589621
He's washed, absolutely rinsed Redbull for a big final paycheck

One day until we see the greatest fraud in cycling history, the Danish Anchovy, arrive in his final form, the most doped up rider of all time, for the 5th year in a row.

Someone else might win, but that's not important; I'm here for the chemical fireworks.

BAM another one

>>149590017
am I sleeping on merlol? all I can think of is how much fat sprinters struggle to get up the mountains.

>>149590037
don't think he's going for the polka dots

>>149585935
Its the fatties

If i was Visma i would go full scumbag tomorrow
Wait for Pogi to take a piss and then try to split it in the wind

>>149590243
They need to take 4 minutes in the first week somehow, be it chutes or splits

>>149590268
Indeed
Visma knows it, UAE knows it and the sprint teams knows it
Pogi is gonna suck Jonas backwheel like there is no tomorrow

>>149590328
the Jumbo cowards will do nothing. I can hear the nerd on radio
stay with Jonas guys. stick together. keep him safe yeah.
that's all they will do

>>149590352
Lmao
Visma always does crosswinds if there is enough wind
It’s their thing

Ineos is gonna blast the crosswinds for no reason.
Pogi is gonna make the split, take 3 minute on Jonas and the tour is over before the first mountain.

>>149589695
Average age is likely in the high 20s or 30s

when the adjustments go too far

>>149590374
They will ride at the front to stay out of danger. Nothing will happen because all the sprinters have strong teams

What's the upper cutoff that differentiates a prologue from a time trial?

>>149590431
Are you pretending to be retarded?

>>149590510
wow u r so smart

is running similar to cycling in that if you can keep a certain pace for 20 minutes, you could do 95% of that pace for an hour (or more)?

>>149590510
First couple stages of the Tour are always a chute fest, GC teams almost always just ride safely while the shitters calm down

>>149590525
Yes. You just described a 20-minute FTP test

https://x.com/cortinismo/status/1941034011801145578
lol

>>149590554
Tramadol flowing like water

>Crosswinds
>INEOS pulls the entire time
>Rodriguez loses 3 minutes
I've seen the future

>>149590537
if you honestly think that Visma will not try and take advantage of crosswinds in the first two stages and be as agressive as possible but instead ride at z2 pace at the front then you are fucked in the head
its literally their only chance at winning the TDF

>>149590552
Yes but im asking about running, if i were asking about cycling I wouldve said power or watts rather than pace (and wouldve put cycling in running's place and vice versa). thanks for the quick answer though

>>149590525
no

>>149590595
If their only chance at winning the TdF is Jonas gaining time on crosswinds in a sprint stage, might as well not even send a team to the race

Pretty bad look that the danes want the less doped rider to DNF or lose time due to random events to the more doped rider, desu.

>>149590608
I'm sorry, I am retarded.

The answer is also yes. They have pace tables for runners (i.e. If your 5k time is this, this is your projected half marathon time etc)

>>149590621
what do you think Wout, Affini, Benoot and Campy is in this startlist for?
the first 10 stages
Visma will never say this to anyone but a podium at the Tour is still a podium at the Tour

>>149590626
We do have a proud history if doping

>>149590626
dont care
if Pogacar crashes and breaks bones i will be laughing at my TV

>>149590620
i didnt think so
>>149590632
thats alright, i looked up the pace charts and the first few were linear which is clearly incorrect, lots of bad info floating around. Picrel appears accurate and it doesnt quite follow the FTP tests ratios, but thanks for pointing me to the answer

>>149590554
Assassination of W*ut van AERT by the coward Squeaker

Fuck me, my sleep schedule is still fucked and I've been back home for a week now.

>>149590699
And he's going to fall when noted hardman and Monument winner Jonas Vingago creates a gap in crosswinds, utilizing the strength of his Classics squad to dominate the UAE twinks?

As cancer was determined to be the best way to improve yourself to the tour 25 years ago, why didn't other riders get one also?

>>149590824
look into VDOT, there are exhaustive tables and calculators

>>149590894
To be fair, the science experiment version of the fish we see at the tour every year could definitely challenge at the non-cobbled/gravel classics, the problem is that it's impossible for him an the team to maintain that program for longer than one event per year. That's why whenever he's tried without being the most doped cyclist of all time, it's ended up in abject failure and embarrassment.

That's what also lends credence to Pogacar's superiority, his program also peaks for tdf, but his base level is sos much better than anybody else's that he's able to dominate year-round.

fair

>>149591017
very nice

>>149591116
Finally something that makes sense

>>149591116
Finally a honest one. Where is this from?

