Youngest rider = 21 years old Iván Romeo Movistar Team
born 16/08/2003 in Valladolid, Spain
height: 75kg / weight: 1.93m
A good all-rounder and likes time trials.
Grand Tour debutant
Oldest rider = 39 years old Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers
born 25/05/1986 in Cardiff, Wales
height: 1.83m / weight: 71kg
Grand Tours = TdF (14) giro (6) vuelta(2)
Winner of TdF 2018 / 2nd TdF in 2019
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There are 49 debutants (or “neos”) in the Tour 2025, making it 5,449 participants in the whole history of the race.
The longest stage of this Tour with enough flat terrain that could cause concern in cross winds, and many fairly choppy climbs with some short but steep gradients that will make the run-in to the finish an ideal attack zone for the opportunist stage hunter.
Unlikely to be a sprinters finish, plus the GC guys who missed out yesterday will not want a repeat performance.
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin-Deceuninck Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies (3rd place - on loan from Jasper) Benjamin Thomas Cofidis Biniam Girmay Intermarché-Wanty
Quick post to thank Debs for the best thread on the forum! And what was with the crashing - especially for the polka dot sprint! - on day one? Sad to lose Ganna. Good the 5km window protected O’Connor. Just jitters, I hope! Rubber side down for the next 2850km lads …
Great photography, scenery, history, commentary, geography, architecture, local people out having jolly fun support, abundance of French culture, and a bike race too!
A day for the sprinters, and with team Alpecin-Deceuninck having scored two wins on the first two stages, this is the opportunity for the sprinter trains to get organised for the finish.
However this flat course comes with a possibility of cross winds breaking up the peloton but if the weather is fine it will give the GC guys a day to take it easy.
Thanks @Debs for the TDF coverage once again. Enjoyed the first two races this weekend. Living on the west coast of US I can’t get up for the early morning TV coverage so watch it later in the day on a rerun. Excitement so far with a couple of fine finishes and looking forward to the coverage of the next 19 stages.
I wasn’t able to watch first two days but was intrigued at yesterday’s first three finishers. Had expected that the GC contenders would sit back in the pack for such a long stage. I seem to have called that one completely wrong!! Any key moments to help explain the result would be appreciated.
I think it’s because all the times are still very close being the early stages of the Tour, and this not only presents chances for unusual candidates (like sprinters) to snatch the yellow jersey for a day or two, but possibilities for the genuine GC riders to catch out their rivals by getting to the finish at the sharp end, especially on long stages where risks of cross winds can break up the peloton.
We may see the same again today in Stage 3, but much depends upon weather conditions. It may take the aftermath of the ITT on Wednesday to settle the race into a more normal groove.
Movistar Team
INEOS Grenadiers
Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 3:53:11
INEOS Grenadiers (crash and later abandonment)
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team (crash)
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
Intermarché-Wanty, in 3:53:05
TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 1
Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 4:45:41
UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 3pts
