Tour de Pologne 27 July-3 August 2013 **spoilers**
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Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Think these guys nay have bigger objectives in mind than this race- it's a get yourself into racing form thing
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Sky say that Wiggins was over 9 minutes behind and that this is his last tour (not race as I originally said) of the season. I've just finished reading his book about winning the Tour and he was talking about retiring from road racing and going back to the track (I think next year) and aiming for Rio.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
He was always going to struggle at the end of a season. Most of the guys he's riding against have had fulls season's so are pretty much race fit, whereas Brad has had to only do training. They say that the only real prep for racing is to race, which is why some of the early season races like Paris-Nice, Dauphine, Trentino etc...are used heavily to get into shape for the Grand Tours. If you've missed most of the yr then it's going to be really hard to play catch up. Brad has only really raced in the Giro this yr with maybe a few smaller stage races thrown in, probably not enough miles competitively to really count.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
It's a shame there was no footage of Wiggo - there was another wet Italian descent (bienvenuto Bradley!) and I'd've liked to see how he handled it. Instead, all I know is that he came in 9 minutes or so down in a small bunch that included Ben Swift and Nibali. Sky's Danny Pate (+35 minutes) appears to have stopped for lunch.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Shame Atapuma didn't get it...
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I was out all day yesterday so missed it, but saw the pic of him on the podium. Another chance for him today...
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
The coverage is pretty crap on this tour - there either aren't enough camera motorbikes or they aren't in the right places...
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
That was an amazing bit of climbing from Riblon - he's on form.
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
managed to miss the coverage today
