Tour de France (2.UWT)
Stage 18
Vif - Courchevel (Col de la Loze)
171.5km
Startlist:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2025/startlist
GC after stage 17:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2025/stage-17-gc
Roadbook:
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https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2025/stage-18/live
https://racecenter.letour.fr/en
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>>149919451 (OP)Jonas in yellow after this stage btw
>>149919451 (OP)Posting in the Queens stage thread
>LONG WAY TO PARIS
>TOUR IS STILL YOUNG
>JUST A FEW BAD DAYS NOTHING SPECIAL
>ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
>WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW
>TOMORROW'S A NEW DAY
>YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS GONNA HAPPEN
>STILL A LONG WAY TO PARIS PAL
>ALL DAYS CAN'T BE GOOD DAYS, YOU KNOW?
>WE'RE ONLY IN THE THIRD WEEK
>LOTS MORE TOUR DE FRANCE TO GO
>YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
>TEAM HAS PLANS FOR THE NEXT STAGES
>TOMORROW IS A DIFFERENT DAY
>PARIS IS STILL FAR AWAY
>WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
>>149919553King's stage
do not fall for the way of the anglo lies
>>149919566It comes from french รฉtape reine because รฉtape is a feminine word
I forgot when Jonas lost the most time this year apart from the first TT
>>149919587Hautacam was not even a week ago. Even I can remember that
>>149919587Hautacam, flat TT, bonis, sprints are his time losses in order.
They're saying Madeleine is harder than Loze.
>>149919609they ever found that girl
>>149919609it's the easy side of Loze. Kinda lame tbqh compared to the true Loze beast
Almost time for comfy tour de france femmes
>>1499195871:05 on the flat TT
2:10 on Hautacam
36s on Peyragudes TT
4s in Superbagnรจres
2s on Ventoux
Rest is bonis
>>149919609they are right
>>149919658I totally forgot Hautacam
>>149919640Maddy is in a safe location.
Couldn't answer the previous post, but here is one of the new RCR colour scheme. Also 3.6k with sram rival, power meter and their inhouse carbon wheel. Didn't know they made their own carbon wheel but it makes sens. They're hooked so at least they got that going for them
https://www.london-gynaecology.com/cycling-vaginal-injuries/
Interesting labia grows with pressure
>>149919700Dark green is nice, but I have to see in person to check if it's not too dark
>>149919657She will crash on the descent finish in stage 7. We need more descent finishes...
>>149919392I mean I like their autism and they were the first one to do a podcast before it was cool. they went to the tour the Philippines back in the days with their team mate Jay Vine back in the days. so I don't get their surprise about the power numbers.
>>149919719Finally, and I'll stop being decathlon PR, but they have a new endurance bike. Again 3.5k with 105di2 and carbon wheel is a nice deal. Honestly if I had to get a new bike it would be this one
>>149919735The first one pussied out
>>149919735they killed him.
>>149919735Based retard. What did he expect would happen?
>>149919735try that in a small town (in America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY
>>149919735Collar bone is gone. What's the penalty for this?
>>149919735when drunkenly cheering on the peloton just doesnt cut it
>>149919735i like the little juke he tried
>>149919735I fucking hate cops so fucking much
>>149919640Fucking brutal
>>149918423in my living room where my pc is, it has been around 28-29
bedroom that's on the other side of the apartment around 26
>>149919658Not disastrous, to be honest
Predict Wout's strategy for tomorrow
>>149919735How did he get on the street?
>>149919735just let him go
wasn't going to do anyone any harm
>>149919735that cop with the shoulder tackle against a bike though, he knew the cameras were watching too what a baller
>>149919735The fuck, how is this not attempted murder? He's clearly not a threat to anyone's safety so they have no right to do physical harm
I'd sue until everyone involved is fired and banned
>>149919903Attack when Vingegaard is held up.
>>149919735Tankman Rik would not have been stopped so trivially
>>149919929>Guys im going for a piss>IM SORRY WHAT? THE RADIO IS CUTTING OUT - YOU WANT ME TO GO FOR A RACE? OKAY JONAS ILL GO NOW
>>149919592>Jhojan GarcรญaMost favelado name ever
>>149919925>>149919917It's a huge security risk. Could have been an Islamist with a bomb.
