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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 5316262, member: 4613"] 2025 Tour Yellow - Tadej Pogacar 2nd - Jonas Vingegaard 3rd & White - Florian Lipowitz 4th - Oscar Onley Polka Dot - Tadej Pogacar Green - Jonathan Milan I thought the tour was laid out poorly. No mountain stages early. Tadej won the tour early on the Time Trial in Stage 5. Jonas actually had a really good time trial but Tadej gained over a minute. Tadej also gained time with bonus seconds. I don't understand the point of having bonus time when the entire race is based on your overall time. Why give a rider 6 bonus seconds when they run together the entire stage and then one guy jumps at the finish line. Never made sense to me. Let them finish in real time. Peacock is also infuriating. I watch the replays but every time I fast forward I have to sit through 60-90 seconds of commercials. Loved seeing Waut Van Aert win the final stage on the Champs. I don't like the change with the added loops around the Cote de la Butte Montmarte. The narrow climb with Tadej leading the charge created breaks within the Peloton which never happens on the final stage. Maybe the riders now know what to expect if they do it again next year but I think it's just too narrow a climb for what is usually a sprint stage. I did not expect to see anyone drop Tadej on the final climb but WVA was ready. [/QUOTE]