The time between Loudenvielle and Peyragudes on the occasion of the 13th stage, this Friday, July 18, offered a special day.
The configuration of the premises and the program of the day did not allow the promise of fluid and peaceful traffic. We would not have liked to be in place of the gendarmes and police officers responsible for ensuring the good organization of the impossible ballet…
Read also:
Tour de France 2025: “Jeff Tuche”, 10 hard eggs at breakfast … Who is Quinn Simmons, the whimsical American runner?
Three hours before the time of his departure, at the front of the Break Alpecin, blocked at the Avjan roundabout, Mathieu Van der Poel, smiling, addresses us with a fatalistic sign on the situation. No worries to come for the grandson of Poupou, it will be largely on time for his rest day (ten terminals of Chrono, even in a bump, it is a gift when you are not concerned) and will not join Delgado and Roche, famous latecomers on the times of the past.
Read also:
Tour de France in the Hautes-Pyrénées: Tadej Pogacar, once again imperial, wins his 4th stage in this 2025 edition
As expected, they were tens of thousands at the rendezvous of this spectacular stage which saw the runners parade one by one under the eyes of their delighted supporters.
Read also:
Tour de France in the Hautes-Pyrénées: “I am not untouchable!” How the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar tries to maintain the suspense
Simmons and the Chouans
A thank you medal for those who, despite their chronic allergies to the summits, brought to life this almost holy Friday before the Pogi Show. Quinn Simmons without its starry banner and Bini Girmay, without the green jersey which made it famous (Milan spent time too to sign everything that did not move) touched more hands in the last meters of the Altiport than during their entire existence.
Read also:
Tour de France in the Hautes-Pyrénées: Pogacar, friend of time and the Pyrenees… why the time of Peyragudes marks a change of era
The Chouans of Bernaudeau, Alexandre Delettre in mind, had a lot of trouble finding their hearing faculties after crossing the Vendéens turn. And we are doing this today!