>>149920000Yeah in full kit wanker gear on a well kept old race bike fuck off
God damn fascist shithole
>>149920105You're right just let evey attention whore cycle through the finish zone while the roads are closed.
>>149919925Sure, let cyclists go on the line 5 where the sprint is going to happen, surely nothing can go wrong.
>>149920105>>149920129the duality of the german mind
>>149919735Looks like south american, extremely based
All the crashed wanty riders are fine no collections
I bonked on the ride today I forgot how that felt. 2 kilo fat loss in 1.5 weeks. 70kg and 315w FTP by December for gran canary trip with my dad is the goal to keep up with him. Feel like I gain 10w every ride this past week.
>>149919925Cops are instructed to respond to anything and everything with maximum cruelty and violence. They are systematically chosen for their lack of humanity
>>149920356>70kg and 315w FTPvery impressive for an older guy
did he use to race?
>>149919700looks decent actually
>>149919719this one I like even more, in the sunlight its probably even better
>>149919735comedy gold KEK
>>149920432He's bouncing around 310ish now because he's unable to train properly die to work but he'll get there again end of year. It's more his unrelenting endurance. End of the ride he's just as fresh and literally never eats. Idk how the fuck that works.
He did occasional races, did well at national mtb races, getting top 5's. He basically cycled his whole life because he was poor from single mother. Left school at 16 worked in bike shops and rode his bike with colleagues.
He only got back into it after being obese 90kg 170cm, about a year ago. He's a fucking train. Zero top end though, I still beat him untrained at heavier. But he's small rugged irish peasant 55 years old or something. Like healy but 30 years older. Born in brim just the same lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ach2Dvmav80
pogacar being interviewed and these kids in the back just constantly yelling pogacar jesus christ
why did she delete her ig?
Even Japanese qts are making fun of Visma
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FBIltiqCQn8
>>149919735why did he do it? he doesn't even look like he's enjoying himself
>>149920299he has the born loser phenotype
>>149920661His insta is sosogalerien17, you can see for yourself the type of specimen
>>149919735Tour caravan getting crazy
>>149920661I believe it's what they call the "Faustian spirit."
>>149919030These are fantastic news for Pogacar, he wonโt need to be pouring bottles over his head like DisneyLandis
>washing line shifters
>rimbrakes
>22 mm tires
>platform pedals
>>149920717just seems like a bad idea and dangerous to do this so close before finishing, even if it gets you social media likes
>>149920980a pure bred french man
>>149919735he's clearly joking and having a good time, I know it's more patrician to throw piss at runners but come on
>>149920129do you even know how far the peloton was you spastic?
what's with bootlickers these days jesus christ kys srlsy
no fun allowed cuny
>>149920980I hope he goes to prison for this
>>149920980I hate arabs so fucking much
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>>149921044>AissaouiQuintessentially...
>>149919735an instant classic
they'll be still showing this in 50 years time
respect to the police :salute:
>>149920980>>149921002>>149921044The French and the world at large once celebrated behavior like this. How times have changed.
>>149920980What a HUGE FUCKING ASSHOLE the sprinters were 1km behind doing 60km/h
For real though, except the Toulouse leftist all the incidents in this Tour so far have been caused by non whites despite making 0.001% of TdF viewers
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Funny how either bike industry cuck shills or direct bike industry employees post some shitty bike with Di2 105 for 3500โฌ (THREE THOUSAND FIVEHUNDERT) and have the audacity to claim it's a very good price.
Lmao
>>149921215Funny how bikes cost more than 20 years ago. Also funny how riders now are faster than riders from 20 years ago. Funny that innit.
>>149921302Found the cuck
Look cyc we're on tv
>>>/tv/213022594
>>149919735All right, which one of us was it?
>>149920299So either from Spain, Italy, Portugal, or Croatia.
>>149921538I absolutely love Breaking Away (1979), I can't believe they closed and covered the quarry pool where they swam in the movie.
