Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[rich p]

Porte back with Froome

 

[smutchin]

Movistar looking strong. Garmin riding aggressively. Saxo also there in numbers. Porte the only Sky man left with Froome after the first of five climbs...

Did someone say this race was already over?

 

[smutchin]

Porte's gone. Properly gone. He ain't coming back this time.

Tommy D off the front. (That's not a typo. )

 

[rich p]

Is that a griffon vulture looking for Sky's dead riders?

 

[jarlrmai]

wtf just tuned in, where's the peleton/sky train?

 

[rich p]

I think it being such a lumpy stage will help Froome as there is less scope for a team effort
and I expect him to still be the best climber

 

[rich p]

My pick of the day, Pinot, has already done a Napoleon...
...Blonaparte...

 

[smutchin]

wtf just tuned in, where's the peleton/sky train?

You've missed an hour of fantastic racing already! This is incredible.

 

[jarlrmai]

Kennaugh could have helped him descent though.

Porte looks out of it already.

 

[jifdave]

If Porte is doping he's not doing a very good job of it....

 

[smutchin]

My pick of the day, Pinot, has already done a Napoleon...
...Blonaparte...

Even worse - my predictions are proving alarmingly accurate so far. My reputation for talking bollocks could be under threat here!

 

[dellzeqq]

Froome rides like a bag of spanners but a fast bag!

just think how quick he'll be when he learns to ride a bike properly.......

 

[Hip Priest]

This has come as a bit of a surprise.

Bit of a blow to the Froome, Murray, Hamilton treble I put on this morning!

 

[perplexed]

Last year I had Wiggo worries.

Now I have Froome frets.

 

[rich p]

Froome v Valverde! Great stuff