TDF Stage 13: St Etiennie - Chamrousse *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    "I'd say three or four riders can fight for the top placing. Right now, I’m thinking half about getting on the podium, but I’m also thinking about finishing higher up. I’ve got good legs, the team’s good," Valverde said as the Alps loomed large on the horizon.

    "There are five or six riders who can battle for the podium, but I can’t just sit tight and accept finishing third in Paris. I’m in a good place, but I can’t just settle for that, I’ve got to fight for a better placing. I don’t know if I’m Nibali’s number one rival, there are a lot of good riders up there, like Porte too."
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Arthur Vichot (FDJ) abandons

    Break has 3'-40" atm, with 61kms done.
    It ain't nowhere near enough.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    I don't want Valverde any where near the podium.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Nibali to attack and take upwards of 40 seconds on this stage
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Ned Boulting ‏@nedboulting · 1m
    Rode up Chamrousse with #OlympicBloke . I attacked at 4k. He countered at 3.9k. And that was that.


    Like Ned
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I must confess this graphic took a minute to register

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    Me too. But when you get it, it is actually pretty neat.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,643
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Arthur Vichot (FDJ) abandons

    Oh no! I guess all the forum attention on Cheng recently has left him feeling unloved... :wink:

    I heard he was ill before the start so not unsuprising...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    YELLOW TROUSERS!

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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Why the specific distate for Valverde?
    Not just today but a long running theme.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Why the specific distate for Valverde?
    Not just today but a long running theme.

    You can dope if you're sorry
    You can dope if you ride with panache.

    But you can't be a wheelsucking unrepentant doper.
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  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Why the specific distate for Valverde?
    Not just today but a long running theme.
    Really?!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Why the specific distate for Valverde?
    Not just today but a long running theme.

    There's nothing good to say about him,

    Drug cheat

    wheel sucker
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    No doubting he is a cheat, but without going down that tangent yet again, he isn't on his own there.
    I have no love for him, he's never a spectacular rider who lights up a race, but sometiomes think the vitriol directed towards him is a bit OTT.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    RichN95 wrote:
    YELLOW TROUSERS!

    Joy for cycling fans globally.

    What is he doing on that McCain bike. Is this Eurotrash? :D
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    mulletmaster wrote:
    No doubting he is a cheat, but without going down that tangent yet again, he isn't on his own there.
    I have no love for him, he's never a spectacular rider who lights up a race, but sometiomes think the vitriol directed towards him is a bit OTT.

    +1

    I admired him coming back after getting dropped in the mountains last year time and time again. Even though he was many minutes down.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    30 degrees at the base of the climb. Valverde really dislikes the wet/cold weather.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Break at nearly 5mins. Katusha fire power failure.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    RonB wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    YELLOW TROUSERS!

    Joy for cycling fans globally.

    What is he doing on that McCain bike. Is this Eurotrash? :D
    It looks like a horrible remake of The Fabulous Baker Boys
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    Danny Navaro about to abandon with heat stroke.
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  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    I've been watching Euro Sport for 5 minutes. Ok. I get it. Its hot. NOW STOP TELLING ME THE DAMN TEMPERATURE!
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    Cofidis leader Navaro is out, in tears he tells his DS "I can't go on"
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    We've all been there, Dani.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    davidof wrote:
    Cofidis leader Navaro is out, in tears he tells his DS "I can't go on"

    Sad times. I like that chap a lot and he is a silent placer in the GC. Shame.

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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    edited July 2014
    The leaders raise their haggard faces to see the glaciers of the Belledonne twinkling in the distance.
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    edited July 2014
    mulletmaster wrote:
    No doubting he is a cheat, but without going down that tangent yet again, he isn't on his own there.
    I have no love for him, he's never a spectacular rider who lights up a race, but sometiomes think the vitriol directed towards him is a bit OTT.

    He's a constantly referenced for offending weazle, ok he goes up the road a bit, so what, so did scarponi, cunego and Di Luca, where are their fans?
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Sad times. I like that chap a lot and he is a silent placer in the GC. Shame.

    DanielNavarro_2911589_zps29882d9e.jpg

    Yes, another *1 bites the dust.

    Did anyone mention that it is HOT!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Acevedo also abandons...before we even hit a mountain. Wholly disappointing that guy has been for me more or less all year.
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Acavedo retired also apparently.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,095
    The tarmac is 52 degrees at the moment. 3 abandons so far under an unrelenting sun.
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  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    woody1545 wrote:
    I've been watching Euro Sport for 5 minutes. Ok. I get it. Its hot. NOW STOP TELLING ME THE DAMN TEMPERATURE!

    Has Carlton mentioned melting tarmac yet - I caught the highlights last night and he mentioned it 4 times within the opening 5 minutes, drove me nuts.

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