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

[Don't be late Pedro]

Yeah, well... I'd hate to think I was the only one who did.

Look, I'm not saying the yellow should only be worn by GC contenders. All I'm saying is that it doesn't make sense setting up stages that allow it to be worn by riders who who will either not even try to defend it, or simply be incapable to do so when when the road starts going up.

Again, Hushovd in '11 is the standard. Or the multiple Cancellara stints.

Perhaps you can come up with a list of whom is deemed worthy and send it to the ASO. I am sure they will take it very seriously.

 

[Gubby Allen]

Kittel did not know anything about the 3km finish?

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

So is that Germany 1 World 1?

 

[movingtarget]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

Terrible news.

 

[Carols]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

That Sucks

 

[Hayabusa]

Kittel is a terrible climber though. They have better odds with Degenkolb tomorrow, esp. if Sagan is hurt.

True but like in 2011 with Hushovd, nobody expected him to hold it for so long so Kittel might surprise. He probably won't win the stage but it wouldn't surprise me if he did better than a lot of people expected.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Kittel saying he had no idea the finished was moved back to 3k.

Edit: seems im late to the party

Given his medical history I'm guessing the team have decided it's better not to give him too much information and confuse him.


Awful news on Tony.

I'm off to play this on PCM where no one crashes.

 

[bolingbroke]

Riders had no idea about finish changes. Would have been good if the bus never got moved.

 

[UpTheRoad]

Contador got taken out by an astana rider who swerved right across him. Hopefully it looks worse than it is. He certainly came off at a very low speed.

I think that was Kreuziger. If I recall correctly, Contador was on the left side behind the crash -- near where the Sky rider flipped. Contador rode into a Europcar rider and went down pretty hard.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

True but like in 2011 with Hushovd, nobody expected him to hold it for so long so Kittel might surprise. He probably won't win the stage but it wouldn't surprise me if he did better than a lot of people expected.

Have you seen Kittel ride up a hill before?

 

[The Principal Sheep]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

Very sad to hear, hope this doesn't disrupt his Worlds prep too much.

 

[The Hitch]

Lol at the Contador fanboys hating on Kittel.

Mustafa Sayer fans may have something to say about that too.

Thank God.

Any news on others ?

You cant know until they do a few more stages.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

terrible news. Doesn't even get to try one of the three TT events before leaving the show.

 

[movingtarget]

High speed crash, not surprised there were some serious injuries.

 

[phanatic]

Damn.... Tony.

 

[bolingbroke]

I'm off to play this on PCM where no one crashes.

Be sure to install the Orica green edge bus driver MOD

 

[roundabout]

Danny van Poppel, the youngest top-3 on a stage since?

 

[Hayabusa]

Have you seen Kittel ride up a hill before?

Just because a rider has shown nothing before doesn't mean that for one day they can actually perform with the motivation of keeping hold of the yellow jersey.

 

[Warhawk]

Have you seen Kittel ride up a hill before?

Has anyone?

 

[T-Nielsen]

Lol at the Contador fanboys hating on Kittel.

Contador fanboys ??? Why do you think it is those who are hating... for no reason btw.

 

[hfer07]

for some crazy feeling- I think we're about to have a Tour ala 2011....

 

[SantiBotero]

Tejay and Mollema finished even behind Martin, Thomas, etc. Maybe also affected?

 

[Afrank]

Tony out with a broken colarbone

Horrible news. Big blow to Cav and OPQS's chances.

 

[goggalor]

Kittel saying he had no idea the finished was moved back to 3k.

Edit: seems im late to the party

Good argument for giving control of the radios to the organisers. They could hire people to give messages in the right language as well.

 

[Warhawk]

Tejay and Mollema finished even behind Martin, Thomas, etc. Maybe also affected?

Tejay was caught up but it didn't look that bad, he popped right back up. Maybe mechanical, seemed to be having trouble with the bike. Greipel finished around then too, and looked like his only problem was mechanical.