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

[Jelantik]

dang... BMC and kathusha.... what the hell??? they should let sky blow up first, then take over....

 

[b.broadhurst]

Froome needs to do some work, only way they will catch

 

[Publicus]

lol @ riding for 11th place.

Exactly. They are in the same group with yellow jersey so they are only losing time to Contador. Dumb

 

[classicomano]

Ah here come the inevitable teams who want to protect their top 15 GC

 

[The Hitch]

Its important now for anyone with a twitter account to go full hate mode on bmc and katusha.

 

[sultanofhyd]

cough...cough....scleck bike chain...snort...<blows nose>

Sorry, you were saying?

Valverde is part of a potential Spanish armada, Schleck is not. Schleck was Contador's direct rival, Valverde is not.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I think the Saxos+Sagendish are gone; I'm making my call that they will not be caught.

I am pretty certain they'll be caught. I don't see how they can stay away. No way.

 

[Parrulo]

What should they do? They're not riding for the audience at home, they're riding for themselves. Why should those guys care if Contador or Froome wins?

What should they do? Let Froome and sky burie themselves maybe?

 

[Kender]

BMC and Katusha have every right to chase. Contador isn't on their team

 

[King Boonen]

Wow, the hate is strong with you lot.

 

[thrawn]

Seriously nfi why BMC & Katusha are riding. It's not like anyone in that break are going to threaten their top 15 places...

 

[Afrank]

I can understand Katusha riding, but BMC? why?

 

[Jelantik]

Froome has Stannard, G, Kennaugh and Siutsou

kennaugh... dropped already

 

[woodburn]

I'll never understand why teams don't force the strongest rider and his team to work. That's how you win the race! Katusha and BMC just ridiculous.

 

[webvan]

BMC and Katusha are POS teams for sure, Evans is 14th, WTF ?! Even worse than Riis helping Indurain when Indurain was in the front in 1995 on the way to Mendé...

 

[Miburo]

Its important now for anyone with a twitter account to go full hate mode on bmc and katusha.

I pety BMC, i hope they realise Laflo has a twitter account

 

[xrayvision]

If saxo can pull this off, only with few secs, it will be a huge morale boost for AC. But I doubt it, unfortunately.

 

[Publicus]

Are you guys actually blaming BMC and Katusha? Lol, pathetic. So they should just give up their overall and stage ambitions to help Contador?

Overall? Froome is with them and ALL of them are 3' back. Make Sky do the work. It will help in the mountain stages coming up

 

[UpTheRoad]

Why does every team want to help Sky?

Sky should be the ones at the front of the chasing group, but BMC and Katusha are all over it, giving Sky a free ride once again.

Unbelievable.

 

[Sasquatch]

Its important now for anyone with a twitter account to go full hate mode on bmc and katusha.

10 char

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Saxo have been very attentive to the wind for last few days. Katusha working hard to bring it back.

 

[Ramira]

Are you guys actually blaming BMC and Katusha? Lol, pathetic. So they should just give up their overall and stage ambitions to help Contador?

Yes! Obviously every cycling team should ride every race in such a way that is most enjoyable for the fans. No team should ever ride for their own interest.

Wait we don't live in a modern capitalistic society do we? Nvm....

 

[bylbyl]

katusha and BMC - what a joke --- tehy should give all responsability to SKY now

 

[mikkemus23]

Epic move by Saxo.
But the gap is small and seems stable...

 

[Broth3r]

Are you guys actually blaming BMC and Katusha? Lol, pathetic. So they should just give up their overall and stage ambitions to help Contador?

This. They're not fighting for an 11th place, they're fighting for the best they can possibly get. They're big teams with big budgets and a lot of suits to please. Should they just give up?