2013 Tour de France, Stage 3: Ajaccio - Calvi 146 Km

[Pentacycle]

Quintana's been surprisingly good so far, I'm very curious what he'll be capable of tomorrow.

 

[King Boonen]

David Millar...

 

[BigMac]

Quintana's been surprisingly good so far, I'm very curious what he'll be capable of tomorrow.

??

 

[Gugashwill]

3,3 kilometers on 8,1% might be just too much for Sagan, but if Cannondale organizes better than today anyone can be caught in finishing 10 kilometers.
I wouldn't like to see a sprint of a 50-60 men group, something like today would be just fine.
Europcar doesn't hide their ambitions so far. AG2R also.
It could be a day for a French victory.

 

[taiwan]

Sagan earns about 500k and is maybe the most underpaid rider in peloton. BMC is offering him 4M per season, according to what I read in media.

Oops I thought he was getting paid similar already. Sorry for talking bull****.

Still it isn't that deep a team. Why so?

 

[Jelantik]

this might be chavanel day.

 

[rghysens]

3,3 kilometers on 8,1% might be just too much for Sagan, ...

If you can survive the Grosse Scheidegg in the tour of Switzerland and win the stage in Grindelwald, while the whole peloton is completely shattered, you don't have to fear a 3.3km @8.1% climb.

 

[niidirull]

Kwiatkowski for the win.

 

[Netserk]

If you can survive the Grosse Scheidegg in the tour of Switzerland and win the stage in Grindelwald, while the whole peloton is completely shattered, you don't have to fear a 3.3km @8.1% climb.

Not to mention his win in Chieti...

 

[Gugashwill]

If you can survive the Grosse Scheidegg in the tour of Switzerland and win the stage in Grindelwald, while the whole peloton is completely shattered, you don't have to fear a 3.3km @8.1% climb.

It's incomparable.
If he's such a good rider on these kind of climbs, why didn't he target Amstel or LBL?
Don't say: "He targeted cobbles", 'cause it's not the reason.
It simply isn't his cup of tea.

Also, Switzerland isn't France in July.

 

[Netserk]

It's incomparable.
If he's such a good rider on these kind of climbs, why didn't he target Amstel or LBL?
Don't say: "He targeted cobbles", 'cause it's not the reason.
It simply isn't his cup of tea.

Also, Switzerland isn't France in July.

 

[manafana]

cannondale with sponsorship situation let the team go badly wrong really weak right now, lost some big name riders who would do good work for him. Stage does say Sagan but they do need helping hand from somewhere else too.

 

[trevim]

perfect stage profile for Vino

Oh well he's busy in Austria I think, giving Seeldrayers an hard time

 

[qwerty16]

cannondale with sponsorship situation let the team go badly wrong really weak right now, lost some big name riders who would do good work for him. Stage does say Sagan but they do need helping hand from somewhere else too.

They shouldn't have sent Damiano Caruso to the Giro after Basso withdrew. He couldn't do much over there and he will probably be missed big time here.

 

[trevim]

Meh, it's still 12k from the top of the last col to the finish. This is going to be a war of attrition. If there's any justice, Sagan should take it but he'll have to rely on other teams to do some chasing if the break gets even a sniff of a chance.

An "old school" Liquigas team (even with a GC contender) would hand this on a plate to the likes of Sagan. How the mighty have fallen....

An old school Liquigas team would attack that descent like they did in the Vuelta a couple of years back. Sadly, they don't have classy riders like Agnoli, Cappechi or Vannotti anymore. What's up with Moser anyway? I saw in the first group but he couldn't really close the deal for Sagan.

 

[deValtos]

It's incomparable.
If he's such a good rider on these kind of climbs, why didn't he target Amstel or LBL?
Don't say: "He targeted cobbles", 'cause it's not the reason.
It simply isn't his cup of tea.

Also, Switzerland isn't France in July.

I am presuming you missed stage 6 of Tirreno - Adriatico ...

 

[Gugashwill]

I am presuming you missed stage 6 of Tirreno - Adriatico ...

Yes... Tirreno and the Tour are the same.
Where was he on the last climb today?

 

[Netserk]

Yes... Tirreno and the Tour are the same.
Where was he on the last climb today?

Not wasting energy unlike Froome.

 

[Gugashwill]

@Netserk
Where was he in the Amstel?
Where was he today

You're just a immature hater and cynic.

 

[Pippo_San]

An old school Liquigas team would attack that descent like they did in the Vuelta a couple of years back. Sadly, they don't have classy riders like Agnoli, Cappechi or Vannotti anymore. What's up with Moser anyway? I saw in the first group but he couldn't really close the deal for Sagan.

If only Moser would find HALF the form he had last year Sagan would be trouble free in his quest for the green...

Cannondale should really step up their game (read: money) a bit for he next seasons.

 

[Gugashwill]

Not wasting energy unlike Froome.

Well, I have to notice he saved enough for the second place.
Not bad.

 

[deValtos]

Yes... Tirreno and the Tour are the same.
Where was he on the last climb today?

You might want to go and watch that stage then

 

[Pippo_San]

@Netserk
Where was he in the Amstel?
Where was he today

You're just a immature hater and cynic.

You don't understand anything about cycling do you?
These noobs nowadays...

 

[Netserk]

@Netserk
Where was he in the Amstel?
Where was he today

You're just a immature hater and cynic.

You on the other hand are all class

 

[Gugashwill]

You don't understand anything about cycling do you?
These noobs nowadays...

Well, if a Sagan's fanboy says so...