French ProTeam hopes to add another stage victory at Tour de France: "Team TotalEnergies intends to once again prove worthy of the trust placed in us"
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The long wait is over and TotalEnergies is among the teams who will participate in the 112th edition of the Tour de France, newly with 23 teams at the line. The best French ProTeam was always a likely choice of the ASO organiser, even more so with their great performances in the 2024 edition.
Anthony Turgis brought a long sought-after victory for his team in stage 9 when he proved to have the best turn of speed in the eventful gravel stage in Troyes. But the real miracle almost unfolded in stage 18 when a large breakaway fought it out for a victory and the unknown Mattéo Vercher nearly upset experienced Victor Campenaerts and Michal Kwiatkowski in thrilling finale of the stage.
Jean-René Bernaudeau, team’s General Manager, stated in press communication: "Our performances in the previous 2024 edition were the result of long-term work started in the early months of the year and concluded in the most beautiful way with Anthony [Turgis]’s victory. I also remember the emotions that Mattéo [Vercher] brought us in Barcelonnette, what a memory!"
"In 2025, the TotalEnergies Team intends to once again prove worthy of the trust placed in us by ASO. The history of our team is above all one of passionate men and women who have placed the values of solidarity, respect, and audacity above all else. I am extremely proud that we can demonstrate this for the 26th time on a global stage."
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- You are completely wrongvappaxbipmv05-04-2025
- Tadej has a little more chance. It will be an exciting race and the most important thing is that no one gets hurt.
maria2024202405-04-2025 - Whatever happens tomorrow... it'll be a hell of a raceslappers6605-04-2025
- Exactly Tadej, the cancer of modern society. Full of good-for-nothing people who gain visibility and importance on social media mocking, humiliating (and worse things) to earn money. But it's the follower's fault, no followers, no "influencers".maria2024202405-04-2025
- Great commentCaralladas05-04-2025
- i’m such a sucker for those group-hug, happy ending moments between competitors, largely because it’s so WASN’T that way in my younger, stronger days. (on that note, i have this hope that somewhere down the road, maybe fifteen or twenty years, a middle aged wout and mathieu will go for a pleasure ride together in flanders, and reminisce about the days when they were the young, strong monsters that stalked the cobbles.)OCexile05-04-2025
- Just like Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Ronde van Vlaanderen was/is NOT on MAX. Get your facts straight.Ben04-04-2025
- You might bounce more for the same power, but not the same speed. Sending 20 kgs over a jump at 20 kph will fly just as far as 10 kgs at the same speed. Again, Galileo demonstrated this.acem8204-04-2025
- So, you're saying that doing a bunch of small hops on a bike is easier if you're heavier? Why do people buy lighter bikes, then? Why do they generally feel better and faster? An appeal to "rhythm" is not helpful either, as the right "rhythm" might be on the lighter or heavier side of things, and as it varies, it's likely a wash either way. Then we are left with the physics truth that it takes less power to lift lighter things than heavier things.acem8204-04-2025
- No, weight doesn't affect the ability to go into the wind at all. It's all CdA vs power at that point. For example, it's "obvious" that a heavier object falls faster than a lighter one. But, absent wind resistance, it's not true (Galileo demonstrated this). An appeal to "obviousness" doesn't matter when the physics is clear. And yes, you have to be able to hold everything else constant, or you can't determine anything! So, imagine a 300 watt rider at 80 kgs with a CdA of 2.0, then imagine that same rider at 70 kgs with a CdA of 2.0. (Assume ideal tire pressure for both, same bike.) Which one can ride over a bumpy road fastest? The lighter one, as he doesn't have to lift as much. That's also why when they test bikes on 5 star cobbled sectors, the MTB goes faster than even a cobble-build road bike. Even though rolling resistance is higher on a flat road, and the CdA is junk, it smooths out the cobbles, allowing the person to not lift as much as they otherwise would.acem8204-04-2025