>>149921550assumably the venezuelan bert with his latest moneymaking scheme. don't think there's anyone else here remotely as swarthy
Many bikes are no longer made for what was their main customer base, humble working class people. Instead, people are now casually dropping 6k on a bike. The market has changed enormously. It's now dentists and business owners who use it as tax write off. People who actually are into cycling generally don't ride the blingy ridiculously priced bikes.
Ironically it's the less sporty people who buy the sportiest bikes, because a 20-30 something semi athlete who isn't sponsored will be riding a far cheaper bike. Also funny how trek and a few other major bike companies are failing yet the smaller bike brands who offer a more competitively priced bike are booming. Gee, I wonder if there's a correlation. It's unsustainable for the bikes to cost so much and we're already seeing considerable price cuts from brands like trek. Though it doesn't help their bikes have been eclipsed by the competition, they're c tier bikes now imo.
>>149920980kek, he almost busted his ass on the take off.
'The Racer' was a nice film I watched, in another language I can't remember which. Follows a young rider trying to make it as a professional. Extremely dramatic which I didn't think a cycling film could be. One of the best films I ever watched on reflection, think I'll watch again tonight.
>>149921677Irish isn't another language, but the Belge main actor speaks Belgian (both of them) in the movie. it follows some washed up rider that gets into the yellow jersey thanks to dopage. but yes, it's a comfy watch, it was on arte for some time.
>>149919719Philadelphia Eagles color
famous sports journalist here who used to commentate cycling during the epo era when the interest boomed in romania says prime armstrong and pantani on the same drugs as pogachud would wipe the floor with him
>>149922202banciu or who? also nigga is the biggest dick sucker for armstrong, he was arguing for 2 years that he didn't cheat
also the current eurosport commentators called him a fraud since he ditched commentating on tdf after the armstrong scandal
How has there never even been a terror attack during a tour, would be easiest to promote your islam chudcel group. Just plant a bomb somewhere on the course. I think they should up security
>>149921677I recognize that street.
>>149922279yeah lol he said drop modern doped to the gills pantani and pogi at the base of the angliru and pantani puts 19 minutes into him
Why doesnโt this general simp over Marion Rousse? Iโve never gotten it
UPDATE
The madman actually did it. WEEK3 is back on the menu
Film Idea: Romeo and Julian. About a dashing young Spanish national champion and a mature goateed Frenchman and their quest for forbidden love in the peloton. Will love prevail or will their duty to team and country break them apart? Find out soon, coming Summer 2026
>>149922594it did back in 2016 lol.
>>149922594don't get to see her much on Eurosport
Who's gonna win the stage?
>>149922617Danish copium at levels never thought to be possible before
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>>149922617how the fuck he didn't even include lipo or onley, but included 10 frauds who didn't survive any climbs
>>149922678>Now we come to the kind of stages that really suit the Dane, and if he doesn't manage to put Pogacar on Madeleine, I think he will succeed on the difficult first stretch with a tailwind on the Col de la Loze. If he gets rid of him first, he usually doesn't get picked up, and then time will tell how much he can win. I still think it will be very difficult to win the Tour when the gap is so big, but if Vingegaard doesn't have his third bad day of the race โ and he has suddenly got them โ I think he will win the stage.just when I thought I couldn't be more hyped
>>149922763>NOTE: I only give Pogacar and Vingegaard a chance to win from a favourite showdown, and therefore Florian Lipowitz, Oscar Onley and Kevin Vauquelin have not received stars, as I do not expect them to break away and thus have a hard time winning the stage. In the analysis below, I have sections where I explain the expected balance of strength between the favourites, and despite the lack of stars, I reckon that Lipowitz is the third strongest.
>>149922795so why the fuck did he include roglic
>>149922803you have to read his full 20000 word previews. Everything is tied together
>>149922617Don't know what the fuck he is smoking. Has he seen the weather forecasts? Cold af and raining, Pogi could do a re-run of Col de Romme if he wanted.
Will there ever be a stage ending as epic as stage 16 again
>>149922617somehow pogacar only beating vingegaard by 2 seconds has made vingegaard the favourite.
honestly vingegaard could win but to give him more stars is just dishonest journalism
>>149922771>>149922837Where can I find this schizos ramblings?
