The Tour - stage 13 *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Apparent speeds given by leTour of the three groups:
    45 km/h
    47 km/h
    39 km/h
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Walter White
    Walter White Posts: 238
    Valverde 7 minutes, blimey!.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    resaRider wrote:
    Sky just look so ragtag compared to last year,
    brilliant stage though!!!!
    Who is the road captain for Sky this year?

    It was Rodgers last year.. but now he's doing it for Saxo - and doing a good job!
    Geraint Thomas.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    El pistelero
    47 Froome
    7.10 Valv
    10.50 Voeckler
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    It ll be interesting what ll happen if the front group starts to think of Stage honours...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Bit of handbags in the Saxo group now, things starting to hurt
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,793
    not the day to lose EBH
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    SIUTSOU DROPPED
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    frenchfighter wrote:
    El hypodermico
    47 Froome
    7.10 Valv
    10.50 Voeckler

    Corrected for accuracy ;)
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Can someone quickly explain what Road Captain does (compared with Team Leader). Thanks.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Saxo must be going back to old habits to put that much time into Sky on a flat stage!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Even AG2R recruited now
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Suitsu gone. Stannard on the brink of being dropped.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    Stannard dropped
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    SIUTSOU DROPPED
    Stannard gone too
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    7ks 55secs..............
    Contador is the Greatest
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,793
    losing standard you could hemorrhage time
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    edited July 2013
    This is why we LOVE le TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Can someone quickly explain what Road Captain does (compared with Team Leader). Thanks.

    Team Leader = guy who gets the honours

    Road Captain = organises tactics etc
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    5 Quickstep boys are trying to spoil the chase like pros :lol:
    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited July 2013
    Was that Andy just behind Froome there?

    Edit: 1 min gap
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    edited July 2013
    goonz wrote:
    That little uncat climb with 8k to go could throw some spanners in the works?

    Anyone think Bertie will go for the stage win?
    Sagan will go for the win.

    If the group stays together and Cav isn't in crisis he should bag it.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Can someone quickly explain what Road Captain does (compared with Team Leader). Thanks.

    He decides the 'on-the-road' tactics, but I imagine this role is fairly diminished now with race radios.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Can someone quickly explain what Road Captain does (compared with Team Leader). Thanks.

    Essentially he is the coach on the road. In the movie Chasing Legends, about HTC at theTour in 2009, they split the peloton in crosswinds and the have the audio of Rodgers, the Road Captain, making the call, while e DS listen and then egg it on.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    BELKIN should really pull their weight.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    That little uncat climb with 8k to go could throw some spanners in the works?

    Anyone think Bertie will go for the stage win?
    Sagan will go there.

    If the group stays together and Cav isn't in crisis he should bag it.
    If it's at 8k they're past it already...
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    This is brilliant!
    @JaunePeril

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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    This has been another riveting 100km. Outstanding.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    At least that nasty looking roundabout/kink in the road with 1k to go shouldn't cause carnage with such a small group.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,563
    Combativity award to OPQS - the whole team.

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