TDF 2023: Stage 13:- Châtillon-Sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier, 138km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Break is already beaten
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Agree with the commentators that UAE are doing far more than needed. On the plus side if the break knows it isn’t going to stand a chance it will probably slow meaning UAE can work less hard too.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Unfortunately it’s looking like a single change in the commentary box today.
    So it will be Kirby all the way in about 10 minutes.
    Unless they have built a few roundabouts on the Colombier, he’s going to read out the startlist more than once.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    blazing_saddles said:

    Unfortunately it’s looking like a single change in the commentary box today.
    So it will be Kirby all the way in about 10 minutes.
    Unless they have built a few roundabouts on the Colombier, he’s going to read out the startlist more than once.


    Fans with flags and flares are gonna give him a heart attack
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pog has to make this stick I guess
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    mididoctors said:

    How much does la tour or Shaw need at the base of the final climb

    They asked Barguil that this morning, he said a good climber will need 5 minutes at the bottom. Most of this break would probably need double that though

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    blazing_saddles said:

    Unfortunately it’s looking like a single change in the commentary box today.
    So it will be Kirby all the way in about 10 minutes.
    Unless they have built a few roundabouts on the Colombier, he’s going to read out the startlist more than once.

    ‘Not normally a finish that suits Caleb Ewan but he’s still in the bunch and has a fast finish so if he’s still there at the foot of the climb you wouldn’t rule him out’
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Bonus seconds at the top?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    edited July 2023
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    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    rick_chasey said:

    Bonus seconds at the top?

    That's what UAE are after
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    rick_chasey said:

    Bonus seconds at the top?

    10 seconds at every finish line except the TT.

    There's no intermediate bonus seconds today, but there is at the top of the Joux Plane tomorrow, the last intermediate bonification.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Attaque Ewan!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Attaque Ewan!

    Rolf Sørensen reckons he can lose 20 minutes on the climb, and he's all alone and 12 minutes down already
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Latour cannot descend.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Is Ewan sick?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Time limit should be about 30-35 minutes today.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Latour is losing big time on this non technical descent.
    Something tells me he’s not going to enjoy the weekend stages.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    rick_chasey said:

    Bonus seconds at the top?

    Just the normal
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    edited July 2023
    UAE are obviously fed up with Jumbo gtting all the publicity for their 'WTF are they doing?' tactics and giving some of their own.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    edited July 2023
    If Shaw is on a good day he could do this
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ewan abandons
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Caleb Ewan climbed off
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Pross said:

    UAE are obviously fed up with Jumbo gtting all the publicity for their 'WTF are they doing?' tactics and giving some of their own.

    This is pretty clear, isn't it? Pog wants the stage and the bonus seconds.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    The curse of being in my Velogames team.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Ah, shame. Ewan wasn't looking particularly happy yesterday - I thought the nature of today's stage gave him a chance to stay in the bunch and pace the climb at the end.

    What's the actual speed been today against predictions?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    edited July 2023
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ineos win the pointless charge to be first onto the climb.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Tour gets serious ...
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    WVA taking the day off.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    The pattern of this tour so far has been that when JV do all the work Pogacar benefits, and when UAE do it's Vingegaard that takes advantage. Wonder how that'll hold up today?
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