Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[smutchin]

I'll go for Thomas de Gendt.

Fastest so far at the first three time checks!

Bizarrely, Taaramae is doing OK so far as well - I nearly said earlier that this might have been the stage he was saving himself for, but it would have been purely in jest.

 

[Crackle]

Fastest so far at the first three time checks!

Bizarrely, Taaramae is doing OK so far as well - I nearly said earlier that this might have been the stage he was saving himself for, but it would have been purely in jest.

He's just finished behind Westra.

 

[VamP]

Fastest so far at the first three time checks!

Bizarrely, Taaramae is doing OK so far as well - I nearly said earlier that this might have been the stage he was saving himself for, but it would have been purely in jest.

hmm.

13 seconds ahead of my bette noir at CP3.

Is the world going mad?

 

[smutchin]

Useless French idiot.

 

[jifdave]

How does being aggressive on descent equal being a nobber?

Not really the point of my post, but crashing when cant handle the speed.....

The point was what was wrong?

 

[VamP]

He's just finished behind Westra.

Westra has paced well as evidenced by his blistering final 12 km.

 

[VamP]

Not really the point of my post, but crashing when cant handle the speed.....

The point was what was wrong?

It's not the done thing. Quintana has now apologised.

Edit: It is the point TBH that when inferring that riding on the limit in a race is somehow stupid or irresponsible, you get pulled up on it.

 

[thom]

Anyone know the cut-off computation for today's TT ? 10%,20% ? There are already a couple of riders around the 15% mark...

 

[jifdave]

It's not the done thing. Quintana has now apologised.

But why? It was his fault he fell off... I wouldnt wait.

Mechanical is not your fault but crashing by pushing to hard should be punished imv

 

[VamP]

But why? It was his fault he fell off... I wouldnt wait.

Mechanical is not your fault but crashing by pushing to hard should be punished imv

That's your view.

Generations of cycle racers have a different view.

 

[jifdave]

That's your view.

Generations of cycle racers have a different view.

No one waited for wiggo at giro... whats the difference?

 

[Crackle]

But why? It was his fault he fell off... I wouldnt wait.

Mechanical is not your fault but crashing by pushing to hard should be punished imv

I thought Contador's point was, he didn't wait for the yellow jersey. Either way, it's one of those unwritten things which might come back to haunt you and in Movistars case, has.

 

[raindog]

Peraud actually fractured his collar bone in that crash this morning, but will be at the start. Whether or not he gets very far, is another matter.

 

[VamP]

No one waited for wiggo at giro... whats the difference?

Wiggins was not in pink.

 

[rich p]

Movistar, Contador and chaingate all have previous so I find it all pretty funny. Froome came out of it rther well too.