2012 Tour de France: Stage 13: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux → Le Cap d'Agde (217 km)

[DominicDecoco]

Love this kind of racing but what exactly does BMC expect getting out of it? Sky and Leaky are never going to get dropped by this.

 

[Montanus]

Porte lost contact.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Love this kind of racing but what exactly does BMC expect of it? Sky and Leaky are never going to get dropped by this.

Just trying to forget their sorrows.

They must be on course to absolutely destroy the record for lowest success per cash spent ratio in cycling history this year.

 

[Amused]

Just heard Mørkøv lost his dad 5 years ago on this day. Not looking good now, but would be awesome if he could perform a miracle here.

 

[Bala Verde]

Is zam in the tour?

 

[fluffkitten]

Love this kind of racing but what exactly does BMC expect getting out of it? Sky and Leaky are never going to get dropped by this.

It gives them something to do, and someone might make a mistake and get dropped (not likely but... ).

 

[Mellow Velo]

LOL: Rather than echelons, half the peloton just sit up and form a big bus.

 

[The Joker]

Love this kind of racing but what exactly does BMC expect getting out of it? Sky and Leaky are never going to get dropped by this.

They might be trying to drop Pinot to make the white jersey more secure for TJVG

But agree it is pretty pointless - maybe Cadel is going for a stage win

 

[DominicDecoco]

We might see Cadel attack on the hill.

 

[Fidolix]

Anything can still happen, according to Zabel there are also strong side wind after the climb. It could still be split into atoms, crash and other accidents is still possible with such strong wind.

 

[Warhawk]

Strictly speaking, given the options of:

1. Punt a bunch of the peloton off the back in the wind; OR
2. Do absolutely nothing,

Option 1 hardly seems like a bad idea. And, hey, maybe if they split things up enough Gilbert can attack on the cat-3 and get away, or something like that.

 

[Bala Verde]

LOL: Rather than echelons, half the peloton just sit up and form a big bus.

Yeah. Why not. Hardly anyone cares about time losses anymore at this point in the tour.

You finally have a flat stage that could be interesting and it's half way in the tour.

 

[vcampbell]

Poor Morkov

 

[vcampbell]

What is Evans doing?

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Menchov? He is alive after all!

 

[The Joker]

Cadel attacks - maybe he is going for the stage win?

 

[Gloin22]

Menchov? He is alive after all!

That's not Menchov... Caruso more like

 

[Dutchsmurf]

That's not Menchov... Caruso more like

Then who is it? Oh well, guess the Belgiums can't get it right every time I guess.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

They can't drop Wiggins clearly

 

[The Joker]

Maybe we can have a sprint finish between Wiggo and Cadel - now that would be awesome!

 

[superconfex]

what a duck that bloke was

 

[DominicDecoco]

Exellent racing!

 

[fluffkitten]

Thank you Cuddles for animating that hill, stage is not as dull as I expected.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Boasson V Sagan - anyone else?

 

[Bala Verde]

After that 10% monster we only have 23 km to go... Nice for attackers. Not