Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
that was good, best get out for a ride myself now.
Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*
- Thread starter Noodley
- Start date
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Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Not to mention Betancur and Uran. There could be several Colombian contenders.
Great and deserved win by Quintana and amazing to finish 2nd in the Tour at his age.
araapatlio
Active Member
- Location
- Scouser living in Thurrock, Essex.
Where do people think Valverde would have finished, barring his wheel problem?
Yes, maybe 4th but he wouldn't have been allowed to get away yesterday for instance. I can't recall if he was allowed a gap before that?
Don't think so but he did do a lot of team work and yesterday was only 10 seconds
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
FROOOOOOOOOOOOME!
QUINTANAAAAAAAAAAA!
PURITOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Brilliant. That was wonderful. Broad grin across my face for the whole of the final climb. I don't think I could have picked a better final podium - well, maybe it would have been nice to see Mollema in 3rd but I'm happy for Rodriguez to be there.
Porte was just superb again. What a star. He was never really going to be in contention for the stage win but he deserves an honorary title of some kind. Great tactics to mark Contador for the second half of the climb.
Great ride by Talansky too. And Kwiatkowski. And Romain Bardet! Fantastic to see these great young prospects making their mark on the big stage. [edit: and not forgetting Sagan!]
QUINTANAAAAAAAAAAA!
PURITOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Brilliant. That was wonderful. Broad grin across my face for the whole of the final climb. I don't think I could have picked a better final podium - well, maybe it would have been nice to see Mollema in 3rd but I'm happy for Rodriguez to be there.
Porte was just superb again. What a star. He was never really going to be in contention for the stage win but he deserves an honorary title of some kind. Great tactics to mark Contador for the second half of the climb.
Great ride by Talansky too. And Kwiatkowski. And Romain Bardet! Fantastic to see these great young prospects making their mark on the big stage. [edit: and not forgetting Sagan!]
Va Va Froome
Veteran
- Location
- Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Richie Porte! 
I have massive respect for the wingmen, they dig deep for little personal reward or glory.
I have massive respect for the wingmen, they dig deep for little personal reward or glory.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Outside the podium places. Like Contador, he just didn't have the legs on the really big climbs.
What's more interesting is whether or not Quintana could have won overall if he'd been team leader from the start. He only became main man after that Valverde mechanical and had already lost time to Froome by then because he'd been riding for Valverde.
It's an official jersey - that's different. I thought you meant it was something that Sky themselves had concocted. I was imagining, with horror, a sort of Liberace off the shoulder thing.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Just at this moment, I'm feeling very confident for Cav. I have a feeling the last few days will have taken more out of Kittel than they've taken out of Cav.
