Official Tour de France Thread [Crash Fuccery]
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So let’s be real here:
Putting aside doping allegations about UAE or Visma, can we agree that Visma has no tactics at all? Their whole strategy is basically = stay close to Pogacar and hope he gets tired.
Pogi never shows any weakness at all.
In every stage Pogi is with them until the last climb or sprint.
If you think you’re gonna try to gain time by attacking on the last climb of a stage, dude you’re fukkin 4 mins behind. MAYBE you gain 5 seconds if Pogi decides not to win a stage?
What’s the point? Visma is just scared to go for it because they are more afraid of losing 2nd place than they are hungry for 1st place.
Putting aside doping allegations about UAE or Visma, can we agree that Visma has no tactics at all? Their whole strategy is basically = stay close to Pogacar and hope he gets tired.
Pogi never shows any weakness at all.
In every stage Pogi is with them until the last climb or sprint.
If you think you’re gonna try to gain time by attacking on the last climb of a stage, dude you’re fukkin 4 mins behind. MAYBE you gain 5 seconds if Pogi decides not to win a stage?
What’s the point? Visma is just scared to go for it because they are more afraid of losing 2nd place than they are hungry for 1st place.
He crashed out
There's not much they can do, UAE is stronger than them this year. Their strategy is supposed to hassle Pogi with attacks like they did 3 years ago but the UAE domestiques are better than Visma's so Visma's end up cracking before UAE smh.
Arab money…
Ayuso and Del Toro did the Giro and aren't even there and Almeida abandoned because of a fall. They are not at full power at all
DarkandHellisHot
All Star
July 2025 and i'm seeing Tim Wellens liking to race on heat days. Better late than never. Matxin and Gianetti are gods.
Jean toomer
Superstar
Remco cracked something serious.
On the bright side, he might be the only clean rider in the tour.
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
Bit of a long read but interesting
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An Anatomy Of The Doping Story That Has The Tour de France Press Room Buzzing | Defector
MONTPELLIER, France — Fifteen stages and two rest days into the Tour de France, the talk of the press room is not Tadej Pogacar rampaging toward his fourth yellow jersey, brave Kevin Vauquelin trying for an unlikely top-five finish, or Jonas Vingegaard’s absurd time-trial helmet. The story that...
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