***Official 2025 Tour de France*** - Come Dope with Us! This Year Prizes!!! (5 Viewers)

[BassNBrew]

Bain and Company (aka BassNBrew)

Primož Roglič

Remco Evenepoel

Felix Gall

Julian Alaphilippe

Alex Aranburu

Harold Tejada

Mathieu Van Der Poel

Mauro Schmid

Jonas Vingegaard

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[BassNBrew]

Looks like Bobby and I were the only two to gamble on fading Pogacar.

 

[Jaysus]

Bain and Company (aka BassNBrew)

Primož Roglič

Remco Evenepoel

Felix Gall

Julian Alaphilippe

Alex Aranburu

Harold Tejada

Mathieu Van Der Poel

Mauro Schmid

Jonas Vingegaard

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Well, I like that team a lot. No 4s, huh? Nice!

 

[BassNBrew]

Wow, break is sweep up before the halfway point. Alliphippe dropped like a fat guy on a Saturday group ride.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Team BobbyLayne:

GC: Vingegaard 24, Evenepoel 18
Climbers: O'Connor 8, Storer 6
Sprinter: Merlier 10
Unclassified: Armirail 6, Romeo 6, Wellens 6
Wild Card: Almeida 16

Congrats, Armirail in the break of 5

no points though, didn't make it to 50% before the break was swallowed up

Vercher with an attack 3 km from the halfway mark

 

[BobbyLayne]

Wow, break is sweep up before the halfway point. Alliphippe dropped like a fat guy on a Saturday group ride.

popular pre-race pick for Week 1 because of his recent form, but I wasn't buying it

pre-pandemic Alaphilippe was a joy to watch, though, he's had a great career

 

[BobbyLayne]

Dang y'all have some great squads

I was gonna make a list of teams in the league I liked until I realized I liked everyone I had looked at

I'd estimate 11/14 teams are legit contenders to crack 10K

seriously - kind of amazed at how savvy we have collectively become over the last 4 years or so

the three teams BassNBrew barfed up all suck but that's fine somebody has to finish DFL

 

[BassNBrew]

Damn, what a crazy sprint for the KOM. Not sure who won, but both were skating on the cobbles and one guys wiped out the other.

 

[BassNBrew]

Dang y'all have some great squads

I was gonna make a list of teams in the league I liked until I realized I liked everyone I had looked at

I'd estimate 11/14 teams are legit contenders to crack 10K

seriously - kind of amazed at how savvy we have collectively become over the last 4 years or so

the three teams BassNBrew barfed up all suck but that's fine somebody has to finish DFL

 

[BobbyLayne]

Damn, what a crazy sprint for the KOM. Not sure who won, but both were skating on the cobbles and one guys wiped out the other.

Cofidis rider took it

Benjamin Thomas? never heard of him

ETA

won a stage from the break in the ‘24 Giro

definitely saw that, too lol

 

[BassNBrew]

Damn, what a crazy sprint for the KOM. Not sure who won, but both were skating on the cobbles and one guys wiped out the other.

Cofidis rider took it

Benjamin Thomas? never heard of him

Probably should be relegated for taking the other guy into the barrier well before that.

 

[BassNBrew]

Dang...Ganna out. Was on my first build. Really liked him. Selected by 18.5% of the field.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Damn, what a crazy sprint for the KOM. Not sure who won, but both were skating on the cobbles and one guys wiped out the other.

Cofidis rider took it

Benjamin Thomas? never heard of him

Probably should be relegated for taking the other guy into the barrier well before that.