>>149591116
Grim

>>149590525
In my experience this is not even true in many cases in cycling

>>149590866
Ive been sleeping terrible for a decade fren.
Welcome to nightmare difficulty.
t. heartrate problems Dutchoid

Tour de France 2025 Green Jersey OFFICIAL /bet/

>Milan 2.87
>Philipsen 4.33
>Aert 6
>Pogacar 6.5
>Merlier 7
>Poel 8
>Girmay 11
>Meeus 34
>Coqueard 51
>Nys 51
>Lie 67
>Groenewegen 81
...
>Evenepoel 126
>Allah 151
>Roglic 201

>>149585755
spotted some fine graffiti on the roads there from my basque friends

Tour de France 2025 KOM Jersey OFFICIAL /bet/

>Pogacar 2.37
>Vingegaard 8.5
>Martinez 10
>Skjelmose 13
>Storer 21
>Gall 21
>Onley 26
>Holland 29
>Healy 34
>Powless 34
>Allah 34
>Baudin 34
>Rubio 41
>Evenepoel 41
>Champoussin 41
>Eetvelt 41
>Tejada 41
...
>Aert 51
>Roglic 81
>Lipowitz 126

>>149591230
i think the difference is a matter of mentality and how hard youre willing to push yourself and suffer

Tour de France Stage 1 OFFICIAL /bet/

>Merlier 2.37
>Milan 3
>Philipsen 5.5
>Meeus 17
>Birmay 23
>Aert 26
>Groenewegen 26
>Poel 41
>Poppel 41
>Waerenskjold 51
>Lie 67
...
>Pogacar 101
>Ganna 151
>Bittner 201

>>149591327
I thought Visma was going to do a raid in the crosswinds. How come Jonas isn't heavily favored?

>>149591301
for well trained cyclists that could be the difference. for casual riders like myself who don't do long hours it comes than to the type of training. I would imagine my 15 min number would be way more impressive than my 1 hour

Runner will win 5+ Stages

>Pogacar 1.5
>Milan 9
>Merlier 9
>Poel 11
>Vingegaard 21
>Philipsen 21
>Aert 29
>Nys 101
>Evenepoel 101

Pogacar or Vingegaard will win

>Yes 1.09
>No 5.9

Roglic will finish /tdf/

>Yes 1.4
>No 2.5

Bittner will Top 10 a stage

>Yes 1.2
>No 3.6

Pogacar will win and Vingegaard will be 2nd

>Yes 1.85
>No 1.75

Everystage won by a different runner

>Yes 20

GC winner won't win a stage

>Yes 6
>No 1.06

A slovenian will win

>Yes 1.37
>No 2.8

Somewhat old but touching article on Muriel Furrer, if anyones interested
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6006406/2024/12/21/muriel-furrer-cycling-death/

>>149591391
>71.4% chance of Roglic finishing the tour
bold

Tour de France 2025 GC OFFICIAL /bet/

>Pogacar 1.36
>Vingegaard 3.25
>Evenepoel 12
>Almeida 19
>Roglic 26
>Lipowitz 34
>Jorgenson 67
>Skjelmose 81
>Yatesi 101
>Gall 101
>Mas Nicolau 101
>Rodriguez Cano 126
>O'Connor 126
>Buitrago 151
>Holland 151
>Kuss 201
>Yatesi 251
>Arensman 301
>Eetvelt 301
>Onley 301
>Thomas 301
>Vlasov 401
>Martinez 401
>Vauquelin 401
...
>Allah 1001
>Crass 1001
>Poel 1001

>>149591355
weak bait

>>149591428
Putting autismbert's life savings on No right now, it's literally free money

>>149591116
Lipo over Roglic and you got it

>>149591391
Why are they called runners?
Is it an homage to the skeleton?

>>149589656
yes korean cyclist females are literally sex toys

>only more day before the normie tourists arrive and shit up this thread

>>149591423
I appreciated this, thank you

I wonder how they decide on the price. 20000 wasn't enough.

>>149591662
Looking forward to it to dilute the schizos

I have it on good authority that, for the 2nd year in a row, an EF rider will win the KOM classification. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to say who.