>>149922888https://sport.tv2.dk/cykling/2024-10-29-axelgaards-optakt-til-18-etape-af-tour-de-france
>tfw your edit doesn't get a single (you)
@149922897
Repost / link it, I will grant a (You) if it deserves it.
>>149922894>https://sport.tv2.dk/cykling/2024-10-29-axelgaards-optakt-til-18-etape-af-tour-de-francethx
>>149921604Pros who ride in races and are even sponsored often ride utter crap it's only the tourists who ride the latest gear
>>149922734One of the best gimmicks in years imo
>>149922979https://youtu.be/Jaqs6_RslM8?t=37
>>149923016I meant like non televised races by people who race for a living they literally show up on busted old frames mostly not even carbon and they surely don't get new bikes after crashing carbon frames either
Spent a few months sleeping on the floor with no matrass. Not as uncomfortable as expected. Back hurts most mornings and is very stiff however. But I think I'll treat myself to nice sleeping system soon. Thinking japanese sleeping mat.
>>149923069I've heard of guys racing on their second bike in case their good bike gets smashed in a chute. But the second bike is still a 4 grand bike. You get some guys racing on old school bikes but they are the tiny minority.
>>149923016How did his bici fault him?
>pogacar has had a tough classics season, he will have a hard time preparing and peaking in the tour de france
>"you could perhaps say pogacar is better on tour de flanders-like courses, but jonas vingegaard is better at a three-week race"
>pogacar will expend too much energy in the first 10 days with all those punchy stages
>vingegaard has improved his explosiveness and is putting out some the best values of his career
>pogacar wasn't able to drop vingegaard in boulogne sur mer, vingegaard has closed the gap on pogacar's terrain!
>vingegaard is looking a lot more aggressive and racing with more panache
>yes vingegaard had a bad time trial, something went wrong, but other than that we've been happy with keeping the gaps close
>did you see how well vingegaard was able to follow pogacar's sprint on mur-de-bretagne? he would have been dropped there in earlier years, clearly he had a surplus
>"pogacar doesn't understand our tactics? well, that's good for us, that means it's working"
>pogacar is clearly irritated, visma are getting in his head
>we're making the race hard for pogacar, we know vingegaard recovers better and we'll strike in the final week
>now we are talking about seconds, but in the mountains we will be throwing with minutes
>pogacar was impressive on hautacam, but we've still got plans
>pogacar chuted, that will affect him
>vingegaard rode a great time trial, he even caught evenepoel! his form is clearly growing
>pogacar hasn't been able to consistently ride away from vingegaard on superbagneres or ventoux, clearly vingegaard's form is trending up and pogacar's is trending down -- just as was the plan
>pogacar is looking like he may have a cold, vingegaard still has a good chance
>>149923102Got extremely drunk and seemingly shat myself if I'm to be honest. Punishment really. Old one was years old and past it's best anyway. It was a net positive because I cleared the whole room out a d got new carpet.
>>149923195i meant the sleeping for months on the floor with no mattress part
Do they actually get to Courchevel airport level?
>>149923195you shat yourself in bed and got rid of the bed and never bought another one?
>>149923237As I said partial punishment. I didn't want to spend the money. I will now I think.
>>149923268Yeah exactly
>>149919735Herentals resorting to extreme measures. Business must be quiet
This dude shows up at your house after having pulled for several hours for absolutely no reason at all.
Says he loves jesus, says he loves trump. Then smacks your girlfriend on the butt.
What do you do?
>>149923318Offer him a chilled beer and try to convince him to leave tr*k for a proper team.
Jonas takes 3 minutes tomorrow
>>149923277Have you ever been examined by a psychiatrist?
>>149923271>while looking straight at himzamn
>>149922617Peak wishful thinking
I want to bet on Jonas because if anyone can, he can. But I just know my 20 pound will disappear.
>You will NEVER be Jonas' soigneur and accidently blurting out "M-mr. Frodo" as you catch him almost fainting after a stage
>>149923425if this is what medicated schizobrit looks like what does unmedicated schizobrit look like
>>149923530He's pretty good right now. Good posts on pog and such.