Matteo Vercher - finished 2nd in that stage Campenearts won in last year’s Tour

the rare breakaway that made it to the finish line

 

[BobbyLayne]

Riders that abandoned the race

• GANNA Filippo (INEOS Grenadiers)

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career high 12th in rankings this year and one of the best TTers

INEOS getting started early on another disaster class

 

[BassNBrew]

Pogacar 74.1%
MVDP 44.2%
Remco 33.3%
WvA 33.7%
Healy 26.2%
Jonas and Merlier 26.9%
Lipowitz 25.5%
Milan 24.6%
Phillipsen 23.6%

Everyone else under 20%

 

[BassNBrew]

Not sure the stats are accurate. Tobias Halland Johannessen, Alaphillpe, Storer, Cort, and De Lie surprising names at 0.0%

 

[BobbyLayne]

Dang...Ganna out. Was on my first build. Really liked him. Selected by 18.5% of the field.

I don’t think I put him in bc I’m so down on the team rn - he was for sure landing a top 5 in Stage 5

8 credits is a lot for an unclassed rider, think Grégoire and Nys were the only two I considered

 

[BobbyLayne]

race should finish in about an hour

 

[cheeseypoof]

Dang...Ganna out. Was on my first build. Really liked him. Selected by 18.5% of the field.

I don’t think I put him in bc I’m so down on the team rn - he was for sure landing a top 5 in Stage 5

8 credits is a lot for an unclassed rider, think Grégoire and Nys were the only two I considered

Had Gregoire in all builds until my last when I decided to replace him and Powless with MVP and Rickaert.

 

[BassNBrew]

Dang...Ganna out. Was on my first build. Really liked him. Selected by 18.5% of the field.

I don’t think I put him in bc I’m so down on the team rn - he was for sure landing a top 5 in Stage 5

8 credits is a lot for an unclassed rider, think Grégoire and Nys were the only two I considered

My initial thought was that he could win stage 2 and 5 and collect 5 days of GC points but that only added up to 500 pts. Not a great value proposition.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Dang...Ganna out. Was on my first build. Really liked him. Selected by 18.5% of the field.

I don’t think I put him in bc I’m so down on the team rn - he was for sure landing a top 5 in Stage 5

8 credits is a lot for an unclassed rider, think Grégoire and Nys were the only two I considered

Had Gregoire in all builds until my last when I decided to replace him and Powless with MVP and Rickaert.

Powless is so good in non-GT

never seems to transfer to the 3-week races

my last change was dropping Buitrago for B.O.C.

the Colombian is a safer pick I think, went for the Aussie bc he often wins a long solo after he screws up his GC chances

 

[BassNBrew]

Learn a lesson today, don't bike throw on cobbles.

 

[BobbyLayne]

been biking in NYC for 26 years and have never been doored

I always presume the guy in front of me is either an idiot or has bad intentions

had my knuckles clipped a few times and been squeezed between a truck & car a bunch but have never gone down

 

[BassNBrew]

NBC scored the Medheads wrap up show with Lance, Hincappie, and Sir Bradley.

 

[BassNBrew]

Bissenger abandons. No damage to FBGs.

 

[Sand]

I'm betting Vingegaard fades and Matteo becomes the guy there. I really wanted Wout instead of Mathieu, but I didn't have the points. I decided to get a couple good 6 pointers instead of Wout and a useless 4 pointer. Really like Vauquelin, Storer, and Simmons at 6. Vauquelin has been lighting it up, so had to have him (which means he'll probably drop out on day 1). Otherwise grabbed the second best climber in the race, Mas, the best sprinter, Milan (if he doesn't tear his bike apart), and a couple really good TTers (Matteo is very good here). Powless just because I like the guy and want to cheer for him.

Which all adds up to being likely dead last, as usual.

I'd like to throw some shade on day 1 on Peacock. In an effort to not wait 4 hours after it concludes to get the full replay I joined live and rewound, but couldn't get back to the beginning. ********. Just complete jerks with the way they run the app.

 

[Sand]

Not sure the stats are accurate. Tobias Halland Johannessen, Alaphillpe, Storer, Cort, and De Lie surprising names at 0.0%

These three represented well here.

