Tour de France 2017 Stage 13: Saint-Girons > Foix 101 km

[Bolder]

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I think we are seeing the downside of Froome taking yellow so early and having to ride hard in the Jura. All except Landa and Kwiat are exhausted. Froome not looking great either.

Well Kiryienka is coming back to the MJ-group and Nieve is still with Froome, so don't think the entire team is "exhausted".

Stage is moving so quickly...hard to say who's done and who's just measuring their effort. But Kiryenka was off back at that point...

 

[JackRabbitSlims]

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Fuglsang abandon

Yep, Birdsong is gone.

Maximum respect for giving it a solid go!!

 

[ice&fire]

I'm wondering if Contador and Landa get to the finish alone, can they both lose the sprint?

 

[Irondan]

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I'm wondering if Contador and Landa get to the finish alone, can they both lose the sprint?

 

[benzwire]

I think Contador wants the stage, I don't think he cares about top 10 at all. This is win-win for Landa.

 

[woodburn]

Landa on the last three Ks of the Peguere is going to be fantastic.

 

[MartinGT]

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Fuglsang abandon

Valiant effort

 

[wheresmybrakes]

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Crowds on the roadside seem to be well down.

Think I heard earlier that crowds have not been allowed at the top of the last climb after tackgate the last time they went up there.

 

[Ruby United]

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Kinda weird seeing Quintana on the attack outside of the final climb...

He is riding for stages now, so that is why Movistar is not so conservative

Wrong. He's riding for the GC still - he's only 4:01 behind (about 2:50 on virtual GC)
He's not riding conservative because he has to make up a lot of time.

 

[Forever The Best]

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Teams like UAE are a stain on the sport riding like this.

This. They could have attacked but they only go after the attackers for a meaningless 7th-9th whatsoever.

 

[lbennie]

froome looking terrible

 

[hoolaparara]

Wow guy on front desperately looking for someone else to work and nobody cares!... crazy.

 

[huangho]

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Both Contador and Quintana look different riders from the past days.
I hope they'll keep the level from now on.
Don't forget what's to come.

Don't get excited until they survive the final climb action

But today has been really exciting, kudos to them... A temporary alliance will be good for both, at least for the stage.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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I'm wondering if Contador and Landa get to the finish alone, can they both lose the sprint?

Kwiatek to come from behind and take the win

 

[wheresmybrakes]

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Crowds on the roadside seem to be well down.

The top of the Mur will be closed to the public.

Beat me to it, i'm ever so slow these days. :lol:

 

[8472]

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I'm wondering if Contador and Landa get to the finish alone, can they both lose the sprint?

Yes, Kwiatko to lose Quintana on the descent and bridge to Contador/Landa.

 

[Ruby United]

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Both Contador and Quintana look different riders from the past days.
I hope they'll keep the level from now on.
Don't forget what's to come.

Don't get excited until they survive the final climb action

Both enjoy these types of stages. They will be beck to normal after today.

 

[jsem94]

I have a vast range of things I would like to say about UAE now, but this is a family friendly forum or something like that...

 

[Punkan]

Carnage ahead. This will be brutal.

 

[portugal11]

Froome looks cooked. Aru has to attack!!

 

[Escarabajo]

So protecting 9th and 10th place in GC?

 

[Rollthedice]

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Kinda weird seeing Quintana on the attack outside of the final climb...

He is riding for stages now, so that is why Movistar is not so conservative

Wrong. He's riding for the GC still - he's only 4:01 behind (about 2:50 on virtual GC)
He's not riding conservative because he has to make up a lot of time.

Quintana back in the game will be fun on Galibier and Izoard.

 

[sir fly]

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Both Contador and Quintana look different riders from the past days.
I hope they'll keep the level from now on.
Don't forget what's to come.

Don't get excited until they survive the final climb action

Who's going to chase them down?

 

[France_En_Marche]

Froome vs Landa

Kwiatkowski decides

 

[Forever The Best]

Without UAE and Lotto the gap could have been 3-4 minutes.