>>149591787
>dilute the schizos
it will increase the schizos, reminder of how terrible the average german tourist is

>>149591701
Glad you enjoyed it, she really seemed like a great person

>>149591734
looks toxic and malformed

>>149591797
Valgren

so many top jockeys
stage wins be like gold dust

>>149591447
I'm sorry, I'm just still chuckling at how retarded your take was

>>149591814
>tf

>>149591893
we will see wont
if nothing happends tomorrow or sunday i will apologies
i will expect you to do the same if something happends

>>149591734
I think top end road bikes have gotten too expensive. At the end of the day, if you think about it, it's still just a bicycle, a convenient but simplistic and inexpensive mode of transportation

I made my team just now in 15 seconds and will not adjust it

>>149591734
My "dream bike" is less than half this, despite having a pinion box and a titanium frame. What an absolutely ludicrous price, even for something billed as limited edition

>>149592122
paypigs gotta paypig

>>149592005
Reasonable. But no overreacting

what

>>149592122
You have to be an idiot to buy so expensive bikes. There is nothing gained by paying that much. It's only this expensive because it is competing with motocycles and other midlife crisis junk for ageing salary men.

>>149592268
Depends on your feelings about Armand Thierry

>>149590214
I'm replaying this on 2ship now. Neat.

people that participate in fantasy sports leagues are worse than onlyfans simps

>>149592512
would be cool if you could actually read whats on the jersey

>Guillaume Di Grazia, commentateur historique du Tour de France sur Eurosport, ne sera pas à l’antenne cette année. Au printemps, il avait été suspendu pour un comportement inapproprié envers une maquilleuse.

>>149592554
It says Aero Bullet The Wolfpack Never Gives Up

looks better now that they toned down golden theme

>>149592650
Yeah now he just needs to remove the golden bands on the jersey and bibs and just keep the golden helmet

>>149592650
Why would you have an ugly man present a bike?

Finished my fantasy Tour in time before the start of the real one

Mission was to make a route but not include their most used climbs, so I totally avoided this list
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/route/climbs
and I also avoided recent climbs used a lot like PDBF, the climbs around Nice, the Mercantour classic climbs, etc.
It was hard because you need to avoid entire areas where there are these mountain passes

So here we go, grand depart from north west, flat stage, hilly stage, TTT

>>149591436
Grim. 1.36 might be the shortest odds in long time but too lazy to check

>>149592721
people in Belgium love him

>>149592721
BALD IS BEAUTIFUL REEEEEEE

>>149592723
Week 1, flat stage with some punchy at the end, flat stage, short mountain stage mtf, classic mountain stage mtf, flat stage with easy climb to see how the sprinters do, short hilly stage for the break

>>149592721
He used to be good looking

>>149592721
de benen

>>149592758
Maybe better with the pic

>>149592773
Week 2: hilly stage, mountain TT, long hilly-mountain stage, two sort of flat stages for sprints, hilly-mountain stage to end the week

>>149592800
Week 3: classic mountain stage mtf, TT, short mountain stage with downhill finish, the big mountain stage mtf, hilly stage with hard final circuit that can be great if there are still small gaps, classic finish in Paris

>>149592732
The odds are just a collective prediction out of thin air, not a scientific or mathematical guarantee. it doesn't mean that it can't/won't be a close race

>>149592723
>>149592773
>>149592800
>>149592832

Very interesting. Did you just create route on map or did you use in previous routes for inspiration? How long did this take you?

>>149591734
Every new release of a top tier bike they ask someone to write down a number that's too much for a bike and then that's what they put as the MSRP.

Riccitello pas normal

>>149591734
Makes this one look cheap

>>149592898
Didn't used previous routes but of course I know some places because I saw racing there before
Did like one per day, it takes from 10-15 min to 30 min depending on the stage

>>149592896
You don't say

>>149592896
thanks sean
the odds say Pog has 73% chance of winning. which is reasonable. jonas 30%

already over 100% with just 2 riders. that's why you never see a poor bookie

In Unchained, stage 15, we follow EF and Carapaz, and when fish and Pogacar catch him, it's presented as this massive drama as if Carapaz still had a chance to follow them and win the stage. When he's dropped, EF car seeths about UAE destroying the sport. Visma had been pulling the whole stage.

Stage 17 presented as hugely dramatic where Carapaz is trying to stay away from Pogacar after his attack. Pogacar was at the top of the climb 8:10 behind Carapaz.

Murderous thoughts towards humanity emerged in my mind, discuss.

>>149593085
That's why I don't watch this slop

>'He's the best climber in the world' – Tadej Pogačar praises Jonas Vingegaard as Tour de France rivalry enters next chapter
What?

>>149593085
Think of it as cycling fan fiction, a TdF which happened in an alternative universe. Such a mindset will make the series a more coherent narrative.

>>149593149
Pogacar also claimed his rival isn't only Jonas, but also Remco and Primoz. I am sure in the heart of hearts he doesn't believe either statement, particularly after 2024, but insecere flattery is what normies like.

