Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[400bhp]

Yeah I know and that would spoil you re viewing pleasure wouldn't it. Break a rule here break one there who cares they can afford it. Tell me where do you exactly draw the line on rule breaking ?

when it's material?

 

[laurence]

Its the leader of a grand tour on perhaps its most crucial stage FFS not some domestique in the Tour down under !

so the rules and penalties should differ as to the rider. interesting. what colour is the Sky in your world

 

[themosquitoking]

Yeah I know and that would spoil you re viewing pleasure wouldn't it. Break a rule here break one there who cares they can afford it. Tell me where do you exactly draw the line on rule breaking ?

Somewhere to the left of your stance i suspect.

 

[lukesdad]

when it's material?

Ever hit the wall on alpe duez 5ks from the summit ? .... I thought not !

 

[lukesdad]

so the rules and penalties should differ as to the rider. interesting. what colour is the Sky in your world

Black

 

[smutchin]

Anyway, bike racing...

My left field tips for tomorrow: Daniel Navarro and Blel Kadri. The inevitable early breakaway will be allowed to stay away.

 

[oldroadman]

All this silly comment about a judgment, and calls for DQ. Pathetic. If there is a danger to the lead, you do what has to be done even if it's a (minor) matter concerning the rules. Usually there is the 50-200 fine, and at last 500 on the team manager, small price. The fines were at the top end of the scales, and the time penalty unusual. That's how it goes. I saw another comment which suggested the time penalty should be the same as the potential loss without taking a gel, and which clever person will second guess that? No-one with more than two brain cells. The rules say what they say about illegal feeds (inside the last 6km today, on a flat stage it's inside the last 20km, despite what was said on ES). Riders and teams will take a penalty because it's a business decision, and it's unlikely that the gel did much more than boost morale anyway, not enough time to fully hit the blood sugar levels.
Message, stop suggesting CF is a "cheat", if he is so is everyone who follows a team car for more than 100 metres, it's all technical offences, and the ones that matter are towing from cars, deliberately trying to cause people to crash or impede them, illegal substances or methods with blood, plus of course the worst of the lot, eating contaminated steak! A bit of reality, please.

 

[gyorgyigabor]

Alpe d'Huez is a climb to love; one of the most historical ascent of the Tour de France.
I attache / show my video about La Marmotte bicyclemarathon (174 km + 4900 m with Alpe d'Huez finish), when a cyclist can experience to cycle it in a cycing field and to experience the support of fans, people along the road. That was fantastic feeling
In the video: at 2nd min starts the climb and by the 6th min can seen the situation when fans shouted to me to support...

https://www.cyclechat.net/
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Best regards,
Gabor

 

[400bhp]

Ever hit the wall on alpe duez 5ks from the summit ? .... I thought not !

Yes

 

[lukesdad]

All this silly comment about a judgment, and calls for DQ. Pathetic. If there is a danger to the lead, you do what has to be done even if it's a (minor) matter concerning the rules. Usually there is the 50-200 fine, and at last 500 on the team manager, small price. The fines were at the top end of the scales, and the time penalty unusual. That's how it goes. I saw another comment which suggested the time penalty should be the same as the potential loss without taking a gel, and which clever person will second guess that? No-one with more than two brain cells. The rules say what they say about illegal feeds (inside the last 6km today, on a flat stage it's inside the last 20km, despite what was said on ES). Riders and teams will take a penalty because it's a business decision, and it's unlikely that the gel did much more than boost morale anyway, not enough time to fully hit the blood sugar levels.
Message, stop suggesting CF is a "cheat", if he is so is everyone who follows a team car for more than 100 metres, it's all technical offences, and the ones that matter are towing from cars, deliberately trying to cause people to crash or impede them, illegal substances or methods with blood, plus of course the worst of the lot, eating contaminated steak! A bit of reality, please.

Boost morale, yeah sure.

 

[araapatlio]

so the rules and penalties should differ as to the rider. interesting. what colour is the Sky in your world

Black with a dash of turquoise...

 

[araapatlio]

Is it illegal to feed during the last 6k, even if he already had the gel in his back pocket from an earlier, permitted time?

 

[ayceejay]

It seems that a little clarification is in order: Froome was suffering from hypoglycemia, a condition that is dangerous to his health and could have ended his race, his support obtained the necessary antidote and he finished the stage. Porte picked up some gels NOT rocket fuel or anything else that would give him an unfair advantage.

 

[lukesdad]

Yes

In that case you know the result then. Care to enlighten everyone else ?

 

[lukesdad]

Is it illegal to feed during the last 6k, even if he already had the gel in his back pocket from an earlier, permitted time?

No