2013 Tour de France, Stage 13: Tours - Saint-Amand-Montrond (173 km)

[Arnout]

Looking at the replay of when Froome got gapped, looked like he could have crossed over quite easily but he went on the radio to ask what he should do instead.

Yeah that looked hilarious.

 

[Fourier]

10 minutes, Piti to retire from cycling

 

[spalco]

9:54 (or so) for Valverde... Crazy.

 

[Aditya]

Happy for Contador. Hope Belkin get buried by Movistar in the remaining few stages. Valverde's revenge.

 

[woodburn]

2:45 is totally reasonable for old Alberto to make up on the alps

He'll need four minutes at least because there's still a time trial.

 

[xrayvision]

Saxo have angered Sky now, they are going to put some serious hurt down on Ventoux

Saxo will blow SKY to pieces now, mark my words!!

 

[cycladianpirate]

Sky, as a team, look almost finished to me. More hurt tomorrow is my guess. Keep putting the pressure on and they could disintegrate.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cavendish finest victory.
What a response after getting beaten by Kittel yesterday.

Add the GC racing element and this was one of the best tour stages.

Chapeau to the riders today. What a show.

 

[Jelantik]

Quintana now is the highest GC standing in movistar. Time for valverde to give up his leadership??? 7 minutes.. oy, oy, oy..
DS movistar interview: Quintana IS the NEW LEADER...

 

[TheEnoculator]

What a move by Saxo, and on a flat stage too. Didn't see it coming that Valverde dropped like a stone.

 

[GroupDK]

What a great race..

great show and one hell of a stage.. impressing level of procycling we saw...

my hats of for saxo..

played it cooled and didnt wanted to lean on valverdes bad luck..

but they certainly did in a fashinonable way, when they first took the scene..

 

[goggalor]

Come on guys, you are killing me.

And piti? Did he stopped for a coffee?!

Please write a short re-cap!! TELL ME!

Crosswinds, group split, Kittel behind, Valverde punctured, Belkin KO'd him, then Saxo ambushed Sky and Mollema/Ten Dam/Contador/Kreuziger got a minute on Froome.

 

[BigMac]

Movistar now going for stage wins... again. Now way they will be riding full for Quintana, Valverde will try to win a stage or two.

 

[GoodTimes]

I think there are going to be a lot of very tired riders tomorrow. Should make for one very interesting stage.

may be to contadors advantage. thats how he managed the vuelta last year. he really does seem to recover well.

 

[perico]

That was Hinault-esque riding by Contador.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Holy sh!t, what a surprising stage! Big props to the OPQ's, Saxo, and our two Belkin boys!

 

[b.broadhurst]

Looking at the replay of when Froome got gapped, looked like he could have crossed over quite easily but he went on the radio to ask what he should do instead.

They got 5 metres on him but didn't even chase, relied on his team, surely he knows his team is weak

 

[Aditya]

This is not the clinic.

Thanks Einstein.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

An Unexpected Journey ?

 

[The Principal Sheep]

Cavendish finest victory.
What a response after getting beaten by Kittel yesterday.

Add the GC racing element and this was one of the best tour stages.

Chapeau to the riders today. What a show.

It would have been better for Cavendish to have won the stage over Kittel and Greipel direct, not that I take anything away from him, great by him/team to stick with the right moves.

 

[BigMac]

An Unexpected Journey ?

That is the Lord of The rings, not the Hobbit. Sorry.

 

[Arnout]

Lol, Mollema saying Valverde has been unsportsmanlike in the last few years as well (obviously hinting at clinic), so he doesn't care about anything.

I have to say that was the best reaction in pro cycling for a long time.

 

[classicomano]

Mollema just dissed Piti in his post race interview, lovely

 

[cineteq]

Quintana now is the highest GC standing in movistar. Time for valverde to give up his leadership??? 7 minutes.. oy, oy, oy..
DS movistar interview: Quintana IS the NEW LEADER...

Bring it on!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

That is the Lord of The rings, not the Hobbit. Sorry.

Alien = Gollum?