>>149593085
The series tried to be a 1:1 recreation of the format of Drive To Survive, but the TDF is too vast and unwieldy to reduce all the narratives into 8 neatly packaged hour long episodes, especially since it's obvious many teams didn't want to participate. There are no interviews with UAE riders in the first season, and there are no interviews or focuses on any Lidl-Trek riders across 3 seasons

>drops Vingegaard every time the road goes up for a year
>yeah he's the best climber in the world, not me

>>149593149
Vingegaard is undefeated on Vingegaard climbs

>>149593085
Its great it is canceled.

https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/kolesarstvo/dirka-po-franciji/zelim-si-le-priti-v-pariz-in-tam-spiti-kozarec-sampanjca/750918

>"As for me, I don't really care. Of course, I still have some unfinished business here, but I'm 35 now and I'm happy and proud to be part of the biggest event in cycling," admitted Zasavec. "I know which races I've won and which I haven't. I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I just want to get to Paris and have a glass of champagne there"

>Roglič revealed how the falls at this year's Tour of Italy, cancellations and slow recovery from the disease spoiled his preparation for the Tour. "After the Giro, I was completely on the ground, I was taking antibiotics, because I also had some kind of bacteria. I was suffering, I was on my knees," said Roglič during the team presentation in Lillo.

>Roglič himself also mentioned Lipowitz as a possible leader in the team's overall standings, without presenting any real personal ambitions. "In the Dauphiné, Florian showed that he is very good. Why not do the same here, in the Tour de France?" said Roglič, who has five victories in three-week races; he has won the Vuelta a España four times and the Giro d'Italia once.

Yeah it's over Roglabros.

>>149593314
Is 0/0 a 100% win rate?

>>149593149
fake humble gimmick as usual

>>149593354
>happy to be here
It's completely over

>>149593192
>but also [...] Primoz
He shouldn't make it so obvious when he is lying.

when was the last time roglic won a race when pogacar was present?

>>149593354
He is just trying to fly under the radar after the giro debacle, he is in the tdf to be the leader but he can't say that, he is preemptively deflecting in case of complete slurpage

>>149593465
Emilia 2023

>>149593149
He meant climber up the Himmelbjerget (sky mountain)

>Jonas Vingegaard before the #TDF2025: "I can say I'm stronger than ever. I'm at the peak of my form, the highest level I've ever reached. I have absolutely no fear of Tadej. If I were, I wouldn't start. Of course, we respect him."

>>149593681

>>149593681
My time will come

>>149593681
might be the most based answer Jonas has given to anything ever

Pogacar is actually the underdog of you think about it

>>149593747
Pog shouldn't even be in the top 5 favorites after all of the matches that he burned in spring

>>149593887
knowers know Pogi is there as a domestique for /ELITE/

>>149593887
lots of match factories in Slovenia it seems

adjusted

>>149592650
>>149592721
ugly man
atrocious slovenly fit
almost fettermanesque

>>149594019
very satisfying mp4

>>149593354
he's reached a state of tramadol nirvana

Jonas hasn't burned any matches in 2 years. Just you wait until the week 3 inferno

I like how you can still see a certain tension between them
https://youtu.be/z6uaM3YlHXI

>>149594194
>he doesn't remember Jonas' BIG wasteful solos in OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Gran Camiño and Tirreno last year

>>149594194
how many matches does getting concussed and continuing to ride in parijs-nice count as

>>149592650
why is he dressed like a toddler

>>149594244
atleast one box of extra long storm matches for sure

>>149593085
It's just hollywood style slop. I only watched half of EP 1. The constant uber drama music for no reason made me go mad.

What happens when Roglic drops and Lipowitz stays in the Grupo Favorito without looking back?

Bianchi Specialissima RC Pantani Limited Edition

FROOME Chris +15:08
does he want to do these races or is he forced into a humiliation ritual
I know he's getting paid millions but just let him retire

>>149594343
yes well actually he did a MONSTER pull on the front for riccitello so he's already gearing up for a top 10 at tour of magnificent guangxi

>>149594342
I don't think PANTANI rode d*sc brakes

>>149594366
He would never. Also lacks yellow tires.

>>149594343
Please pay attention to the sport, he did a BIG two minute pull some 17 km from the meta, launching the great Richie TELLO

>>149594343
I thought he was on a min contract now.

>>149594342
These used to be so cool. It's insane how much they fucked up

>

>>149594394
>TARIFFS!

>>149594392
what aero disease does to mfs

>>149594394
dorian?

>>149594362
5 million per year to do about 25 race days. basically got paid 200 grand for that hard work today
#norefunds

>>149594394
I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

>>149594433
he has done more to stifle israeli interests then any other brit. arise ayatollah clive

>>149594443
>stop this now, Tadej!

