2013 Tour de France Stage 1: Porto Vecchio -> Bastia, 213km (29/06/13)

[Kwibus]

Boooooooooo....what a messs!!!! Corsica shouldn't starting a tour again... what kind of finish is that???

It's ok to start on Corsica, but start witha short TT or prologue.
Next 2 stages atleast 1 mtf and the other one like stage 2 or 3.

 

[TANK91]

What a joke, and Cav's teammate who caused that crash should be chucked off the TDF. Cav so wanted Yellow he looked good in the Intermediate not even going full gas. And no excuses for Contador please he fell but he is fine he was smiling two.

 

[Carols]

Why? He would have been in the mix anyway.

Not him, Good for Kittel!!!!

Entire situation was the Cluster

 

[cocteau_ireland]

All riders will be given same time, says le tour website.

 

[Cimber]

What do we know about the GC riders?? Contador obv lost time, but they don't seem to bother

No same time for all in te crash since at the time it was within 3km since the finish line was moved (then later moved back)

 

[Duke_S]

Kristoff so close he has a good chance in the next stages

 

[seaby71]

Gossy is the dumbest and most uncourageous rider in the peloton. He finally gets a chance with the big names crashing and he crashes himself due to bad positioning. He isn't worth 2 million a year!

 

[Dutchsmurf]

And no excuses for Contador please he fell but he is fine he was smiling two.

He sure looked hurt at the finish line, no smiling there at all.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Alberto got his excuse for being dropped by Froome in the third week then.

 

[The Hitch]

All riders will be given same time, says le tour website.

Thats 1 question out of the way.

There is a bigger one though, how hurt is Contador.

 

[cocteau_ireland]

What have the Corsicans ever done for us, eh?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Pretty **** stuff from the organisers.

Once you say 3km to go, that should be it - you can't then fix the situation and switch again so late to the end - some teams had already burnt their riders up using the new official finish line.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

All riders will be given same time, says le tour website.

never seen such a disorganized situation at the finish line before. Many people doing nothing for minutes. Crazy.

 

[Netserk]

Tour De Farce.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was... interesting...

If Goss had won then I'd have been certain GreenEDGE did that little bus stunt on purpose...

 

[The Hitch]

No same time for all in te crash since at the time it was within 3km since the finish line was moved (then later moved back)

What about Hejsedal whose crash was 12k from the end ( so no 3k no matter how hard you try)

 

[fgrune]

What a ****ing joke...

 

[Cimber]

Greipel caused it

 

[del1962]

Total Fiasco, I guess times will be neutralised from 6K?

 

[LaFlorecita]

And no excuses for Contador please he fell but he is fine he was smiling two.

Please. Don't be ridiculous.

 

[cineteq]

What have the Corsicans ever done for us, eh?

Who's us? Nous?

 

[Cimber]

What about Hejsedal whose crash was 12k from the end ( so no 3k no matter how hard you try)

Was only talking about the Contador crash

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Greipel caused it

More looked like Steegmans caused it to me.

 

[Gloin22]

That was... interesting...

If Goss had won then I'd have been certain GreenEDGE did that little bus stunt on purpose...

What has it got do with it? Bus didn't cause the crash for pity sake.

 

[JimPanzen]

Pretty **** stuff from the organisers.

Once you say 3km to go, that should be it - you can't then fix the situation and switch again so late to the end - some teams had already burnt their riders up using the new official finish line.

The crash immediately happened when they announced finifhed would be moved back to original line again (at least on german eurosport). Maybe all that hectic contributed to the crash. The finish spot at 3k to go would have caused carnage anyway.