2015 Tour de France Stage 13: Muret > Rodez 198.5km

[Carols]

GVA Nice win!!!! Sagan Fail Again!

 

[Pierrot le Fou]

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What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

 

[infeXio]

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Nibs is back. A bit late but it's nice to see him finish with the others. Where was Quintana?

Right behind him

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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The battle of the Bridesmaids. Sagan wins it!

bridesmaids don't dress in green

 

[TMP402]

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Nibs is back. A bit late but it's nice to see him finish with the others. Where was Quintana?

Saw Nibali, Froome and Quintana finish together and commentary hinted Contador was there too.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Indeed, quite odd but that's the rule.

 

[argyllflyer]

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Nibs is back. A bit late but it's nice to see him finish with the others. Where was Quintana?

Saw Nibali, Froome and Quintana finish together and commentary hinted Contador was there too.

They were all together, TJ, Valverde and Gallopin as well, Thomas too. Plus a LottoNL.

 

[Kwibus]

So Kelderman finished 5th. I cant watch at work.
Painful to be that close, but good effort after all the suffering he had to through so far. Allthough being this close probably doesn't make it better for him

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Nibs is back. A bit late but it's nice to see him finish with the others. Where was Quintana?

Saw Nibali, Froome and Quintana finish together and commentary hinted Contador was there too.

Yes, Contador was 8th.

 

[TomLPC]

2 of the 3 biggest bottlers/unlucky guys around, depending on your interpretation, was half expecting Vanmarcke to come cascading into them from nowhere in the last 50m, unable to control his bike properly because he had been hit by lightning. Was nice to see GVA get a decent win though, happy for him.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Nibs is back. A bit late but it's nice to see him finish with the others. Where was Quintana?

Saw Nibali, Froome and Quintana finish together and commentary hinted Contador was there too.

 

[Frosty]

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So Kelderman finished 5th. I cant watch at work.
Painful to be that close, but good effort after all the suffering he had to through so far. Allthough being this close probably doesn't make it better for him

Results have Martens as 5th and Kelderman as 21st

 

[BigMac]

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So Kelderman finished 5th. I cant watch at work.
Painful to be that close, but good effort after all the suffering he had to through so far. Allthough being this close probably doesn't make it better for him

Did he get Paul Martens bike?

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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So Kelderman finished 5th. I cant watch at work.
Painful to be that close, but good effort after all the suffering he had to through so far. Allthough being this close probably doesn't make it better for him

Nope he finished way down

 

[Escarabajo]

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What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Wow.

Next time if a GT contender knows he is having a bad day he will fake a mechanical!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great win by GVA. First stage for a while I really liked.

 

[Kwibus]

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So Kelderman finished 5th. I cant watch at work.
Painful to be that close, but good effort after all the suffering he had to through so far. Allthough being this close probably doesn't make it better for him

Results have Martens as 5th and Kelderman as 21st

Ah NOS.nl fooled me.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Wow.

Next time if a GT contender knows he is having a bad day he will fake a mechanical!

Yeah, or if you're all the way at the back of the peloton with 1.5km to go. Might as well fake a mech and get s.t. as the first group of GC favorites.

 

[Pierrot le Fou]

Re: Re:

What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Indeed, quite odd but that's the rule.

This is the rule:

In the event that a rider or riders suffer a fall, puncture or mechanical incident in the last 3 kilometres and such an incident is duly recognised, the rider or riders involved are credited with the same finishing time of the rider or riders they were with at the time of the incident.

They are attributed this ranking only upon crossing the finish line. If after a fall, it is impossible for a rider to cross the finish line, he is given the ranking of last in the stage and credited with the time of the rider or riders he was with at the time of the incident. For exceptional cases, the decision taken by the stewards committee is final.

I'm not sure how they decide which riders he was with. After all, he was in the same group as GvA and Sagan as well. Or in the same group as Demare who finished 47 seconds back.

 

[Bushman]

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GVA Nice win!!!! Sagan Fail Again!

How is this a fail? He did everything right, GVA were just stronger in the end. I know it's a popular thing mock Sagan and call it a fail whenever he doesn't win, but honestly not a single one of his podium places this Tour has been a result of a 'fail' or dumb tactical move.

 

[Punkan]

GVA and Sagan was superior, way ahead of the rest.

 

[Frosty]

Re: Re:

What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Indeed, quite odd but that's the rule.

This is the rule:

In the event that a rider or riders suffer a fall, puncture or mechanical incident in the last 3 kilometres and such an incident is duly recognised, the rider or riders involved are credited with the same finishing time of the rider or riders they were with at the time of the incident.

They are attributed this ranking only upon crossing the finish line. If after a fall, it is impossible for a rider to cross the finish line, he is given the ranking of last in the stage and credited with the time of the rider or riders he was with at the time of the incident. For exceptional cases, the decision taken by the stewards committee is final.

I'm not sure how they decide which riders he was with. After all, he was in the same group as GvA and Sagan as well. Or in the same group as Demare who finished 47 seconds back.

Letour site actually has him awarded with +6 seconds whereas the other GC guys were +7 seconds

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/classifications.html

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Re: Re:

What time does Mollema get?

Initial timing on tour website has him with the Froome group. Seems very generous given the finish.

Indeed, quite odd but that's the rule.

This is the rule:

In the event that a rider or riders suffer a fall, puncture or mechanical incident in the last 3 kilometres and such an incident is duly recognised, the rider or riders involved are credited with the same finishing time of the rider or riders they were with at the time of the incident.

They are attributed this ranking only upon crossing the finish line. If after a fall, it is impossible for a rider to cross the finish line, he is given the ranking of last in the stage and credited with the time of the rider or riders he was with at the time of the incident. For exceptional cases, the decision taken by the stewards committee is final.

I'm not sure how they decide which riders he was with. After all, he was in the same group as GvA and Sagan as well. Or in the same group as Demare who finished 47 seconds back.

Letour site actually has him awarded with +6 seconds whereas the other GC guys were +7 seconds

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/classifications.html

Probably a typo when making a quick manual adjustment.

 

[zigzag wanderer]

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Letour site actually has him awarded with +6 seconds whereas the other GC guys were +7 seconds

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/classifications.html[/quote]

And they think he finished 15th??

 

[Guybrush]

Classifications still not official