Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[tigger]

What a fantastic stage! Slightly surprised Froome hasn't gone to the front himself yet.

He's got the buffer I suppose and needs to keep his powder dry for Sunday. I predict a 1.30 loss to Contador by the end of stage now

 

[avsd]

Sky team look spent. Will they recover for the Alps?

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

What a fab stage!

 

[thom]

Cav from Sagan !

Edit : 1 min 8 to Froome

 

[smutchin]

Cav made mincemeat out of Sagan there! Fantastic to see Mollema contesting the sprint too.

Massive result for Contador, but not, I think, a total disaster for Froome - he still has a good chunk of time in hand.

 

[raindog]

Cav will be in red tomorrow, lads!

 

[tigger]

Froome lead down to 2.28 Mollema and 2.35 Contador?

 

[Archie]

Well that was bloody brilliant.

 

[mrbadexample]

Cav made mincemeat out of Sagan there! Fantastic to see Mollema contesting the sprint too.

That was delightful. A 1-2-3 for my fantasy team.

Best day of racing I've seen for ages.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Who was the rider in green that led Cavendish out so well? Oh!

 

[smutchin]

I felt the real reason Movistar didn't try to really put the hurt on Froome on Sunday is because Valverde didn't have the legs.

Turns out he doesn't have the wheels either.

#schadenfreude #puerto

 

[smutchin]

"@irishpeloton: Cavendish now has won multiple stages of six Tours de France in a row. Only other rider to have done this is Nicolas Frantz."

Take a second to reflect on that.

Utterly astonishing.

 

[smutchin]

"@inrng: Mark Cavendish has 25 stage wins in the Tour, equal with André Leducq. Only bettered by Bernard Hinault (28) and Eddy Merckx (*34*)"

 

[tigger]

Great stage. Opens the GC up again somewhat prematurely. I'm worried for Froome given the apparent collapse of his team. In twitter speak... #alliesrequired!

 

[Havoc6]

Froome mad a poor decision not to jump when Movistar made the move , Sky were poor today all round tactically nieve