TDF 2017: 14 July - Stage 13 - Saint-Girons - Foix 101kms *Spoilers*

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    It's hard with Froome as he never looks good. He's also got previous for pretending to be in difficulty.

    Given Sky have now put 2 riders up the road you have to suspect they are reasonably confident.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,069
    Lamda rockets firing at full cyclinders, heading towards 1min45secs ahead of Aru/Froome group.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Come on lads let Mollema back on.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    close-up of Bertie's battery pack?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Froome didn't look comfortable before my boss came in and I had to turn it off quickly
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    SKY ARE SOOOOOOOO BORING!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    yellow jersey isn't very yellow today.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    yellow jersey isn't very yellow today.
    I'm surprised, I thought Aru would go full yellow. Thankfully he didn't.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Kwiatkowski should be able to bridge up to Landa and Contador on the downhill......
    Unless Barguil puts him into a telegraph pole.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Landa will be the virtual leader soon :lol:
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    2 mins for Landa and Contador now.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Contador looks great on a bike
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Finally we see the Landa that Brailsford has been seeing in his head for best part of 2 years...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I miss LRP*













    * I am going to say this every stage until Paris.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,229
    Who was it who confidently predicted this race would all be over by today?
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Landa will kick Bert's arse
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Ay ay. Kiri is just behind.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    is this punishment duty for Landa or a chance for him to redeem himself for a different team next year? No-one sitting back and letting Aru do some work? Good to see Bertie back on form.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Kiryienka has got back on. So Froome with Kiry and Nieve.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    amrushton wrote:
    is this punishment duty for Landa or a chance for him to redeem himself for a different team next year? No-one sitting back and letting Aru do some work? Good to see Bertie back on form.
    I think Landa has been given a free hand to go for the stage.

    Contador struggling to stick on Landa's wheel on the descent.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Landa can descend
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Loving that descent - will Bardet go full-on? Of course he will.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,616
    This is great, nice to see the Sky DS take my advice to send Landa up the road with Kwia. Yellow jersey group going slow enough that Kiryenka is getting back. Astana just too under strength.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Fair play, Landa is having a blinder
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Alan Ha Ha
    Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
    JGSI wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Alan Ha Ha wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    What times kick off? Working from home today so it should be perfect!

    13:45 BST

    I have my daughter's Royal Conservatoire summer school production to attend at 2pm-2.30pm. Grrr

    Middle class problems

    lol Couldnt you just say the 'kids' sports day' like the rest of us oiks

    Working class kid trying to indulge his middle class 7yr old wean. Why couldn't it have been stage 10 or 11? looks like I've missed a belter today.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This is cracking stuff 8)
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Kwia is one hell of a rider. The amount of work he has done already and now covering Quintana. Top class.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,616
    As someone else has said in the past, this is the way to do the stages - one long, hard attritional mountain stage followed by a short, sharp killer. Would prefer it to be a MTF though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,616
    The parked cars on the outside of bends on a narrow descent make me nervous!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Pross wrote:
    As someone else has said in the past, this is the way to do the stages - one long, hard attritional mountain stage followed by a short, sharp killer. Would prefer it to be a MTF though.
    100% agree. All short stages would lose the attrition and fatigue from the distance.

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