Tour de France 2013

[Ryo Hazuki]

I hope Contador ditch the tour and goes for the Giro and Vuelta, Andy too.

me too. anything to prefend wiggins form winning the giro

 

[cineteq]

do you even understand cycling? with 220 km in the legs the climb will feel alot different than with 150 km. the famous 200 km border. this will be an epic ventoux ride

Andy agrees.

"I see the Alps, and especially the 242 km stage to the Mont Ventoux as the key to win the race. I expect that the heat will be a factor on that stage"

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/2013-tour-de-france-route-unveiled

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Andy agrees.

"I see the Alps, and especially the 242 km stage to the Mont Ventoux as the key to win the race. I expect that the heat will be a factor on that stage"

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/2013-tour-de-france-route-unveiled

exactly. should be tremendous heat though

only thing I really hate about this course is no seriosu 2000+ climbs like galibier. this is bull**** and the itt's/ttt are too short

 

[cineteq]

only thing I really hate about this course is no seriosu 2000+ climbs like galibier. this is bull**** and the itt's/ttt are too short

Good call, blame it to too many sprinter stages. in short, blame it on Cavendish.

 

[DominicDecoco]

do you even understand cycling? with 220 km in the legs the climb will feel alot different than with 150 km. the famous 200 km border. this will be an epic ventoux ride

And:

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome
I've never ridden Ventoux but at the end of a 240km stage after 2 weeks of racing, that is going to be tough

 

[LaFlorecita]

So the final stage is going to finish around 9:45 pm ?? Ceremony at 10:30?

 

[The Hitch]

that is indeed truly horrible

And from what i see, its a grand 1m above 2000 the peloton will spend in the whole race.

Paihares is 2001m above sea level, and Madelin is bang on 2000m

 

[Magnus]

And from what i see, its a grand 1m above 2000 the peloton will spend in the whole race.

Paihares is 2001m above sea level, and Madelin is bang on 2000m

In reality Madeleine is 1993 m I think (at least it's often quoted to be 1993 m).

Edit: Google maps seems to confirm that it's below the 2000 m limit.

 

[UpTheRoad]

I do not see the criticism of the Ventoux stage. 240km give or take is simply how long the start and finish are apart. Whether they start from Carpentras or Lyon you're always going to get the same result in terms of not needing to watch until Bedoin. 50km or 250km I don't really care. It's more or less impossible to have a meaningful mountain chain, a couple of random borderline Cat IIs isn't going to change anything. The only way you can do it is Ventoux twice (lol) which I completely expect to happen in a few years time when they take it next.

I agree with you, although sometimes a Cat II climb can do a lot for a race.

 

[cineteq]

This just in. Unofficial:

Prudhomme says Tour 2013 will take place with 8-rider teams, and not 9 riders for security reasons. However there will be 22 teams.

 

[LaFlorecita]

This just in. Unofficial:

Prudhomme says Tour 2013 will take place with 8-rider teams, and not 9 riders for security reasons. However there will be 22 teams.

Serious or just joking?

 

[cineteq]

Serious or just joking?

There you go, in French.

"Le Tour favorable a huit coureurs par equipe"

Prudhomme: "un coureur de moins dans chaque équipe, pour une question de sécurité, ensuite pour que la course soit un peu moins cadenassée"

This is great news!!!!

 

[Eshnar]

There you go, in French.

"Le Tour favorable a huit coureurs par equipe"

Prudhomme: "un coureur de moins dans chaque équipe, pour une question de sécurité, ensuite pour que la course soit un peu moins cadenassée"

This is great news!!!!

indeed. I just hope he keeps his word.

 

[the asian]

This just in. Unofficial:

Prudhomme says Tour 2013 will take place with 8-rider teams, and not 9 riders for security reasons. However there will be 22 teams.

Great! but surely the teams will protest.

 

[LaFlorecita]

There you go, in French.

"Le Tour favorable a huit coureurs par equipe"

Prudhomme: "un coureur de moins dans chaque équipe, pour une question de sécurité, ensuite pour que la course soit un peu moins cadenassée"

This is great news!!!!

Yeah it's great, there will probably still be crashes in the first week but hopefully less with teams of 8.

 

[cineteq]

Yeah it's great, there will probably still be crashes in the first week but hopefully less with teams of 8.

It might mean also the gaps in the TTT will be smaller.

 

[Eshnar]

It might mean also the gaps in the TTT will be smaller.

I'd actually say the other way round.

 

[Descender]

It might mean also the gaps in the TTT will be smaller.

What? What is the logic of that reasoning?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

And from what i see, its a grand 1m above 2000 the peloton will spend in the whole race.

Paihares is 2001m above sea level, and Madelin is bang on 2000m

ventoux is 2100 something

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

This just in. Unofficial:

Prudhomme says Tour 2013 will take place with 8-rider teams, and not 9 riders for security reasons. However there will be 22 teams.

FANBTASTIC NEWS!! still wish they'd start with 25 teams then

 

[Descender]

ventoux is 2100 something

No.

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[Eshnar]

ventoux is 2100 something

you're wrong of about 200m.

 

[cineteq]

FANBTASTIC NEWS!! still wish they'd start with 25 teams then

Isn't this contradictory? You want more teams, yet you're happy with the news.

 

[Dedelou]

Yeh Gap will be Manse, question is, where will Contador lose time beforehand

that generally depends who they can get to make him crash. Generally they use disgruntled Russians, but novodays they became more expensive

 

[Mellow Velo]

I knew you would like it

Can you not read?
I said I had reservations about the route. (OK, nothing to do with not having 7-50km ITTs, though.)

ventoux is 2100 something

Try 1912 metres.

8 man teams and the TTT on stage 4, after "technical" Corsica?
Conceivable that odd teams might have to take the Nice start with 6 riders, worst case, even less.