🔮 Intermarché–Wanty 2025 Tour de France Predictions Breakdown
Intermarché–Wanty’s 2025 Tour de France insider predictions like a grizzled pro with a sharp eye for chaos in the peloton and an ear for team radio. Here’s how I see this dynamic, underdog-powered squad shaping up once that Grand Départ flag drops in July:
Official Team Goals
Stage Wins: Aggressive breakaway raids, with Biniam Girmay as the sprint finisher and Georg Zimmermann for hilly stage ambushes.
Top 5 Green Jersey Battle: If Girmay survives the mountains, he’s in the conversation.
Polka Dot Jersey Hunt: Vito Braet and Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk will animate mountain breakaways for KOM points.
Most Aggressive Rider Awards: Bet on Louis Barré and Laurenz Rex to stir up chaos.
Bold Insider Predictions
Rider | Tour Role | Prediction |
|---|---|---|
Biniam Girmay | Lead sprinter | Stage win on Stage 3 and Stage 19 sprint |
Georg Zimmermann | Climbing puncheur | A late Tour mountain breakaway win on Stage 1 |
Louis Barré | All-round breakaway agitator | Multiple Most Aggressive Rider awards |
Laurenz Rex | Diesel breakaway engine | Into long-range attacks on flat/medium mountain days |
Jonas Rutsch | Wind specialist + protector | Key figure in chaotic crosswind stages in week 1 |
Vito Braet | KOM points thief | Polka Dot jersey flirtation in week 2 |
Hugo Page | Lead-out + surprise attacker | Top 5 sprint stage finish when chaos strikes |
Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Big-break specialist | Into two major breakaways with KOM ambition |
Crosswind Stage Gambit
Prediction: Intermarché–Wanty will blow up the peloton on a blustery flat stage in week 1 — most likely Stage 4 or 7. Expect Rex and Rutsch to split the bunch and drag Girmay across the echelons.
🎯 Target Stages
- Stage 3, 5, 7, 13, 19: Biniam Girmay sprint chances.
- Stage 9, 14, 17, 20: Zimmermann, Rex, and Barré breakaway raids.
- Stage 4, 7: Crosswind carnage playbook.
Wildcard Prediction
Girmay finishes in the Green Jersey top 3 — the first African rider to do so, writing cycling history while lighting up the fan zones.
Tour 2025 Game Plan Summary
Intermarché–Wanty won’t chase GC. Their playbook is relentless, opportunistic racing: sprint victories, polka dot hunting, breakaways, and aggressive racing awards. A true people’s team that’ll stir up Tour drama daily.
Tagline for July:
“When you see that yellow and blue kit at the front of a breakaway… sit up. Something spicy’s about to go down.”