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2013 Tour de France, Stage 4: Nice / Nice 25km (TTT)

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Geraint Too Fast said:
Greenedge, stage wins, buses.

There's a joke in there somewhere.

Something along the lines of OGE have finally worked out how to beat the peloton over the line without the use of a bus...
 
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Nice quote from Dag Otte Lauritsen on norwegian TV2 today when Orica was getting close to the finish line:

"They got two stage victorys already. The bus take the first stage, Gerrans yesterday and now seems like they take the third one on the time trial" :D:D
 
roundabout said:
Kristoff, Brutt, Smukulis, Kuschynski all good riders for the TTT

ALM on the other hand only have Peraud and Riblon

And AG2R probably had to slow down a bit so Gadret could hang on. Probably could've gone 20 s faster without him.

I think FDJ is a winner here too. Did better than expected and limited their losses nicely. Could've been a lot worse for Pinot.
 
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Simon GERRANS AUS OGE (ref)
Christopher FROOME GBR SKY +3
Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO ESP TST +9
Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK BEL LTB +17
Ryder HESJEDAL CAN GRS +17
Andrew TALANSKY USA GRS +17
Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE ESP MOV +20
Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS COL MOV +20
Cadel EVANS AUS BMC +27
Tejay VAN GARDEREN USA BMC +27
Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER ESP KAT +28
Andy SCHLECK LUX RLT +29
Bauke MOLLEMA NED BEL +37
Thibaut PINOT FRA FDJ +42
Pierre ROLLAND FRA EUC +1.13
 
chapeau to the aussie machines! great to watch how they were working
sick average speed even it was a short time trial.almost 58 km/h is something huge. discovery in 2005 was more impressive though even if they had 80% of the time strong tailwind

thomas rides like a hero gotta say. impressed by saxo, lampre and lotto too.
 
Geraint Thomas... what a warrior. Great ride by that team, considering.

Fair play to Greenedge, although with a non-crippled Tony Martin, Steegmans, Cav, and Terpstra I think we'd have seen a different winner. I liked how the Belgian commentator said 'sh.t' when Greenedge crossed the line, they must really like Steegmans because otherwise the team is not that Belgian.
 
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Bavarianrider said:
Chavanel will certainly have a go.
Tomorow is not really your typical Cavendish stage. especially wen you consider his health issues.

Yeah, agree. Chavanel has been attacking a lot so far trying to get a stage win. Tomorrow I think actually presents a good opportunity for a late attacker like chavanel to go away in the final for the win more then it present an opportunity for sprinters like Cav.
 
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Why is Rui Costa listed as losing 26 mins today on CN? Surely he would've been HDd? He was @ 1 second in the GC after yesterday and is @ 26 mins plus today :s
 

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