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Froomey in the Sky with Edgar
Froomey in the Sky with Edgar
Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*
- Thread starter Noodley
- Start date
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I couldnt believe the number and length of flaming adverts . I kept stopping catch up TV whilst I was out as I wasnt about to use a stack of data on bloody adverts.
Froome looked very strong, but ITV only picked it up after the attack. Idiots.
Froome looked very strong, but ITV only picked it up after the attack. Idiots.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Been out all day so just caught up on the highlights. Blimey. Amazing ride by Froome. Even had time for some Tommy V impersonations in the final few km. 
I was really rooting for Quintana on the final climb but kind of knew it was never going to happen. Shame. Great effort though.
Very pleased to see Mollema up there too. And what about Laurens Ten Dam! Awesome.
I was really rooting for Quintana on the final climb but kind of knew it was never going to happen. Shame. Great effort though.
Very pleased to see Mollema up there too. And what about Laurens Ten Dam! Awesome.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Oh yeah, almost forgot... Pete bloody Kennaugh. Fantastic.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Thats like my nephew. Big into his sport, moaning that England are crap at all sport, till I remind him our cyclists do rather well at all levels.
fozy tornip
A usual suspect.
Yates and Leinders were conspicuous in their association with doping, sacrificially let go perhaps, and only reactively when the heat was on.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Quite. And I'm not sure of the naive tag either - he comes away having animated the race, wearing the white jersey, and pockets a €5000 prize for topping Paillères, the highest point of the tour. Not a bad haul for a 23-year old, all in all. I suspect there'll be a fair few similar challenges from other riders in this tour.
And doesn't he look smooth on a bike!
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Great for us to watch but would he be 2 minutes down on GC had he decided to attack on the last climb and not the first? He would likely have been in the same ball park as Porte and we would be hailing his performance. As it stands though he has had a pretty bad day in terms of GC. The upside is that the cycling world is now VERY aware of his potential and if anyone didn't know the name Quintana then they will now.
Monsieur Remings
Guru
- Location
- Yatton UK
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
To be fair, it was the right tactic - it forced Sky to play their hand probably earlier than they'd planned. Unfortunately, it was everyone except Froome and Porte who suffered as a result.
I imagine they'll try the same again - and it might even work. Froome won't be able to ride like that every day.
I imagine they'll try the same again - and it might even work. Froome won't be able to ride like that every day.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
As a tactic then, one can conclude it was a failure. All it really achieved was to make Sky go full gas in an attempt to catch Quintana and in the process counter attack the entire GC. Both Quintana and Valverde lost considerable time to Sky/Froome. Had they let Sky control proceedings until AX 3 Domaines then they could have attacked or at least attempted to hold the wheel in front. Played right in to Sky's hands imo. Froome has done it all year - kept it high paced and tright until the final few km's then ripped it apart.
