2013 Tour de France, stage 18: Gap - Alpe-d'Huez, 172.5km

[whittashau]

The funny thing is you would say the same if he won the stage, do you actually have anything constructive too say. Sky fanboys you should be ashamed is your av line isn't it. Who do you cheer for by the way?

No one in this race other than the kiwis. Moser today though

And how is that funny? I feel that obvious cheating is bad. Then I qualified that remark by stating that perhaps it happens more than I realize, which doesn't make it any better, but it would be more understandable why they did it

 

[BigMac]

of cours ehe knew that,. he instructed porte to get the food., he even admitted to it in interview just now. he should be punished for this

yup. But he won't

 

[Rajna31]

of cours ehe knew that,. he instructed porte to get the food., he even admitted to it in interview just now. he should be punished for this

OK if he admitted it already he should be punished and he is stupid. He should have plead innocence and it would have been really difficult to get him for that.

 

[TheEnoculator]

of cours ehe knew that,. he instructed porte to get the food., he even admitted to it in interview just now. he should be punished for this

He has been punished, but it didn't mean anything.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Wrong post. I was merely quoting another.

If its my mistake I apologise.

But that sentence really ****ed me off mate.

Seriously

 

[Jeriko]

WTF. How often do they need to use the radio.

Bot indeed...

'Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, leftrightleftrightleftright...Sh*t, radio down! He's stuck at this speed! Get the excuse book out!'

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

He has been punished, but it didn't mean anything.

let;s hoep he cracks more tomorrow with his entire team. then quintana can still win the tour

 

[forkboy84]

OK if he admitted it already he should be punished and he is stupid. He should have plead innocence and it would have been really difficult to get him for that.

It was patently obvious to anybody watching that Froome told Porte to go for the food. It would have been beyond pathetic to try & lie about it. And ultimately the 20 seconds loss isn't likely to hurt him nearly as much as lying about cheating would have.

 

[Le Baroudeur]

So Team Sky car had a mechanical so they could not get any gels befre the last climb.

So what... Thats what neutral service is for... Not buying the line.

 

[Cookster15]

I heard them say on TV the UCI are weighing Contador's bike after the stage to check it is over the 6.8Kg limit. Anyone hear more on this?

 

[boladelmundo]

now i know why movistar was around sky bus yesterday congratulating them.

I said yesterday that Movistar and Katusha won't be Saxo's allies, Euskaltel will though. I have a feeling that Jakob Fuglsang is somehow Saxo's ally as well.

 

[kingjr]

I feel that obvious cheating is bad.

Worse than unobvious cheating?

 

[GroupDK]

Saxo boys 3 riders in top 8 (2 and 4 and 8) in GC.

At this time in the TDF.. pretty convincing team-champs and really not up for debate that they are the strongest team in this tour.

A shame that they didnt got the legs today, to put a cherry on top of this (otherwise) legendary alpe-stage. (ewen thow ' was not today)

But they try, but not easy when the teams behind deals up in such a manor.

Fuglsang (7) ' looks promossing and Mollema (6) are in reach ..

 

[The Hitch]

Froome asked about taking on food being illegal and says it he doesn't think it would make a difference if he took sugars on or not.

Umm why did you do it then

 

[Walkman]

let;s hoep he cracks more tomorrow with his entire team. then quintana can still win the tour

Do you dislike Froome or do you just want Quintana to win?

 

[MatParker117]

20 seconds penalty for CF, not really that much of a penalty

I'm sure Froomey is devasted.

 

[TANK91]

No one is answering guys, Porte just said CF hunger flatted, so does that mean its possible he will be ok tomorrow or does it mean he will get weaker day by day. Someone answer please?

 

[Arnout]

Wow are you joking? Combativity for Riblon?

Probably decided before it was clear Riblon would overtake Van Garderen.

 

[batchuba]

If its my mistake I apologise.

But that sentence really ****ed me off mate.

Seriously

Why? It's completely true.

We certainly shouldn't get into it outside the clinic though. So I will not enrage you more at least, which was not my intention in the first place.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Do you dislike Froome or do you just want Quintana to win?

I like quintana and I dislike froome

 

[MatParker117]

Skoda have to change their ad now that they've had a breakdown

Jaguar supply Sky's cars.

 

[Red Lobster]

Huge difference between riders in the autobus sneaking food and drinks outside the rules (deserving of a fine if they get caught) and someone doing it to help a food knocking yellow jersey at a critical point in the race. Porte should be disqualified IMO.

Disgusting sportsmanship by Team Sky. I hope the food knock comes back to haunt Froome tomorrow.

Indeed. Compare to hanging on a moto for a few meters ... who cares if Kittel does it but imagine if done by Froome or Contador?

 

[Walkman]

I like quintana and I dislike froome

May I ask why you dislike Froome?

 

[Arnout]

No one is answering guys, Porte just said CF hunger flatted, so does that mean its possible he will be ok tomorrow or does it mean he will get weaker day by day. Someone answer please?

He didn't hunger flat. I can tell from experience what a hunger flat is and I dunno what Froome met or pretended to meet, but it wasn't a hunger knock.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Froome asked about taking on food being illegal and says it he doesn't think it would make a difference if he took sugars on or not.

Umm why did you do it then

becaquse he's a scared weasel. did you notice how he talks every 2 seconds into his radio against porte and director. he's not a real cyclist. have you ever seen quitnana talk in his radio this tour?