>>149594443
Delete

>>149594392
We need to go back

What if Froome actually recovered fully from his '19 crash. But he saw how strong the youngsters had gotten, so to not show everyone how low his peak level actually was he just played the idiot and took his paychecks.

>>149594443
亚历雷纳 of team COFIDIS STAR to be first asian runner to start the tour de france

>>149594527
wouldn't be true. I clearly remember Arashiro riding on several occasions

>>149594484
>the last thing Tadej sees before Campy stick a frozen bidon in his front wheel

>>149594394
WHAAAAAAAAAAA

>tfw your teammates gift you wins

>>149594527
AYUSO rode 2024 /tdf/

This will be the last stage race where Remco will be eligible for the white jersey

>>149594834
six years of sixass incoming

>all i want is a good nights sleep to be at max shitposting capacity in the morning
>niggers going to be setting off fireworks all night
i hate this country

>>149595047
enjoy the holidays with your friends and family. you have friends and family, right bert?

>>149594527
looks like an olympic diver

>>149595137

>>149595137
>holidays
>as in multiple days
last time i checked a country usually only has one independence day unless its like Poland

>>149594217
Nice interview

>>149595340
yes well, that is because they are less free then us. we have multiple, which means we are more free. hope this helps.

>>149595396
it does not

>>149595424
yes it does lol

>>149595396
>less free then us
Free to get arrested for having a drink in public.

>>149595436
imagine not being able to drink anywhere you want lol
fucking burgers and their fake ass freedom

>>149592512
Why the fuck does he keep justing himself?

>>149595480
it's a mystery. surely quickstep can afford in-house barber

>>149595436
>>149595461
I got thrown out of a bus because of a bottle of vodka on fucking Halloween of all days.

>>149595754
how many independence days does Finland have? that's right, only one.

>>149592512
My exact hair cut and about the same amount of hair left....but I am 39 soon tthough.

>>149595892
they need to start blurring this knee

>>149595892

>>149595922
crampy looks like some 80's pornstar

Thoughts?

>>149595975
this helmet is too big for her

i managed to squeeze wout but i had to drop almeida

>>149594343
it's just his pre sky level

>>149594443
This is so cringe

>>149595975
Absurdly idiotic. The face and head is already one of the draggiest areas of a cyclist, enlarging this is dumb. Also any extra unneeded weight held by the neck is just asking for trouble. Besides that it compromises the crash protection the helmet was design to provide.

>rain and 17C
perfect weather for staying indoors and watching ciclismo tomorrow
comfy

man those bora tour bikes look like sex

>>149596105
cozy, we might be treated to thunder tomorrow. bought my air con and it's been 2 windy mild days since.

When is tour de trump making a comeback?

god i still remember my 2021 TDF velodrama team
Pogi, Jonas, Wout and Mads in a single team....good times

>>149595972

>>149596288
Careful you might get banned

>>149596355
I was banned for this same post months ago lmao

It'd be a very plain example of janitorial corruption!

>>149596344
hey blue board

>>149596398
No need :)

>>149596415

Coors Classic is the American race we actually need back

>stages in Hawaii, California, Utah and Colorado

>>149596468
I just want a Pikes Peak one-day race.

>>149596552
mite be cool

>>149596468

>>149596552
They have that, I am pretty sure Phil Gaimon won it lol

Nobody respects the netherlands lol. Bora changed the colour of their flag to match the Red bull colours

He cute

>>149596344
why would anyone post this?

Do they have bears on france? Imagine if pogacar gets mauled by a one on live TV as he is soloing in the mountains haha thar would be crazy

>>149596762
Exactly. Arsecheeks are not safe for work.

>>149596796
Yeah man that's terrible I really care about his safety

>>149596796
it would be bear-y crazy

>>149596796
There is like 50 in the pyrenees

>>149596750
bear population has gotten pretty big here recently. good thing I'm not really into forest trail riding (or mushroom/berry picking). some distant routes are kinda dubious now because of bear sightings.

>>149585935

>>149596796
Ironically they took Slovenian bears to replace the native bears in the Pyrenees when the last ones died in the 90s and 2000s

lmao even their bears are weak

>>149596838
(and by big I mean it's more than 10k of them now in the oblast)

>>149596881
At least they had them in the last millennium.

>>149596750
>>149596838
Just remember to do your intervals

North American black bear: 48 kilometers per hour

Asiatic black bear: 40 kilometers per hour

Brown bear: 56 kilometers per hour

Polar bear: 40 kilometers per hour

Spectacled bear: 48 kilometers per hour

Panda bear: 32 kilometers per hour

Sloth bear: 32 kilometers per hour

Sun bear: 48 kilometers per hour

>>149596750
A group of three bears came by my house at night and ripped my birdfeeder from it's perch before wandering off, like a bunch of teenage delinquents

>>149596946
How fast are these bears?

