TdF 2013 - Stage 20 ***Spoilers*** Annecy - Semnoz

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  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    emadden wrote:
    poppit wrote:
    Don't think Porte and Uran were particularly strong before they joined Sky.

    Well, at the age they were hired at, they already looked very strong. Porte had already led the Giro and Uran was emerging as a very strong GC rider.
    Not Quintana level though.
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  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    Great Tour so far, and to add to the enjoyment Contador gets his ass kicked off the podium. Result. All I need now to make it perfect is a win for Cav in Paris.
    Great racing from the first four over the line today.

    Fortune favors the brave.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RonB wrote:
    Jens gets to wear a red number in Paris.

    Thoroughly deserves it. PURE RACER.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Three podium visits. Quintana gets to keep the podium girls. Nice.
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  • above_the_cows
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    Macaloon wrote:
    "AboveTheCheeseMachines" - Paul Ligget

    :?:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I really hope they play the Kenyan national anthem tomorrow.
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  • poppit
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    frenchfighter wrote:
    I really hope they play the Kenyan national anthem tomorrow.
    Why?
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  • dolan_driver
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    Does second in the White Jersey Comp have to wear that jersey tomorrow? Seems wrong to force someone to wear a jersey that they can't keep. It kinda rubs it in that they came second.

    DD.
  • Macaloon
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    Above The Cows wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    "AboveTheCheeseMachines" - Paul Ligget

    :?:

    Close-up of prize cows described by Phil as "the local cheese machines
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    poppit wrote:
    Not Quintana level though.

    Someone of Quintana's quality at that age has not been seen for a generation. The last was Ullrich or maybe even Andy Schleck, before that its the Lemond/Roche/Fignon vintage.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    "AboveTheCheeseMachines" - Paul Ligget

    :?:

    It was funny. Camera pans to 4 cows opposite podium wearing the "jerseys".

    Senile old man says "there we have what the locals refer to as cheese machines" or word to that effect.
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  • PuttyKnees
    PuttyKnees Posts: 381
    Big irony in Froome's interview not missed by Imlach "at least Froome didn't have Porte egging him on for more".
  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I really hope they play the Kenyan national anthem tomorrow.

    I do love a bad looser, it makes winning so much more enjoyable. :D:D:D:D
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    mike6 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I really hope they play the Kenyan national anthem tomorrow.

    I do love a bad looser, it makes winning so much more enjoyable. :D:D:D:D

    :lol:
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  • RichN95.
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    Dolan Driver wrote:
    Does second in the White Jersey Comp have to wear that jersey tomorrow? Seems wrong to force someone to wear a jersey that they can't keep. It kinda rubs it in that they came second.

    DD.
    Talansky was third this morning so I don't think he'll mind. He was never really in contention.
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  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Just seen a Halfords advert for a Carrera with 14 speed groupset? Do the pros have this yet? I'm stilll stuck on 10 & 11 speed groupsets.
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    poppit wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I really hope they play the Kenyan national anthem tomorrow.
    Why?

    I expect this is another hilarious attempt by FF of being facetious and trying to wind up others. It's genuinely quite pathetic!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Macaloon wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    "AboveTheCheeseMachines" - Paul Ligget

    :?:

    Close-up of prize cows described by Phil as "the local cheese machines

    :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Alan A wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    "AboveTheCheeseMachines" - Paul Ligget

    :?:

    It was funny. Camera pans to 4 cows opposite podium wearing the "jerseys".

    Senile old man says "there we have what the locals refer to as cheese machines" or word to that effect.

    There were cows wearing the jerseys? And I MISSED it! :x

    I asked for their to be cows wearing the jerseys to rival last year's donkeys. That better be on the highlights! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • takethehighroad
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    RichN95 wrote:
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    Does second in the White Jersey Comp have to wear that jersey tomorrow? Seems wrong to force someone to wear a jersey that they can't keep. It kinda rubs it in that they came second.

    DD.
    Talansky was third this morning so I don't think he'll mind. He was never really in contention.

    They made Txurruka get on the podium in it in 07 when he came in the white jersey competition, although he was super-combatif

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Tour_de_France#Young_riders_classification

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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited July 2013
    A mate just spotted the top three for the stage on a web page and thought it was the overall GC. Nearly had a heart attack :D:D:D

    All the sprinters within the limit. Going to be a tense affair tomorrow evening.
  • ermintrude
    ermintrude Posts: 514
    FF you are a bitter individual, Froome is a worthy winner. Contador tried but was just not good enough. Like it or not you will have to accept it. I think this has been a super Tour. Perfect end if Cav wins tomorrow
  • nickel
    nickel Posts: 476
    It made me laugh when Quintana stood on the podium as was only just the same height as the podium girls, then I remembered I'm the same height as him....
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Congrats to Froome.

    Contadors days are numbered I feel. Don't think he will ever win the Tour again.

    As for the future - I'm not looking forward to what will probably at least a three year dominance by Froome, maybe with Quintana as his only challenger. It could get pretty boring from here on in.

    So then - who's riding the Vuelta? Anyone good?
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    Boardman and Imlach with the giggles :D

    http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/stages/stage20/
  • nickel
    nickel Posts: 476
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Congrats to Froome.

    Contadors days are numbered I feel. Don't think he will ever win the Tour again.

    As for the future - I'm not looking forward to what will probably at least a three year dominance by Froome, maybe with Quintana as his only challenger. It could get pretty boring from here on in.

    So then - who's riding the Vuelta? Anyone good?

    A Froome vs Nibali battle could be good, if Nibali has his Giro esque form.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    edited July 2013
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Incredibly pleased I have a star to back full guns in the next few years. Pure romance from Quintana. Old school heavyweight.

    So Froome wins two mountain stages and lacks class panache etc etc , NQ wins a brilliant 1st stage win and he is an old school heavyweight............ :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • poppit
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    And Hamburg triathlon on the BBC1 red button, sport overload!
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  • adr82
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    Moray Gub wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Incredibly pleased I have a star to back full guns in the next few years. Pure romance from Quintana. Old school heavyweight.

    So Froome wins two mountain stages and lacks class panache etc etc , NQ wins a brilliant 1st stage win and he is an old school heavyweight............ :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    I think he's just desperate to focus his attention on something other than his (now discarded?) idol Contador falling apart over the last couple of weeks.

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