Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[Strathlubnaig]

Why did Cav have to chase back? Something must have happened when I was on my commute home

he crashed.

 

[Winnershsaint]

Cheers. I only caught the last 3K. Will watch the highlights this evening.

 

[yello]

Greipel's sheer power is bloody impressive.

Ain't that the truth. He's a brute on the bike, wringing out every last bit of power. It's not finesse but it is effective.

 

[Risex4]

And Cav looked like he didn't have enough left in the tank for that final kick after his chase back.

Maybe he was just tired?

https://twitter.com/MarkCavendish/status/352667390200389633

Don't shout at me Cav, I'm not a BBC journo.

 

[thom]

Ok, any fool want to bet against Cav for tomorrow ?

Just caught up with this - congratulations to Greipel.
OK, hand in the air, the call didn't work out - nothing is certain !
I'm still trying to work out what happened though - did both Cav & Sagan crash at some point in the run in ?

 

[laurence]

Just caught up with this - congratulations to Greipel.
OK, hand in the air, the call didn't work out - nothing is certain !
I'm still trying to work out what happened though - did both Cav & Sagan crash at some point in the run in ?

Sagan went down earlier, looked to have a double puncture by going just off the road - hard to tell though. Cav went down nearer the finish and chased hard to get back. some Belkin riders also went down, but the tv didn't show the crash.

it was all a bit messy in the finale. the teams seem to sit up a bit and OPQS fell apart when it kicked in again. looking at the sprint, it looked as if Steegmans (?), the last man, just couldn't get Cav up and pulled over. Griepel was already winding it up and it was all over. Lotto played it well. chapeau,

 

[Risex4]

Sagan had a double puncture with about 40 to go and seemed to have a bit of a problem with his brakes/gears(?) after the changeout, but was paced back in by half the Cannondale team so that probably had no impact.

Cav had an untelevised off from about 30 out, so no-one saw exactly what happened. Didn't appear too serious as he more or less paced himself back into it and bunny-hopped a roundabout on the way through.

The pack kept a stupidly high pace on throughout so getting back on may have cost them a bit from the tank, but to my untrained eye it was all technical; OPQS and Cannondale's trains tried to control it from too far out, got swamped and unseated after the 5 (initially by Argos-Shimano), and consequently both Cav and Sagan were left to solo it, whereas Lotto timed it just right with Henderson/Greipel.

Edit, or what laurence said. Damn phone calls interrupting my posting.

 

[Risex4]

it looked as if Steegmans (?), the last man, just couldn't get Cav up and pulled over. Griepel was already winding it up and it was all over. Lotto played it well. chapeau,

I'll need to watch the highlights again, but I'm sure Steegmans peeled whilst Griepel still had two in front of him.

 

[SWSteve]

We've all seen the WiiU adds on ITV's coverage..but has anyone else noticed the size of the mum's teeth? They are Nigel Thornbury esque

 

[SomethingLikeThat]

I'm sick of seeing those adverts. No one is buying the WiiU and those ads won't change that.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

inrng suggests Sagan's brake/gear problems were 'theatrical' and designed to allow some use of the mechanic car for a bit.

 

[smutchin]

Sodding Taaramae lost another 5 minutes today. Useless streak of Estonian piss.

 

[jifdave]

inrng suggests Sagan's brake/gear problems were 'theatrical' and designed to allow some use of the mechanic car for a bit.

Itv4 commentators said they could hear it cracking....

 

[Risex4]

inrng suggests Sagan's brake/gear problems were 'theatrical' and designed to allow some use of the mechanic car for a bit.

The thought crossed my mind at the time as well, but seeing as by thrn he had already been joined by half his time off the back, I concluded that a magic spanner was redundant at that point.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Itv4 commentators said they could hear it cracking....

I think that was his knees