Is this the biggest team in Tour de France history?

[The Hitch]

2013 Tour de France

Sky Procycling

1 Christopher Froome (GBr)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
3 Peter Kennaugh (GBr)
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
5 David Lopez Garcia (Spa)
6 Richie Porte (Aus)
7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
8 Ian Stannard (GBr)
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
10 Andrey Amador (CRC)
11 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa)
12 Rui Costa (Por)
13 Imanol Erviti (Spa)
14 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
15 Ruben Plaza (Spa)
16 Nairo Quintana (Col)
17 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa)
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
19 Romain Bardet (Fra)
20 Brent Bookwalter (USA)
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
23 Amael Moinard (Fra)
24 Steve Morabito (Sui)
25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
26 Michael Schar (Sui)
27 Pavel Brutt (Rus)
28 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
29 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
30 Alberto Losada (Spa)
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
32 Gatis Smukulis (Lat)
33 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus)
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)


Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ance-2013-start-list.html#T3d8dqbzrVWKXsLX.99

Feel free to add ones i missed?

 

[Miburo]

71 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
72 William Bonnet (Fra)
73 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra)
74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)
75 Murilo Fischer (Bra)
76 Alexandre Geniez (Fra)
77 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra)
78 Jeremy Roy (Fra)
79 Arthur Vichot (Fra)

****ing morons.

81 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
82 Romain Bardet (Fra)
83 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
86 John Gadret (Fra)
87 Blel Kadri (Fra)
88 Sebastien Minard (Fra)
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra)

Can't forget these idiots.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

haha that was comedy gold

 

[Miburo]

What the **** was Garmin thinking? ****ing morons.

I knew JV loved to suck some sky but this is just ridiculous. I thought JV didn't like Sky? That's what he always says, right?

Even worse than his infamous RVV 2011 "ride for second"

 

[The Hitch]

71 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
72 William Bonnet (Fra)
73 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra)
74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)
75 Murilo Fischer (Bra)
76 Alexandre Geniez (Fra)
77 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra)
78 Jeremy Roy (Fra)
79 Arthur Vichot (Fra)

****ing morons.

81 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
82 Romain Bardet (Fra)
83 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
86 John Gadret (Fra)
87 Blel Kadri (Fra)
88 Sebastien Minard (Fra)
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra)

Can't forget these idiots.

I included Bardet. But not the others because i dont know who the other AG2r rider was but they were the only 2.

As for FDJ, definately not Pinot.

Also you didn't number them properly.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Why shouldn't BMC, Katusha, or AG2R ride? Kreuziger, Ten Dam, Fuglsang, and even Rogers are all guys that stand in the way of what they want: a higher place overall.

Those secondary guys in the first group can still be pulled back in the last week. why give them free time now?

EDIT: and wouldn't you know it. Eurosport talking to the BMC DS says exactly that

 

[Dutchsmurf]

What the **** was Garmin thinking? ****ing morons.

I knew JV loved to suck some sky but this is just ridiculous. I thought JV didn't like Sky? That's what he always says, right?

Even worse than his infamous RVV 2011 "ride for second"

Garmin didn't do anything. They only got shown at the front for a few seconds and that was because everyone else had stopped riding and they just happened to get in front for a few seconds.

 

[Miburo]

I included Bardet. But not the others because i dont know who the other AG2r rider was but they were the only 2.

As for FDJ, definately not Pinot.

Also you didn't number them properly.

I don't give a ****. Their team supports sky. It doesn't matter which rider rides along, they clearly support sky.

So they're also in their team.

 

[Frosty]

Yeah, the others should have let a bunch of challengers for their places get 5 minutes without doing anything just because they want Froome to not win.

 

[goggalor]

Why shouldn't BMC, Katusha, or AG2R ride? Kreuziger, Ten Dam, Fuglsang, and even Rogers are all guys that stand in the way of what they want: a higher place overall.

Those secondary guys in the first group can still be pulled back in the last week. why give them free time now?

EDIT: and wouldn't you know it. Eurosport talking to the BMC DS says exactly that

This basically. Why would they let Contador & Mollema go? It was obvious Sky were too weak to pull.

 

[Frosty]

I included Bardet. But not the others because i dont know who the other AG2r rider was but they were the only 2.

Bardet was dropped when Kittel was.

 

[roundabout]

God forbid teams that can't win the race ride for themselves.

 

[Miburo]

God forbid teams that can't win the race ride for themselves.

What had katusha, ag2r, bmc and fdj to win?

Lotto belisol was completely understandable but why the other teams?

You could also see that Thomas was talking with other teams probably promising stage wins so i guess maybe you're right....

 

[roundabout]

What had katusha, ag2r, bmc and fdj to win?

Lotto belisol was completely understandable but why the other teams?

You could also see that Thomas was talking with other teams.