>>149596952
tbf Somebody probably did something similar to their house

>>149596946
>"Are you a slow runner? Local bears approve!"
>"we will teach you to run fast in Sibtrail"
local trail running club put this ad and I chuckle every time. mate, even Bolt can't outrun the bear, especially on difficult terrain

>>149596797
what's worse? his hairline his feet or the cross chaining?

>>149596952
these inner forest youths are up to no good

Tour de France 2025 roadbook
https://mega.nz/file/Ks1WmTqT#o4__StR0te8_md9LKYWEfJLD4beu2OuF8da2-soXvI8

>>149595922

>>149597169

>>149597093
Funny enough, that pic is from my home state

>>149597093
black bears are chill

>>149596952
this happened to my mother a few days ago. are you my mother? mom?

>>149597124
thanks rusbert

>>149597124
Neat.

>>149597124
Israel will win, adjusted

https://youtu.be/V5AN0jRzPMI

>>149597418
pull up the googlemaps

>>149597191
I saw a black bear just chilling in Suburban NoVA a few years ago, hanging out in the little forested area next to the subdivision my buddy lived in, not bothering nobody. Eventually one of the neighbors called the cops and got real mad at us for not doing so earlier. We were just day drinking on his porch and didn't think he was a problem

>>149596750
Stolen from alt /cyc/.

>Yesterday an Italian motorcyclist was killed by a bear on the Transfagarasan road in Romania (the other side of the passo than today). According to reports the motorcyclist stopped to feed a bear with 2 cubs.
>According to reports the motorcyclist stopped to feed a bear with 2 cubs.

>>149597462
Good lad, I would have done the same

>>149597462
kek what a retard

>>149597479
but it's dangerous to feed bears. not a good idea

>>149597462
Play stupid games and all that, but I won't lie and say I wouldn't be tempted to do the same

>>149596946
Ive seen black bears on my rides plenty of times they won't fuck with you

>>149597479
>>149597521
behold the highly enlightened minds of this general. your all retards

>>149597462
>motorcyclist stopped to feed a bear
people are fucking stupid. by feeding bears you basically sign a death sentence. either for some another stupid schmuck, and/or to bear itself.

>>149597542
I thought by doing the same he meant attacking like the bear did. Now I'm not so sure

>>149597617
maybe i ams the real retards all alongs

>>149597462
>Transfagarasan road in Romania
Seems like this is a favorite hunting ground for these cute highwaymen

>>149597462
photos recovered from the retards phone

https://hotnews.ro/foto-ultima-fotografie-facuta-de-motociclistul-omorat-de-o-ursoaica-pe-transfagarasan-s-a-dat-jos-si-a-oferit-mancare-ursului-2017459

>>149597711
Treadwell-esque

>>149597726
fucking hell forgot all about that lunatic

>>149597584
but they’re cute and friend shaped

>>149597711
kek

>>149597711
fugg kek

>>149597769
that one of the nature's greatest injustices. a lot of deadly predators look very cute, fluffy and cuddly

>>149597815
Thank God snakes look repulsive to mamals. Imagine if poisonous snakes looked cute.

>>149597711
Grizzlyman any% speedrun record

>>149597815
not by accident evolved by strategy

>>149597880
some sickos find spiders cute, so

>>149597958
Imagine the wats.
One pair of legs gets tired you have plenty more.

>>149598020
Having extra legs to stick in the spokes of your enemies

>>149597502
But it's rude to not feed bears, much to consider

Plus I'm a good hang I'm sure the Bears would pick up and appreciate my vibe

>>149598042
imagine getting 'webbed in a sprint finish. no one will want to try and hold your wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgyUfw0awh8

HUGE vid just dropped

>>149597711
>trans fag arasan road
do gypsies really

>>149598512
>backwards hat lance
god he's such a loser

>>149598554
You still butt hurt? Lanceis officially cool stop showing off to the europongs

Lance makes advertising fun. He was a cyclist with charisma so he was hated. Like Froome and Wiggins and Cadel.

>>149598643
You're annoying

>>149591436
>risen Skjelly 8th best rider in the tour
fucking grim

>>149597462
>>149597711
>let me just get close to this hecking cute animal that can kill me with a slap to the face to try and feat it + that it has cubs which makes it ultra aggressive compared to bears normal skittish nature
A fine example of natural selection
-1 retard

>>149597880
>Imagine if poisonous snakes looked cute

>>149598512
At least get rid of that hum in the audio, if you're going to shill ketones every 5 minutes.