>>149923425unironically wish you the best
>>149923556nigga he literally posted his dick and balls two day ago
>>149922771>>Now we come to the kind of stages that really suit the DaneBro is still living in 2022
>>149923148Kek the wall of copium. It keeps getting longer
>>149923575it's kinda satisfying knowing its not just someone larping, having a real household schizo makes us a real general
>>149923575Yeah but it was limited. When it has been really bad that kind of posting would go on for days.
>>149919735I hope the nafri broke his collar bone
>there could be schizos and psychiatrists posting in this very thread at the same time
>>149921538Best thread on tv right now
>>149923751i swear its always smart people that are into endurance sports (doing, not watching) and then add ontop a layer of expensive equipment (carbon bikes) i see a shit ton of wealthy / smart people riding very expensive bikes as a hobby
why do doctors, engineers and lawyers love this shit so much
>>149923798most of the population does not have the work ethic nor capability for recreational enjoyment that is required for cycling. especially in the US where it's 99% white it filters not only for rich people but for rich people with some drive and appreciation for the finer things in life. any group ride I go on all of the people under the age of 50 are working PMC professionals or something adjacent to that
>>149924012now select from "Biking" to "amateur-level road cyclists"
>feel super tired and unmotivated
>force yourself to just go ride easy for an hour
>wind up setting PBs
why does this happen so much
>>149924012>Television (Religious)lmao
I was reading about old timey cycling as a sport, and it turns out that track cycling used to be a really popular marquee event, far more popular than road cycling, especially in the united states
i wonder if track cycling back then was more popular than road cycling is now (relatively speaking)
>>149924150original track cycling was as close as we will get to bloodsport in the modern era. tracks would have races going on 24hrs a day to maximize ticket sales so the races would be 6 days non-stop. the modern 'Madison' gets its name from when the US limited riders racing to 12hrs continually, so Madison Square Garden just ran races where two riders would swap every half-day. basically watch guys go insane over a period of six days killing themselves. this is the same reason speedwalking was briefly popular as a spectator sport
> An athletic contest in which participants "go queer" in their heads, and strain their powers until their faces become hideous with the tortures that rack them, is not sport. It is brutality. Days and weeks of recuperation will be needed to put the Garden racers in condition, and it is likely that some of them will never recover from the strain.
>>149924150I think it was. Seems like the money was in track. Only slightly related, nazi germany outlawed road racing in all its territories while track was still allowed.
>>149924263It was so bad that it forced trough some of the earliest laws on labour rights. Most have been some show.
>>149923897funny, that name, Aลพbe, always reminded me of sheep
Remember when Van Aert and Jumbo sold NFTs in auction for 47000 euros
And just like that Quinn will not the Tour's supercombative rider
>>149924662COL DE LA HYPE
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>>149924012>fishingfor some reason I was under the impression this was more of a rich people thing
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HPu7okQufnQ
>>149924779Fishing is a cheap man thing here at least in FL, you can buy a rod from walmart for like $20 and grab some bait at the local shop for less than $10. There are so many estuaries and local waters that it's legal to fish at without a license. The only real money drop is in deepwater and gulf fishing.
Most neighborhoods have retention ponds with fish you can fuck around at as well, really just have to watch for gators.
UAE and Visma fake pace all day. Jonas attacks halfway up loze that drops everyone but pogacar. Pog sits in the wheel for a while and then attacks in the last 2km or so and gains 19 seconds. Break wins by 1:23
>>149924436For me it's Van Avermaet coffee
>>149924779Nah, its like the cheapest legitimately fun thing to do. Except getting the fish and game license, but even then, if someone owns a private pond or private creek you can fish there easily.
Spent many summers at my uncles house by a massive creek/near river and fished for trout. Fun times.
>>149919735>The little juke>The head slap>Getting absolutely trucked by the gendarme>Getting collected
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Stage 3 classic flat with not much happening
>>149921392>>149921843>um, can you not perv on my feet bert?
>>149926294just a bunch of crashes
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