Tour de France 2025

And here we go again...

gutted that Ganna is already gone

Yeah, that sucked, and Philipsen out now as well. Anyway, THAT was a hell of a 5K to wrap up Stage 4.

No enthusiasm this year? (I guess it's kinda boring if there's one guy dominating as much as Tadej)

Meanwhile, Belgian national TV VRT had their motorbike + cameras stolen from their car at their hotel in Grenoble, today's program will be basic while they get new material in place. :-/

some chat on iltrmb: Steele Von Hoff's 2014 Pro Thread

Just been kind of a weird 1 imo. Vingo doesn't seem to have it in him to make a run at it, and Tadej, atypically, seems content to chill vs. win every stage. Merlier vs. Milan battle was fun in the early stages. Ben Healy chapter was good.

Yeah this has all been about some good individual stages. I don’t mind Tadej on a tear, I have to remind myself that this is how it must have felt when Eddy M was ruling the roost. We’ll treasure it more in retrospect! But more of an actual battle between him and Jonas would be welcome.

Some of the corporate team names are rather whacky

Tour de France 2026: full team-by-team guide
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/02/tour-de-france-2026-full-team-by-team-guide

including

Netcompany-Ineos
A new sponsor for the British team, plus new vomity orange and grey kit. Sir Dave Brailsford is back in the driving seat with Geraint Thomas at his side;

Seixas providing a spark of intrigue vs. the story of the last 4 years. Apparently Pogi is stronger than ever. I'm excited for it.

Should be good -- but time for a new thread!

Tour de France 2026

So go there.