National champions at the startline.

>>149598751
Honestly they all suck ass

>>149598751
Wanty are criminals

>>149598512
I can smell the dopage through my screen

>>149598751
Watson by far the ugliest

>>149598751
>Wanty even worse than UAE
Impressive

>>149598814
*masculinity

The european alternative is lanterne rouge and benji LOL

>>149598751
that Ineos has to be one of the worst of all time. You wouldn't know what it was meant to be

>>149598751
Jayco's are pretty good

>>149598751
>VAN POPPEL in a red/white/black tricolore

>>149598512
Lance and Hincapie have the dynamic of an abusive husband and his beaten wife

>>149598965
Egyptian champion

The GOAT of NC jerseys

>>149598718
bat mogs

>MSR is still the peak of this season
Will it be topped?

>>149599045
KEK the first thing I noticed was he was turned away facing lance and addressing him directly with all his points. Weird. Their perspective is unbeatable maybe only Horner rivals this content. Bruynel is extremely insightful. He'll say something retard then explain it and it all makes complete sense.

>>149599138
Color scheme reminds of Monster energy drink. I wonder how "Spain" flavour would taste like?

>>149598751
There should be some ruling that the flag design has to be displayed prominently, if not overwhelmingly. Wanty, Ineos and UAE are just insulting

>>149599164
I hope so.
If Pogacar is allowed to contest the puncheur finishes we might be in for a great 2 weeks.

>>149599184
>Bruynel is extremely insightful. He'll say something retard then explain it and it all makes complete sense.
I guess you could say he has Ketone-IQ®

>>149599184
Wiggo and Bruynel know their shit but lance is a retard and takes too much space

>>149599164
Ronde, Roubaix, Amstel and Giro up there

Hoping for a huge doping scandal this year.

>>149599400
Lance is useless. Not a good host, not a good interviewer, doesn't know much about the current peloton
only good for the odd old war story and calling JV a cunt

>>149599418
>huge doping scandel hits the peloton
>pogacar is the only one that's clean

>>149599468
Pretty much this. Also you can feel the dude wants to be the star of the show so he comes with his useless takes

>>149599468
>Lance is useless. Not a good host, not a good interviewer, doesn't know much about the current peloton
>only good for the odd old war story
wow he sucks
>and calling JV a cunt
redeemed

>>149598751
>trick question: which one of these represent a Dutch national champion?

>>149599515
imagine the kino

>>149599520
Easy to tell just looking at the faces

>>149599515
>Tdf is just pogi against the full FDJ team
>Guillaume martin still loses by 25 minutes

>>149599520
pretty risqué midsection

>>149597958
spiders are friends rusbert, unlike bears they’re actually friendly and will react positively to kindness

Kek they spend 5 minutes complaining about prize money. Always make me laugh how everybody is mad at ASO for holding the only race that matters

>>149599638
The men or the women or both?

>>149599678
I said race that matters bert, obviously not women

>>149599704
True lol

>Not using a proper lead out train

Lance is just comic relief.
But Bruyneel is awesome and sometimes just drops bombs out of nowhere . George seems like genuinely a cool dad and a decent person.

>>149599804
thanks I lost

>>149599520
The tall dark and handsome one or the gormless redfaced one, I wonder...

>>149599837
the game?

>tfw only one comment for hours spent making fantasy tour

Will Red Bull force Witzi to pull for old man Roglic or will they let him aim for the podium?

>>149600674
The truth is no one knows what makes a great parcours for a 3 week race so it's hard to tell. Maybe try to design a new monument it would be more fun to comment on

>>149600674
I appreciate your efforts, you clearly put a lot of thought into your fantasy tour, but I didn't have anything interesting to say or add, sorry friend

>>149600674
Average /cyc/ user isn't smart enough to be able to comment on stuff like that.

>>149600819
Do you think this man will make a German work for a Slovene?

>>149601079
A Bavarian man can't help himself from keeping a Slovenian man down.

I really badly want lipowitz in my team but I simply can't fit him in. Officially he's domestique for chutic so he shouldn't be a GC rider veloman.

>>149601243
Slavs should always be looked at as closer to beast than man tbf

>>149600893
Nice idea
Thinking about a monument in the southern hemisphere so we can have ciclismo in winter

>>149601447
True but Bavarians are also Slavs

>>149601513
No more brother wars...

