Tour Med 2013 **Spoiler**

LeicesterLad
LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
edited February 2013 in Pro race
Memerable for JTL's performance last year, the 2013 Tour Med is underway. Some decent hilly stages, a tough 24km TT with an up-hill finish and a decent summit finish on stage 4.

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Starts hilly today but flattens out.

Startlist Here (on the right hand side): http://www.steephill.tv/tour-mediterraneen/#rosters

Ones to watch: Tommy V, Rolland, Pinot, Andy Schleck, Talansky, Roche, Krueziger, Mollema, Nieve, Chaves amongst others - good startlist and looks like it could be a good early season race...

Don't know where we are at, can't find a feed and nobodies tweeting.

Enjoy.
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  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    This is my online resource of choice for French races:

    http://direct.directvelo.com/live-cours ... e-2-1.html

    Run it through Google Translate for glorious Frenglish!
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Greipel wins Stage 1

    Gorilla and Cav are looking pretty imperious, these early days
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    Dan Martin, Pellizotti and Thor Hushovd also riding

    Greipel for the first stage? doesn't look like there are a lot of other big name sprinters
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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    Ha ! I genuinely didn't see the result until it posted
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    greeny12 wrote:
    This is my online resource of choice for French races:

    http://direct.directvelo.com/live-cours ... e-2-1.html

    Run it through Google Translate for glorious Frenglish!

    Thanks for the Link!
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Andy Schleck abandoned today. Suffering with a respiratory illness.
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Andy Schleck abandoned today. Suffering with a "respiratory illness".

    FTFY
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Video preview of tomorrow's final 3km up Mont Saint Clair.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u2mA4TcDZXI

    more available on http://www.youtube.com/user/letourmediterraneen/videos
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    That should be fun. A lot of good climbers on the startlist.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Andy Schleck abandoned today. Suffering with a respiratory illness.

    Oh poor kid.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Would be more news if Greipel hadn't won. Haven't heard of many in the top ten.

    I like this race and if they manage not to shorten the best climb due to poor weather it will be a great battle. Lots of names I like on the start list.

    I hope it isn't freezing like it usually is. I remember the race being super fast last year as they were so cold they wanted to get to the finish faster!
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,401
    frenchfighter wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Andy Schleck abandoned today. Suffering with a respiratory illness.

    Oh poor kid.

    Guy cannot catch a break....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Actually feeling sorry for Schleck the Younger
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,175
    Anyone know when Greipel and Cavendish will first race against each other?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Definitely cold - Greipel had full leg warmers and a neck warmer.

    Cofidis helmets are absolutely revolting (Mavic).
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know when Greipel and Cavendish will first race against each other?


    Wild guess: KBK?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know when Greipel and Cavendish will first race against each other?
    Don't sprinters who target Milan-San Remo normally pick the Tirreno over Paris-Nice? They both did last year. Not sure that applies this year, though
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    FJS wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know when Greipel and Cavendish will first race against each other?
    Don't sprinters who target Milan-San Remo normally pick the Tirreno over Paris-Nice? They both did last year. Not sure that applies this year, though


    Yeah, thats the tradition. But Goss did P-N and went on to win MSR 2011. And Gerrans did same last year (not a sprinter, I know). Times are a changin...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,175
    FJS wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know when Greipel and Cavendish will first race against each other?
    Don't sprinters who target Milan-San Remo normally pick the Tirreno over Paris-Nice? They both did last year. Not sure that applies this year, though
    Last year though, Rod Ellingworth said that Cav was undercooked at MSR as Tirreno hadn't been hard enough - 'not fit for purpose' he said. It's why the Sky classics squad are skipping both and doing a training camp.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    I love Gruissan - good for a weeks holiday in the stilted beach houses ( where they filmed Betty Blue) and sailing . Excellent muscadet and a great bakers/cafe to fuel up before venturing into La Clappe

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  • TimB34
    TimB34 Posts: 316
    It's extremely windy today - gusts of up to 85km/h forecast, from the north. No shelter on the coast road either.

    I wonder how many riders are going to use deep section wheels (and end up in the dunes!)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Boom takes stage 2. Stage 3 cancelled.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Stage 3 cancelled.

    Still unclear of the reasons for this - something to do with authorities in St Remy de Provence not ensuring the proper road closures??
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    According to La Provence, Friday's parcours in the finishing locale of Saint Rémy de Provence couldn't be secured and after failing to find an alternate route, the stage had to be canceled.

    Barring that, info on this is very thin on the ground. Seems very suss!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Classement 2ème étape :

    1. Lars Boom (PBS, Blanco) les 24,3 km en 32'25" (44,9 km/h)
    2. Maxime Monfort (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) à 22 sec.
    3. Anthony Roux (FRA, FDJ) à 36 sec.
    4. Thomas Lövkvist (SUE, IAM Cycling) à 43 sec.
    5. Jérémy Roy (FRA, FDJ) à 47 sec.
    6. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) à 51 sec.
    7. José Gonçalves (POR, La Pomme Marseille) à 52 sec.
    8. Nicolas Roche (IRL, Team Saxo-Tinkoff) à 54 sec.
    9. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL, Lotto-Belisol) m.t.
    10. Gustav-Erik Larsson (SUE, IAM Cycling) à 57 sec.

    Classement général :

    1. Lars Boom (PBS, Blanco) en 3h57'48"
    2. Maxime Monfort (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) à 22 sec.
    3. Anthony Roux (FRA, FDJ) à 36 sec.
    4. Thomas Lövkvist (SUE, IAM Cycling) à 43 sec.
    5. Jérémy Roy (FRA, FDJ) à 47 sec.
    6. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) à 51 sec.
    7. José Gonçalves (POR, La Pomme Marseille) à 52 sec.
    8. Nicolas Roche (IRL, Team Saxo-Tinkoff) à 54 sec.
    9. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL, Lotto-Belisol) m.t.
    10. Gustav-Erik Larsson (SUE, IAM Cycling) à 57 sec.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    According to La Provence, Friday's parcours in the finishing locale of Saint Rémy de Provence couldn't be secured and after failing to find an alternate route, the stage had to be canceled.

    Barring that, info on this is very thin on the ground. Seems very suss!

    It was cancelled by Prefectural Order due to "unsatisfactory security conditions".
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  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    apparently Boom used his CX skills to do a bike change from TT to road bike for the final climb
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    hommelbier wrote:
    Stage 3 cancelled

    Still unclear of the reasons for this - something to do with authorities in St Remy de Provence not ensuring the proper road closures??

    Seems that the reason was a last minute change of mind by the local (Bouches du Rhone) préfecture on the grounds that the probable disruption of traffic, especially in Marseille was unacceptable. The local authorities in Saint Rémy were not happy as they planned a fete to take place to mark the event.

    http://cyclismactu.net/news-tour-mediterraneen-la-3e-etape-annulee-30391.html
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    As I said on twitter, they obviously failed to line the pockets of the right people.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)

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