2014 Tour de France July 18, Stage 13: Saint-Étienne - Chamrousse 197.5km

[ILovecycling]

not to worry, still 2 clinic-worthy riders on top.

Dont make clinic posts here.

 

[Knutsen]

What sport would you follow if Team Sky left the sport though?

Gold!
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[Dekker_Tifosi]

You guys are forgetting the TT is at the end of the tour. Thus recovery skills are more important. And Nibali is by far the strongest. So on pure strength + recovery skills alone Nibali could win the ITT. If Martin is not super that is

 

[Avoriaz]

All the Sky fans can give up on the Tour now. Get back to other sports like golf.

Good post Hog

Does this mean you'll give up on the Clinic?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Total domination.

10s ahead of Majka and König?

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well disappointed as it appears the Maillout Jaune is now firmly decided as has the Green Jersey since day 2.

Would love to see a Frenchman on the podium and TJVG, so that's all there is to cheer for now for me.

Hope we see some good stage wins in the meantime.

 

[ILovecycling]

It's pure speculation, but I believe that Tinkoff-Saxo really had a winning strategy by dropping people early on stages where they were not fully needed to support Contador. But when they were needed they delivered. And now we have a domestique climbing with the best. He wheelsucked everywhere today, but Majka would have been a great ally to Contador on this stage. Would have worked for AC so he' have been blown out the back at some point, but his leader would have been flying.

This,I am impressed.Only Roche seems a bit tired after all those flat stages,or maybe he dropped on purpouse.

But Majka and Rogers excellent today

 

[maxmartin]

Dont make clinic posts here.

follow through our bet?

 

[Big Doopie]

Tejay can podium this race. But like his high finish in 2012 it'd be pretty hollow given who left here.

yup. why would anyone on these forums ever give him any credit whatsoever.

cue the chants of "over-rated".

 

[Netserk]

Van Garderen is as good, probaby better, but there isn't a whole lot to judge him by from his GTs. He's a wait and see.

Not at the end of this Tour. Nibs will podium the TT and be the best of the GC riders.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well Geraint Thomas looks ****ed off even if Porte doesn't

 

[jaylew]

If Valverde wanted to race for the win, he'd have worked better with Pinot, rather than trying to attack him to get time for his 2nd place.

You're kidding, right? People here are so blind with hatred for Valverde that they can't even recognize decent racing. Valverde made the attack that separated Nibs and Pinot from that foursome. Three guys bridged. Valverde pulled almost the entire time in that group. But no one complains about Nibs wheelsucking then attacking. No one says Pinot should have shared the workload evenly with Valverde.

And they were working together for the final couple of K. Not V's fault Pinot isn't as explosive.

 

[TheSpud]

Good post Hog

Does this mean you'll give up on the Clinic?

Of course it doesn't ...

 

[yespatterns]

Lol @ lemond pronouncing the huge amounts of cold sores in the peloton.

 

[red_flanders]

10s ahead of Majka and König?

...and beating the entire field.

 

[Big Doopie]

valverde - what a low-life in every form.

 

[ILovecycling]

Total domination.

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[DonMI6]

Devil facial tumour disease?

Probably Cadelephantitis. A rare disorder that mysteriously strikes Australian GC riders in the mountainous regions of Western Europe.

 

[thrawn]

You're kidding, right? People here are so blind with hatred for Valverde that they can't even recognize decent racing. Valverde made the attack that separated Nibs and Pinot from that foursome. Three guys bridged. Valverde pulled almost the entire time in that group. But no one complains about Nibs wheelsucking then attacking. No one says Pinot should have shared the workload evenly with Valverde.

And they were working together for the final couple of K. Not V's fault Pinot isn't as explosive.

Pinot was doing plenty of work in the group too. Valverde raced fine, until it was just him & Pinot. Then he returned to his usual self.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

You're kidding, right? People here are so blind with hatred for Valverde that they can't even recognize decent racing. Valverde made the attack that separated Nibs and Pinot from that foursome. Three guys bridged. Valverde pulled almost the entire time in that group. But no one complains about Nibs wheelsucking then attacking. No one says Pinot should have shared the workload evenly with Valverde.

And they were working together for the final couple of K. Not V's fault Pinot isn't as explosive.

I honestly don't know how you can say that. I love watching Valverde but there is no way he worked with Pinot to maximise their joint efforts. He was messing around and then outright attacked him.

If he wanted to make time on Pinot he should have at least waited until the final few hundred metres.

 

[kingjr]

Pinot was doing plenty of work in the group too. Valverde raced fine, until it was just him & Pinot. Then he returned to his usual self.

Guess what, he would prefer to drop him instead of arriving together? Nibali did just the same.

 

[LaFlorecita]

...and beating the entire field.

So?

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[Maaaaaaaarten]

Man I feel sorry for Nieve. Would've probably been top 10 by now.

 

[ILovecycling]

...and beating the entire field.

edit:ryo style
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[kingjr]

...and beating the entire field.

What's left of it.