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

[Cobblestones]

Froome just took *** to the next level!

IOW: Beyond full ***.

 

[Faraday1]

3 sky men with froome now

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

saxo don't need to be stupid now and send one guy in between. they need to do a tripple attack or attack on next climb

 

[cineteq]

Normally this would blow up anyone, but I get the feling Froome will still win, unless he loses too much time on the descent.

I hope I'm wrong.

You're wrong!

 

[Vino's Mum]

"Today Matthew, I'm going to be 1969 stage 17 Eddy Merckx."

 

[Cimber]

8-9 in front. No saxo riders. Perfect for Sky

 

[meat puppet]

who's in the break other than tvjg and danielson?

 

[Rollthedice]

Jens is there.

 

[Frosty]

From the letour website

The riders in the lead of the stage are:
Voigt (RTL),
Jeannesson (FDJ),
Riblon (ALM),
Amador (MOV),
Chavanel (OPQ),
Boom (BEL),
Danielson (GRS),
van Garderen (BMC),
Moser (CAN).

Lead is 1.05 so this could be the break of the day.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

8-9 in front. No saxo riders. Perfect for Sky

till now, next climb will be soon

 

[puffin]

Does it look like that will be the BOTD? If so sky will be happy and Saxo's attacking wont have gained much :-(

 

[Cimber]

till now, next climb will be soon

Its a short one though and by then the front group will be long gone

 

[leon993]

Dawg was clever. He avoided saxo participation in break. Now Roche is trying to get to break without hope to get there

 

[Bakhjulet]

Well, turned out to be a quiet good start for Sky after all. Break ok and sky riders coming back now.

 

[murali]

I think i missed action. who in sky is with froome now? where are the saxo riders, j-rod, quintana, valverde?

I saw a mention of martin group. is it back with the contenders?

 

[xrayvision]

saxo don't need to be stupid now and send one guy in between. they need to do a tripple attack or attack on next climb

Ok genius if you say so.

 

[batchuba]

Roche managed to miss the break, ffs.

Early days yet though.

 

[The Hitch]

I think i missed action. who in sky is with froome now? where are the saxo riders, j-rod, quintana, valverde?

I saw a mention of martin group. is it back with the contenders?

Everything back together apart from people not impotant in gc who fell behind.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Its a short one though and by then the front group will be long gone

the front group doesn't matter. saxo simply need to send 3 or 4 of their guys up the road

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ok genius if you say so.

at least my vocabulary exists out more more words then just *** and dawg

 

[ruamruam]

Did Dan martin get back on?

 

[sometriguy]

Why are sky and movistar always so friendly?

 

[The Hitch]

Kirby saying Froome was the only rider who went with Sastre in 08 Alpe

Poor Menchov, not from an anglophone country, ignored for ever.

 

[l.Harm]

Moreno Moser!

What's Boom doing in the front group Maybe he'll outclimb them in the rain.

 

[JimPanzen]

So Berties brake was scratching all Tour long...now we have the reason