Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast Tour de France 2025 - Stage 19
Jul 25, 2025
The final mountain stage of the Tour de France brings unexpected twists, including changes to the course due to a cattle disease outbreak. This leads to strategic challenges for teams and riders. Insights into tactical maneuvers reveal how key competitors, like Pogacar and Vingegaard, navigate the race dynamics. The hosts also discuss maintaining cycling fitness without a looming race and set the stage with forecasts for potential breakaway riders and critical decisions impacting the outcome.
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Impact of Stage Alterations
- The level of stage alteration due to circumstances like animal disease drastically affects race dynamics and strategies.
- Removal of early climbs eliminated setup opportunities for key GC riders like Vingegaard to make successful attacks.
Use Smarter Training Tools
- Use JOIN Cycling app for structured, low-pressure training plans to maintain fitness year-round.
- Incorporate one challenging session a week and easy zone two rides to progressively improve without overexertion.
Roglic's Strategic Misstep
- Roglic's solo attack lacked proper team support and failed strategically, weakening their GC position.
- His move possibly indicated disengagement from GC competition and affected teammate Lipovic's chances too.