 

[Jaysus]

the second best climber in the race, Mas,

Just thought this should be documented

 

[BobbyLayne]

B.O.C. and Van den Berg with a late crash

Remco was not in group 1

Merlier MIA

my team is in shambles

 

[BobbyLayne]

Philipsen now 2nd to Pogi in stage wins

Pogacar 17
Jasper 10
WvA 9
Froome 7
Alaphilippe & Groenenwegen 6
Jonas, Kristaff, & Matthew’s 4

 

[BobbyLayne]

Remco 39 seconds down



GLA see ya in Spain

 

[Jaysus]

MvDP assist points plan activated!

 

[BassNBrew]

Remco 39 seconds down



GLA see ya in Spain

Most of the top 20 GC guys got dropped.

 

[BassNBrew]

Polka Jersey should be crazy with so many climbers already minutes down.

 

[BobbyLayne]

• 1 380 Late to the party Brettdj
• 2 241 FBG Corporation Michael Cooley
• 3 181 The French Mistake Sand
• 4 152 Squeaky Wheels Cheeseypoof
• 5 137 Forcats de la Route ForzaShels
• 6 104 Spokes ‘N Tokes Nick Vermeil
• 7 60 Armstrong’s Needle Da Raiders
• 8 58 AI Overlords Control the Peloton ChatGPT Trained by BassNBrew
• 9 58 RB Brownwings WGUAFC Jaysus
• 10 39 Sand`s Saddle Sores Bain & Company
• 11 37 sammy`s gruppetto sammy3469
• 12 23 Mr. Spoke Chemical Xtalian
• 13 21 Boerum Hill Big Ringing BobbyLayne
• 14 15 Ultimate A$$-whooping Ensemble
  BassNBrew2

 

[cheeseypoof]

Remco 39 seconds down



GLA see ya in Spain

He’ll need to get time back in the first TT or it was a wasted 18 points. Ugh

 

[BassNBrew]

• 1
  
  380
  

  Late to the party​

  Brettdj
• 2
  
  241
  

  FBG Corporation​

  Michael Cooley
• 3
  
  181
  

  The French Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  
  152
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  
  137
  

  Forcats de la Route​

  ForzaShels
• 6
  
  104
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil
• 7
  
  60
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 8
  
  58
  

  AI Overlords Control the Peloton​

  ChatGPT Trained by BassNBrew
• 9
  
  58
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 10
  
  39
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  Bain & Company
• 11
  
  37
  

  sammy`s gruppetto​

  sammy3469
• 12
  
  23
  

  Mr. Spoke​

  Chemical Xtalian
• 13
  
  21
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 14
  
  15
  

  Ultimate A$$-whooping Ensemble​

  BassNBrew2

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[BassNBrew]

Remco 39 seconds down



GLA see ya in Spain

He’ll need to get time back in the first TT or it was a wasted 18 points. Ugh

He'll be fine. On par with most of the guys he was battling for 3rd place. He was going to finish minutes down anyway so 39 more seconds doesn't matter.

 

[Sand]

the second best climber in the race, Mas,

Just thought this should be documented

Oh, I'm sure it will come back at me!

 

[BobbyLayne]

Remco 39 seconds down



GLA see ya in Spain

Most of the top 20 GC guys got dropped.

I don’t think dropped is very precise

Remco decided he’d be safe in the back surrounded by his team

When the peloton split they had no counter - pretty simple trap SQS fell into today

Merlier is faster than Philipsen but doesn’t mean anything if you’re out of position

Milan / Lidl-Trek brought the best sprint train & then screwed up the basic blocking & tackling aspect of tactics

 

[BobbyLayne]

Funny how teams with split goals weren't able to accomplish either of them. They didn't protect their GC guys, nor did they sprint to try to win a stage.

 

[Tick]

Hi guys, where do I enter?

 

[Tick]

Not really…

Grad party today for our youngest, so I was doing party prep all day. Finally sat down and turned on the tour to see the podium.

 

[cheeseypoof]

Funny how teams with split goals weren't able to accomplish either of them. They didn't protect their GC guys, nor did they sprint to try to win a stage.

