2013 Criterium International

[movingtarget]

Thx, will be a busy afternoon with CI/GW/Catalunya

Good for insomniacs in Australia. Reality is will have to catch up with some of the racing, the day after.

 

[Kokoso]

what about Mollema

Don't think so...Porte and Froome seem miles ahead...besides - somebody always says that Mollema needs lot of racing days to get into form.

 

[movingtarget]

Don't think so...Porte and Froome seem miles ahead...besides - somebody always says that Mollema needs lot of racing days to get into form.

TJVG will be in the mix but maybe not good enough to beat the Sky duo. Evans on domestique duties.

 

[manafana]

great day for cycling double header with so little else on.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Will be interesting to see Skys tactics. Surely they should be going for a 1-2 but without exposing themselves too much.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Days like these i'm glad I invested in an ipad so I can watch 2 easily. Now, how to fit in GW too...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Days like these i'm glad I invested in an ipad so I can watch 2 easily. Now, how to fit in GW too...

Eurosport is showing delayed coverage of CI. At least they do here in Denmark.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/tvschedule.shtml

Both live for me. I'm sure i'll cope!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Porte could probably drop Froome on the last climb.
In any case we will see Sky's train in full motion today.

 

[Sophistic82]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

Lets see if we can gauge Porte's ambition level after today.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

35km in, gap 4:20

Vachon (BSE), Roy (FDJ), Cammaerts (COF), Poux (SOJ), Huguet (ARG), Goncalves (LPM), et Didier (RLT)

 

[Lanark]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

It would be smart for Sky to 'give' this to Porte, to make sure Porte works for Froome in the Tour. Good as Porte is, he isn't good enough (yet...) to win the Tour, while Froome is.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

He was a 25 year old neo-pro so he should be able to remain competitive well in to his 30s.

 

[Carols]

Thx, will be a busy afternoon with CI/GW/Catalunya

I know...what to do, what to do???

 

[jens_attacks]

not an exceptional breakway so no problemo for sky

the bielorussian beasts will demolish the peloton today on ospedale that's for sure

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Eurosport is showing delayed coverage of CI. At least they do here in Denmark.

it's live on Eurosport 2 (if you have both like me)

 

[willbick]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

Lol horner is 41 and still very near to the best. I dont think Porte is pressed for time

 

[theyoungest]

In that kind of shape and at the age of 28 Porte has no time to waste playing the domestique, guy needs to put pressure on sky to give him a free role at the tour, beating froome today would do that.

Froome has a 2nd place in the Tour, and 2nd and 4th in the Vuelta, in just two years as GC leader. Porte is the same age, and in fairness hasn't impressed as much. Bear in mind that Froome wasn't the team leader initially either.

Of course Porte's form right now seems to be great, but that was probably also the plan: have Porte peak in March, and domestique for his leaders later on. He said last year he had his best form of the year in Algarve.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

it's live on Eurosport 2 (if you have both like me)

Yeah, I know. It's just hard to watch 3 races at a time, so I was suggesting watching the re-run at 18.00

 

[will10]

Lol horner is 41 and still very near to the best. I dont think Porte is pressed for time

You're right, the top 10 of the Tour is practically full of 41 year olds.

 

[cineteq]

Porte could probably drop Froome on the last climb.
In any case we will see Sky's train in full motion today.

Except that the USA team, Talansky and Van Garderen, will make Porte pay for what he did in P-N.

 

[Ferminal]

Yep, those world class climbers.

 

[will10]

Except that the USA team, Talansky and Van Garderen, will make Porte pay for what he did in P-N.

The only way I can see them doing that is putting him into the gutter.

 

[Cyivel]

This is the break: Frank, Mourey, Schleck, Voeckler, Gautier, Vachon, Roy and Didier

Not sure how much they have