Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[araapatlio]

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.

Good question - I think everyone will be surprised if he doesn't win a Tour in the next few years.

 

[jarlrmai]

Some better timed attacks would have helped as well.

 

[TVC]

Typical, you wait 99 years for a British Tour de France winner and then two come along at once.

 

[smutchin]

It's a long time since the best climber on the Tour got the climber's jersey, but even these days it usually involves a stage win, or at least some convincing climbing

Worth noting that they changed the scoring last year to give extra weight to HC climbs and summit finishes, precisely with the aim of preventing the Virenques and Voecklers of the peloton taking it by hoovering up the intermediate climbs.

I think they can look at this year's winner and say: "Mission accomplie!"

 

[Licramite]

what is it with the stupid spectators, do they want to cause a crash, why do they behave like utter pratts. - it must piss the riders off something rotten.
watching todays ride, guy lets his dog run into the cyclists path ! another numpty running by the bikes get so close the rider as to push him away.
even spectators behind barriers force the riders to move away from waving flags and arms.

utter crap

 

[jdtate101]

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.

And then leave him behind when it was clear he was not a threat, to finish well ahead of Roman and Alberto...pure class. I'm sure Chris will pay him back with domestique duties soon. Shame Chris couldn't help him grab a stage, but Porte being a true team player probably wouldn't have gone along with that if there was any risk to the Yellow Jersey.

 

[BrumJim]

12 months of hurt will be over tomorrow!

 

[Crackle]

Still tomorrow but already that slight sense of anti-climax is setting in, nothing left in the summer sporting calendar to look forward to.

 

[BrumJim]

Ashes, Athletics World Championships, London Anniversary Games, still some more excitement left.

 

[jarlrmai]

Tour of Poland
Ashes

 

[jarlrmai]

forgot about the Worlds.

 

[Crackle]

Athletics maybe, cricket doesn't do it, Tour of Poland, true but the Vuelta and the Worlds seem a long way away.

 

[ColinJ]

Athletics maybe, cricket doesn't do it, Tour of Poland, true but the Vuelta and the Worlds seem a long way away.

Tour de Wallonie stages 3-5 on Eurosport, Monday-Wednesday.

San Sebastian on Saturday, (plus start of Tour of Poland), plus Beverley circuit race..

 

[Noodley]

I'd heard a rumour that the World Athletics events will be competed for by blokes in plimsoles after a sudden attack of mysterious "injuries" - nothing to do with dope tests of course.

 

[Crackle]

Tour de Wallonie stages 3-5 on Eurosport, Monday-Wednesday.

San Sebastian on Saturday, (plus start of Tour of Poland), plus Beverley circuit race..

True. It all seems a come down after the Tour, for a few weeks at least and them I re-muster my enthusiasm.