>>149598751
If your NC isn't at the tour then you're a guest nation

>>149601513
very true

/cyc/ is where you go to learn the true deep Euro race lore

>>149601709
Just HRE things.
You have to be here to get it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOhrlq3cheo

Wiggo has a podcast. It's good

>>149601513
*celts

this would be more sexo if it were white instead of black
really tired of black bikes, fuck everybody who rides a black bike

>>149601650
Considering that the German is wearing a Tyrolean Hat, the Austrian and Bavarian children are likely his.

>>149602827
no he is just appropriating their kultur

I like Lance and Vaughters. They're both likable in the goofiest most american ways. The opposite of one another on paper but the reality is they're the same. They beat a snivelling poncey frenchman any day of the week. In fact it's why they're more successful.

If Jonas doesn't win this tour I cannot see him riding as a leader in the tour ever again. They have to rack up giros with him instead.

>>149603108
Anything can happen. Pogi can get sick, make a mistake or chute, unlikely but not impossible. Also, tdf is the biggest stage for the sponsors, so even if he can't win, just being the strongest contender gives a lot of visibility

>>149603151
>Anything can happen
No. Pooshit wins but 12 minutes and takes 5 stages. We yawn and can't believe we fell for it again and swear not to watch his races. Repeat. It's an addiction really

i like seeing him win. makes cyc seethes too which is great entertainment value

Oh Jesus Christ there's a mass shooting going on outside me building

>>149603481
a small price for freedom
>>149595396

>>149603481
dog bless bert

how many of the new riders are tossing and turning in their hotel beds right now :3

>>149603481
Based take pictures

>>149582516 (OP)
Do you bros know any good places to watch extended highlights of each stage? I'm looking for something that is around 1h (upwards of 2h) in length for each stage.
Does something like this exist?

I think yank was doing a bit because it's 4th of july and they're fireworks, though a shooting is arguably just as likely

>>149604101
I would just watch the last hour.

>>149603968
Nevermind apparently it's a holiday or something the city is setting off fireworks. Bit early for Bastille day but whatever

>>149604101
Used to, GCN+ had extended highlights and normal highlights on youtube, don't know if they're still doing any of that.

>>149604200
where were u wen GCN+ die
i was at house eating dorito when phone ring
"GNC+ is kil"
"no"

>>149604200
>>149604274
>>149604141
Damn, that's rough.

But yeah, probably watching the last hour of each stage is good enough, lol.

>>149604274
Strap me to a rocket and fire me at Burbank I am ready

>>149604274

>>149599515
just like Operación Puerto

I really think I'll win the velogames this Tour
drafted a MONSTROUS roster

>>149599468
Lance even has the audacity to sometimes use Airpods which have atrocious recording quality

>>149605122
Pogacar + Merlier + 7 boys

>>149606368
even took some insurance on fat boy merlier

Starting with a sprint stage is lame

>>149607544
This it should be a TTT

>>149596838
>"bear sightings" around berry/mushroom picking places
Don't fall for the oldest trick in the books Bert. That's where the best places are, people are just trying to protect their secret spots.

Hate when I go for a picnic and bears steal my little basket with a full glazed ham and a comically oversized turkey leg and octuple decker sandwich

how many bings until the only bicycle race of the year starts?

>>149608941
7hours exactly. Makes for a decent night sleep

thanks pierre

The Tour starts today

>>149608968
>3 weeks of remco fans seething at pogi that "wasn't even good in junior" on French Twitter
I have to admit I enjoy it

>tfw no racing today

>One last change

>>149609426
Only sprintslop

It's going to be a chute fest isn't it?
With half my velodrama and Roglic involved.

Should I watch the opening day on Peacock and suffer through Bob Roll and the corpse that was Phil Ligett, or take the tizpill and be 10 minutes behind everyone else?

up bright and early to get me ride in. windy as fook out. think I will just find some shelter and do a bunch of rampas reps

>>149609896
that ain't it

>>149609002
kek

>>149609002
Tanguy Turgis beat Pogacar as a junior don't you know.

to be proper, early new thread >>149610165
new thread >>149610165
new thread >>149610165

>Axel Laurance (24), France - the young French rider will be starting in his first Tour de France for the Grenadiers and will be looking for opportunities for stage wins as well as supporting the team’s GC ambitions.

>Sam Watson (23), Great Britain - The young British racer is coming in hot off his convincing win at the British Nationals Road Race at the weekend - his fourth win this season. Lining up for his first Tour de France, Watson has had a packed and consistent season including a busy Classics campaign that saw him play a key role for the team.

who will get more chances? sounds like axel will be first choice

gonna watch Sir Christopher Froome Mbe in the Tour of Sibiu in Monday, hope I will not have an asthma attack in his path