Being new to following WT bike racing, it seems to me that in the Grand Tours that it very hard to serve 2 masters (GC and Sprinter) and be super successful, unless you're one of the Super Teams like UAE or Jumbo. But that impression could just be more circumstance and me misreading it as a new fan.

 

[cheeseypoof]

My squad went 8-18-28-35-56-67-95-145-173 on Stage 1, with Matteo my best scoring rider today.

 

[BassNBrew]

Funny how teams with split goals weren't able to accomplish either of them. They didn't protect their GC guys, nor did they sprint to try to win a stage.

Being new to following WT bike racing, it seems to me that in the Grand Tours that it very hard to serve 2 masters (GC and Sprinter) and be super successful, unless you're one of the Super Teams like UAE or Jumbo. But that impression could just be more circumstance and me misreading it as a new fan.

I really think the train thing is over rated. Plenty of guys do well by surfing wheels. More times than not these trains hit the front at 3-5k and are out of guys before 1k to go.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Funny how teams with split goals weren't able to accomplish either of them. They didn't protect their GC guys, nor did they sprint to try to win a stage.

Being new to following WT bike racing, it seems to me that in the Grand Tours that it very hard to serve 2 masters (GC and Sprinter) and be super successful, unless you're one of the Super Teams like UAE or Jumbo. But that impression could just be more circumstance and me misreading it as a new fan.

I really think the train thing is over rated. Plenty of guys do well by surfing wheels. More times than not these trains hit the front at 3-5k and are out of guys before 1k to go.

Mark Cavendish said if he’s got a lead out and you’re trying to draft him with no teammates, “I’ll win 100% of the time.” The launch is everything. Bini had no one there with him.

 

[BassNBrew]

Funny how teams with split goals weren't able to accomplish either of them. They didn't protect their GC guys, nor did they sprint to try to win a stage.

Being new to following WT bike racing, it seems to me that in the Grand Tours that it very hard to serve 2 masters (GC and Sprinter) and be super successful, unless you're one of the Super Teams like UAE or Jumbo. But that impression could just be more circumstance and me misreading it as a new fan.

I really think the train thing is over rated. Plenty of guys do well by surfing wheels. More times than not these trains hit the front at 3-5k and are out of guys before 1k to go.

Mark Cavendish said if he’s got a lead out and you’re trying to draft him with no teammates, “I’ll win 100% of the time.” The launch is everything. Bini had no one there with him.

Yeah, if you have a dedicated lead out train and they can wait until the end, it does make things easy. Seems to me that the leadout trains come up short much more frequently these days. Maybe it's the product of the tour putting in more classic type stages and the GC guys hogging the front.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Wow, break is sweep up before the halfway point. Alliphippe dropped like a fat guy on a Saturday group ride.

popular pre-race pick for Week 1 because of his recent form, but I wasn't buying it

pre-pandemic Alaphilippe was a joy to watch, though, he's had a great career

He’s the one rider that Patrick from ow do cycling swayed me on…still dreaming of the Wolfpack days.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I'm betting Vingegaard fades and Matteo becomes the guy there. I really wanted Wout instead of Mathieu, but I didn't have the points. I decided to get a couple good 6 pointers instead of Wout and a useless 4 pointer. Really like Vauquelin, Storer, and Simmons at 6. Vauquelin has been lighting it up, so had to have him (which means he'll probably drop out on day 1). Otherwise grabbed the second best climber in the race, Mas, the best sprinter, Milan (if he doesn't tear his bike apart), and a couple really good TTers (Matteo is very good here). Powless just because I like the guy and want to cheer for him.

Which all adds up to being likely dead last, as usual.

I'd like to throw some shade on day 1 on Peacock. In an effort to not wait 4 hours after it concludes to get the full replay I joined live and rewound, but couldn't get back to the beginning. ********. Just complete jerks with the way they run the app.

Peacock SSSUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKSSSSS