Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2025 (Tour de France)

[Grassmarket 4,026]

Pogačar crash inside last 5km....

 

Peloton slows for him.

Edited July 16 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 15,997]

Pogacar escapes from time loss, feels like it's due to the rest being afraid of the reactions on social media and such if they'd just keep going (which does happen sometimes)  Might have helped that he was mostly swept away, but it was definitely not entirely out of his own responsibility (he had one hand on the bars, wasn't really paying attention)

 

Also, some idiot at the finish   That guy was shoved into the barriers nice and hard by some official  

[Grassmarket 4,026]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Pogacar escapes from time loss, feels like it's due to the rest being afraid of the reactions on social media and such if they'd just keep going (which does happen sometimes)  Might have helped that he was mostly swept away, but it was definitely not entirely out of his own responsibility (he had one hand on the bars, wasn't really paying attention)

 

Also, some idiot at the finish   That guy was shoved into the barriers nice and hard by some official  

Yeah, generally Pogacar behaves decently when things are going for him, which they almost always are, so favours are done that not every rider gets.  Can think of some of the South American riders whom everyone would happily speed past if they were in the gutter.  Ben Healy in yellow seems to have insisted.   

[Agger 1,700]

Johannesen getting threats due to the crash but Pogi is of course taking it easy

 

 

[heywoodu 15,997]

1 hour ago, Agger said:

Johannesen getting threats due to the crash but Pogi is of course taking it easy

 

 

Jesus, what must go on in someone's mind to send actual threats to a rider. Not to mention it wasn't even entirely on him, since Pogacar was also just not paying attention and riding way too 'chill' for that moment and part of the race.

[heywoodu 15,997]

Hautacam today, the climb where Bjarne Riis absolutely shredded everyone in 1996 with the EPO bursting out of his every pore  

 

Let's see what happens today, at the very least we might hope that record won't be broken  

[heywoodu 15,997]

More on Paul Kimmage's massive, yet somehow underpublicized item of this week:

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,026]

First big climb & already Martinez, Healy & Evenepoel off the back.

[Grassmarket 4,026]

Adam Yates sets it up & Pogačar is away.

 

Into.the lead.  Vingegaard holding at about 10 secs for now.

Edited July 17 by Grassmarket

[Grassmarket 4,026]

Vingegaard gives it up slipping back into the Roglič group.