2013 Tour de France, stage 17: Embrun / Chorges 32 km (ITT)

[gruppeto993]

I expected froome to win but by a larger margin. Maybe 20 seconds.
So does this indicate that alberto is closing doing on him in terms of form?
I really hope we see exciting racing tomorrow and the guys racing for 3-10 in the gc don't ruin the spectacle for defending their positions.
If alberto somehow wins this tour (Im being optimistic rather than realistic) then this will be the best tour I have seen!

 

[martinvickers]

Froome to win the bunch sprint on the champs d'elysees.... With a flat tire.

What. A. Joke!

Clinic. not here.

 

[Bumeington]

Froome time of first TT x 1,41
Contador 1,33
Rodriguez 1,29
Kreuziger 1,34
Valverde 1,35
Quintana 1,32
Kwiatkowski 1,40
Fuglsang 1,35
Talansky 1,38
Van Garderen 1,34
Mollema 1,39
Monfort 1,38
Izagirre J 1,38
Rogers 1,39
Schleck 1,31
Ten Dam 1,38
Westra 1,38
Taaramae 1,38
De Gendt 1,45
De Marchi 1,35

...

Navarro 1,33
Martin T 1,50
Moser 1,29
Martin D 1,37
Nieve 1,32
Bardet 1,35
Moreno 1,39
Porte 1,49
Evans 1,53

average is + 41%
Froome tiring?

How about Froome better at flat tt?

 

[Bakhjulet]

quintana fastest btw the 2nd climb. 18 seconds faster than purito and froome! although both changed bikes, that was about 10 seconds max

Wrong. Purito 1s faster than Quintana including bike change. Froome 7s slower also with a bike change.

 

[luckyboy]

What do you mean? Armstrong never won 5 stages in a Tour?

2004: 5 stages + 1 TTT
2001 + 2002: 4 stages

 

[Sylvester]

How about Froome better at flat tt?

Hey man, leave us a glimmer of hope!

 

[The Hitch]

I am so ****ing ****ed off.

If someone had offered you Contador 2nd a9 before the stage you would have bitten their hand off

 

[Hugo Koblet]

How are KoM points calculated today? And who won them?

 

[sjonnie]

Even before changing bike Froome was already matching Bertie's time at the 2nd intermediate time check. Had Bertie changed bike, Froome would have won by much more margin.

I think the idea is that the TT bike goes faster than the road bike.

 

[wwabbit]

I expected froome to win but by a larger margin. Maybe 20 seconds.
So does this indicate that alberto is closing doing on him in terms of form?
I really hope we see exciting racing tomorrow and the guys racing for 3-10 in the gc don't ruin the spectacle for defending their positions.
If alberto somehow wins this tour (Im being optimistic rather than realistic) then this will be the best tour I have seen!

It looked to me like Froome took the descents very cautiously - almost Wigginslike, especially when the rain came down in his second descent, which may explain the lower than expected margin.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

What do you mean? Armstrong never won 5 stages in a Tour?

True. The 5 times he crossed the line first in 2004 are erased. Good.
So now he (Froome) can tie Fignons 1984 classic...

 

[Pippo_San]

Trololololol.

This was awesome

 

[Kender]

Peraud out. Not surprising unfortunately. Falling on an already broken collarbone has to hurt

 

[Le Baroudeur]

Nicely measured ride by Froome... Does he have Dave or Millar in his ear during interviews now too?

 

[b.broadhurst]

Who thinks Froome will 1, 2 or no more stages?

 

[sjonnie]

How are KoM points calculated today? And who won them?

The KOM points are awarded based on who climbs the climbs fastest.

CÔTE DE RÉALLON - 20.0 KM

1. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER J. KAT 5 pts
2. QUINTANA ROJAS N. MOV 3 pts
3. FROOME C. SKY 2 pts
4. VALVERDE A. MOV 1 pts

CÔTE DE PUY-SANIÈRES - 6.5 KM

1. CONTADOR A. TST 5 pts
2. FROOME C. SKY 3 pts
3. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER J. KAT 2 pts
4. VALVERDE A. MOV 1 pts

 

[Netserk]

If someone had offered you Contador 2nd a9 before the stage you would have bitten their hand off

I can't speak for LaFlo, but I certainly wouldn't.

 

[arvc40]

Would have been even closer if Contador had changed bikes. Rodriguez made up significant time on Contador with the change.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Only a 9 second win this stage. Maybe the crowd won't booooooo him this time.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Who thinks Froome will 1, 2 or no more stages?

I hope so. For the sake of the record...

 

[Vino's Mum]

Froome to win the bunch sprint on the champs d'elysees...

Bernard Hinault: "Bunch sprint? Champs-Elysees? Maillot jaune? Yeah, go on then."

 

[CraZyCaLL]

I wasn't Belkin hater before this years tour, but now i'm pretty happy that Belkin boys losing ground in 3-rd week and seems like Purito will beat both of them in the end, just because of awful comments of Dekker Tifosi and other guys about Katusha and Purito in stage 13. They had all rights to chase first echelon, but i can't say same about BMC

 

[b.broadhurst]

I hope so. For the sake of the record...

I hope he wins on alpe d'huez but gonna b impossible to control

 

[Koba80]

Gutted for Peraud, that looked painful.

Who'd have thought the wettest bit of the stage would be Contador's eyes at the finish? Don't ever remember seeing a reaction like that from him...

 

[the sceptic]

Dawg is a better sprinter than Cavendish imo. Just never had a chance to show it before.