2013 Tour de France, Stage 7: Montpellier→Albi (206 km)

[Warhawk]

Talansky and Martin didnt crash yet.

Did Valverde already crash this tour?

And Tejay?

Good examples, I think, though I'd have to check.

Except Tejay, he's gone down twice.

 

[Taxus4a]

So, other than Evans, have any GC guys NOT hit the tarmac yet?

(and frankly, that in itself is rather surprising considering how the rest of his team keep getting caught up in these things)

Evans deserve it... he is always in the front and he has his skills to avoid crashes. By the way, I think Froome, Valverde and Andy avoid as well.

But anyway, he is not been lucky... he is always on the front, that means wasting energy, but he didnt gained time for that, he was close to Froome in the climb, close to Chavanel in the descent, but he didnt catch them, and the day that makes differences in GC, the TTT, the team hadnt his day.

 

[Warhawk]

Evans deserve it... he is always in the front and he has his skills to avoid crashes. By the way, I think Froome, Valverde and Andy avoid as well.

But anyway, he is not been lucky... he is always on the front, that means wasting energy, but he didnt gained time for that, he was close to Froome in the climb, close to Chavanel in the descent, but he didnt catch them, and the day that makes differences in GC, the TTT, the team hadnt his day.

Froome took a little spill on the first day I think.

 

[JRanton]

http://images.scribblelive.com/2013/7/5/7026b525-dcb8-48c5-8177-ee707349426e_800.jpg

Today's crash

 

[Warhawk]

Related question - judging from the coverage on NBCSN, are we certain Valverde is actually riding in the race and not just, like, taking the train around France? Haven't seen hide nor hair of the guy on television, lol...

 

[Ferminal]

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Today's crash

Nice bottleneck.

 

[Taxus4a]

Related question - judging from the coverage on NBCSN, are we certain Valverde is actually riding in the race and not just, like, taking the train around France? Haven't seen hide nor hair of the guy on television, lol...

You will see him a lot.

This route has a half to fight for green...and other half for GC, but from this half we had so far just the TTT.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Froome took a little spill on the first day I think.

Supposedly that was a puncture rather than a spill. And if its in the Neutral zone of day 1, doesn't that mean the race hasn't actually started yet...

 

[sultanofhyd]

Talansky and Martin didnt crash yet.

Did Valverde already crash this tour?

And Tejay?

Martin almost abandoned due to his stage 1 crash.

 

[gerundium]

Supposedly that was a puncture rather than a spill. And if its in the Neutral zone of day 1, doesn't that mean the race hasn't actually started yet...

he came across the line with a bloody knee on stage 1 from his tumble in the neutral zone

 

[Taxus4a]

Now are coming two acceptables climbs... if the bunch keep the advantage with the leaders, maybe means Cav, Kittel and others lose contact... If they go all together, will be interesesting to see if Kadri and Voigt take more time.

Cannondale is a team interested to push hard now, but tey have more people for the flat that for the mountains, so if they do, maybe Sagan will be quite alone at the end.

 

[Parrulo]

Martin almost abandoned due to his stage 1 crash.

Toni, not Dan.

 

[niidirull]

Martin almost abandoned due to his stage 1 crash.

I'd take a guess he was talking about Daniel Martin not Tony.

 

[gerundium]

Martin almost abandoned due to his stage 1 crash.

think he's talking about daniel martin?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Argos, Cannondale, OPQS and Lotto have all committed a resource at the front of the peloton at this point.

Greipel FTW.

 

[TheEnoculator]

Breakaway will win today and there'll be a change in yellow.

 

[cineteq]

Breakaway will win today and there'll be a change in yellow.

It's very unlikely.

 

[Taxus4a]

Breakaway will win today and there'll be a change in yellow.

it depend how much time they take after the climbs, but there are a lot of kms after that for the bunch...

I think today will be a day for Kristoff or EBH

 

[perico]

Hesjedal looks abysmal out there- like he's about to collapse at the back of the peloton. Rib must be giving him serious problems.

 

[manafana]

a jens voigt attack is always interesting,

pity vandevelde out of another tour

 

[Warhawk]

You will see him a lot.

This route has a half to fight for green...and other half for GC, but from this half we had so far just the TTT.

I know, I was just making a joke.

 

[Taxus4a]

I know, I was just making a joke.

I supposed

But maybe some people think that, this Tour has a half part quite boring...

It looks like Cav feels ok so far, his team is pushing and they keep the advantage.

 

[Warhawk]

I supposed

But maybe some people think that, this Tour has a half part quite boring...

It looks like Cav feels ok so far, his team is pushing and they keep the advantage.

It's been more interesting than it usually is to this point, though some of that is for the wrong reasons.

 

[Captain Serious]

Voigt, going the long way again. ; Any danger he can ride in a straight line?!

 

[Ferminal]

Ok no more Cannodale flames for a couple of days, we got a race.