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

[LaFlorecita]

Well, Flo..you sort of are the exception that proves the rule!

My parents and brother and friends also like him... and just check my twitter followers and people I follow lol USA, UK, Lux, France, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, romania, china, spain, Canada, Ireland just from the top of my head

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Huh what your the sort who said you don't like gifts and now you wanted one for Quintana. Im sorry CF beat Quintana on Ventoux and AX-3 because of poor tactics by Movistar. And no Qiuntana likes CF more than AC did you see them helping today and we will see the same tomorrow, AC does not have the legs and if Porte is basically top 5 strongest guys what makes you think Mov will attack from the off tomorrow.

what are you talking about?

 

[Poursuivant]

Similar to last year. Froome waiting for Wiggo now Porte waiting for Froome. The kid that ran in front of Froome is obviously on the Tinkov payroll but luckily a mature person grabbed him. The Alpe seems to get worse every year. Good to see one of the cops throw one moron off the road.

Yes, the fans today were annoying me and I don't usually mind, imagine riding through it.

 

[TANK91]

Actually by taking food at that point he probably circumvented any longer term problems. Taking on food at that point in the race does little to affect your performance on the day, it's too late already, but if he'd continued to ride with his blood sugar dropping he would have made it harder to recover for tomorrow. As it is I'm sure he'll be fine.

Thanks for reply, I do hope so I would hate him to lose another GT any right minded person would admit he deserves a GT by now. Quintana and Froome rivalry as already started these 2 will dominate the next TDF's for me. CF as a much better ITT but Quintana is younger and does not really need to improve much to be as good a s CF in the mountains. As of this TDF though so ar CF is still the best uphill. He could have cracked Quintana even earlier on Ventoux.

 

[Vino's Mum]

I can see him getting worse from now on, like in last years Vuelta.

Nah, his legs were gone by the end of the first week in the Vuelta.

Was just the knock, and he'll be fine tomorrow.

 

[movingtarget]

It was very odd.

Overacting one could say.

It was only odd because it's one of the only times in the race he has showed weakness. Porte could have easily ridden away from him.

 

[TANK91]

I've probably gone overboard a few times. I mostly just want good racing. If in time I'm proven wrong about things I've said I'll be first to apologize to the Sky-brigade.

I also want to say that Saxo's tactics today were absolutely rubbish

Yes I so hope I don't look silly in the years to come, some maybe say im silly to believe but we will see who is correct dude, at the moment though I think he deserves scrutiny for sure but also the benefit of doubt.

 

[sjonnie]

Yes. Basically Froome can make his bike go batsh!t fast but is a massive fail in every subjective, romantic, aesthetic aspect of being a cyclist. IMO.

What you mean is, the ability to race a bike faster than everybody else isn't as important as looking good while you're doing it.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Nah, his legs were gone by the end of the first week in the Vuelta.

Was just the knock, and he'll be fine tomorrow.

if it was a knock he would've lost way more than 1 minute in 5 km

 

[The Hitch]

People seem to get done for this every so often.

I think Roche did during his famous comeback in 1987..

These 2 sentences contradict eachother a little

 

[Carols]

Indurain took food/drink in 1996. Said the time penalty was worth the difference it made.

 

[movingtarget]

Yes I so hope I don't look silly in the years to come, some maybe say im silly to believe but we will see who is correct dude, at the moment though I think he deserves scrutiny for sure but also the benefit of doubt.

It's obvious. Contador's trying to win the Tour on descents ! And then almost gets dropped going back to his car for drinks.

 

[hfer07]

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.

+1000000
OF COURSE IT WASN'T- Froome could have lost 5 minutes to Quintana had it been a "real Hunger Knock"-- only fools & fanboys buy that scam!!!

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Yes, the fans today were annoying me and I don't usually mind, imagine riding through it.

I saw the first English football fans there today.

My worst fear is coming true.

 

[Red Lobster]

What you mean is, the ability to race a bike faster than everybody else isn't as important as looking good while you're doing it.

You are overstating it but I won't argue. Otherwise what, we all just line up as fans of whoever is the winningest rider of the moment? Never mind panache, style, tactical nous, charisma? If that's your position, fine; it's not mine.

 

[Scirea]

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

Excellent question. Here is an even better one: why were you panicking like a vampire in sunshine when you realized you badly need some food?

 

[Koba80]

My parents and brother and friends also like him... and just check my twitter followers and people I follow lol USA, UK, Lux, France, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, romania, china, spain, Canada, Ireland just from the top of my head

People in those countries also dislike him just as much as you fawn over him. AC seems to either be posters' messiah or Dvarmstrong. He is loved by many, hated by many - both for very obvious reasons.

 

[Jelantik]

forget about illegal food fed. Someone on the other thread said that alberto's bike has been sized for weighting at the end. Looks like it was less that the legal weight... Now that's big. He'll disqualified?

 

[movingtarget]

+1000000
OF COURSE IT WASN'T- Froome could have lost 5 minutes to Quintana had it been a "real Hunger Knock"-- only fools & fanboys buy that scam!!!

Probably a panic attack. Porte was waving at him as if to say "calm down." You don't bonk with 4kms to go and lose a small amount of time. I think the whole problem was Porte was pulling too hard for him and there was reason for Porte to go to the front anyway. A bit silly.

 

[Le Baroudeur]

I saw the first English football fans there today.

My worst fear is coming true.

The Newcastle shirts?

 

[movingtarget]

forget about illegal food fed. Someone on the other thread said that alberto's bike has been sized for weighting at the end. Looks like it was less that the legal weight... Now that's big. He'll disqualified?

A female rider was thrown off a race and disqualified for the same thing. The riders were told before the stage started that they would be weighing bikes after the stage.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

The Newcastle shirts?

No it was a Nottingham Forest Flag

 

[DirtyWorks]

+1000000
OF COURSE IT WASN'T- Froome could have lost 5 minutes to Quintana had it been a "real Hunger Knock"-- only fools & fanboys buy that scam!!!

What differentiates a hunger knock from whatever Froome did up there? (crack maybe?) Honest question.

 

[oldcrank]

forget about illegal food fed. Someone on the other thread said that alberto's bike has been sized for weighting at the end. Looks like it was less that the legal weight... Now that's big. He'll disqualified?

If true that is at least the third blunder by Riis in two days,
with the ink barely dry on his new contract.

 

[arvc40]

All this chatting on the radios does my head in !. And the laughing and patting porte on the back ****. Just get on with it !.