Let's gift a place to Fuglsang. Yippee.

Not sure about fdj though.

 

[goggalor]

What had katusha, ag2r, bmc and fdj to win?

Lotto belisol was completely understandable but why the other teams?

You could also see that Thomas was talking with other teams probably promising stage wins so i guess maybe you're right....

FDJ I really don't know, but then they didn't pull much either. The three others had very obvious reasons to ride.

 

[Miburo]

Let's gift a place to Fuglsang. Yippee.

Not sure about fdj though.

Since when does purito care about 7th or 8th place, really?

 

[Havetts]

Katusha had Kristoff, so it makes sense.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

What had katusha, ag2r, bmc and fdj to win?

Lotto belisol was completely understandable but why the other teams?

You could also see that Thomas was talking with other teams probably promising stage wins so i guess maybe you're right....

Why shouldn't BMC, Katusha, or AG2R ride? Kreuziger, Ten Dam, Fuglsang, and even Rogers are all guys that stand in the way of what they want: a higher place overall.

Those secondary guys in the first group can still be pulled back in the last week. why give them free time now?

FDJ I don't know, but I didn't see them on the front. They hardly made a dent anyway

 

[The Hitch]

Why shouldn't BMC, Katusha, or AG2R ride? Kreuziger, Ten Dam, Fuglsang, and even Rogers are all guys that stand in the way of what they want: a higher place overall.

Those secondary guys in the first group can still be pulled back in the last week. why give them free time now?

EDIT: and wouldn't you know it. Eurosport talking to the BMC DS says exactly that

Because Sky can and should do that job for them.

Yellow jersey is worth a hell of a lot more than 10th on gc, or in BMC's case 12th with Cadel possibly losing time in the alpes anyway

You act like i am not looking at it from their perspective. I am. These teams would be far better off letting sky do the work and resting their domestiques, and only taking over when Sky REALLY cant pull.

This basically. Why would they let Contador & Mollema go? It was obvious Sky were too weak to pull.

Will they be too weak to pull when the other teams go -yellow jersey is worth more than 10th place?


Of course not.

Sky still had 3 riders + Froome who was comfortable the whole time.

 

[The Hitch]

Katusha had Kristoff, so it makes sense.

Did it make sense 5k from the end when the break had a minute already?

 

[Red Rick]

2013 Tour de France

Sky Procycling

1 Christopher Froome (GBr)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
3 Peter Kennaugh (GBr)
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
5 David Lopez Garcia (Spa)
6 Richie Porte (Aus)
7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
8 Ian Stannard (GBr)
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
10 Andrey Amador (CRC)
11 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa)
12 Rui Costa (Por)
13 Imanol Erviti (Spa)
14 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
15 Ruben Plaza (Spa)
16 Nairo Quintana (Col)
17 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa)
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
19 Romain Bardet (Fra)
20 Brent Bookwalter (USA)
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
23 Amael Moinard (Fra)
24 Steve Morabito (Sui)
25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
26 Michael Schar (Sui)
27 Pavel Brutt (Rus)
28 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
29 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
30 Alberto Losada (Spa)
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
32 Gatis Smukulis (Lat)
33 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus)
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)


Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ance-2013-start-list.html#T3d8dqbzrVWKXsLX.99

Feel free to add ones i missed?

Lol, you're a genius

 

[roundabout]

For those people that can't win the race a top-10 is big.

For Froome, Contador etc of course not. For Peraud or Fuglsang, absolutely.

 

[goggalor]

Will they be too weak to pull when the other teams go -yellow jersey is worth more than 10th place?


Of course not.

Sky still had 3 riders + Froome who was comfortable the whole time.

It's been clear for almost a week now that Sky are weak. You could see even before Saxo split the group that they didn't have much of a presence. Their domestiques could barely get to the front to take a turn, and Froome was never going to hit the front anyway. There is very little reason for outrage here, that was completely sensible riding by the teams in the 2nd group. If they hadn't worked they could have lost 5 minutes.

 

[jens_attacks]

lol hitch hahahaah

sky is fucced. froomey needs to attack after chalet reynard to put the biggest gap he can. on the stage with madeleine and that one on the alpe,movistar and saxo will go ballistic.

 

[The Hitch]

It's been clear for almost a week now that Sky are weak. You could see even before Saxo split the group that they didn't have much of a presence. Their domestiques could barely get to the front to take a turn, and Froome was never going to hit the front anyway. There is very little reason for outrage here, that was completely sensible riding by the teams in the 2nd group. If they hadn't worked they could have lost 5 minutes.

If pro racers were as naive as you guys Cancellara would win every 1 day classic out there.

Fabian - oh noes, i cant take a pull, im weak.

Other riders- oh, Cancellara is weak, we must help him pull this back till Carrefour de l'Arbre

Fact is Froome was there, and he is stronger than anybody.