Tour de France 2013

Caught inside the final 2km :( he won most combative rider though..

aww gutted, still, not a bad day for him

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23028684

^that slideshow is quite nice, some good old images in it

Has this been resolved yet?

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Poor Jules, second time he's been caught at the sharp end. The French are crying out for a stage win, hopefully Tommy V, Rolland or Pinot may deliver one in the mountains. Good to see OGE beat on the line ha!

Kirby properly lost his shit at the tail end of it 'And its ah um ooh O O O Orica Greenedge and blasaaajahdofkendofoeke'

Can I change my £5 bet from Froome to Quintana?

Betfair have Quintana at 35:1 as of right now. 15p on him at that price will cover your losses on Froome. £1 on Contador at 79:16 and 25p on Mollema at 26:1 and you should break even under any reasonably foreseeable circumstance.

Things I liked about today: Julien dealing with what must have been puke inducing nervous energy and very nearly hanging on in front of baying home crowd while dodging loonies and poorly placed apex hugging gendarmes only to bring Mrs Wrongcog to an emotional halt as he got hoovered up. Plus - hilly bits in crowded towns for the massive theatrical win.

Zero fucks given

Zero fucks given

Awesome.

He hasn't really got the hang of that 'pedalling' thing, has he?

Told you all in the bollocks 'Roadies' thread-2013 is all about the boneshaker aesthetic.

Feels like Christmas morning! VENTOUX awaits.

I know.

But I have family commitments this afternoon. Gonna have to record it and watch it all tonight

Today my thoughts are with the sprinters. Human after all. It will be bastard hot up there.

Not sure if anyones mentioned it, apologies if this has been covered elsewhere - Tour de France fan park starts next Monday at Wood Wharf, 5 mins walk from Canary Wharf station. Should be excellent spot for watching outdoors on a pretty jumbo screen and you have the added delights of sampling cracking grub such as Buttermilk fried chicken from my van, Spit & Roast. Bleeker Burger there too who are ridiculously good. Discounts of course to any forum peeps, ask for Ross. Hope to see you down there! http://tourdefrancefanpark.co.uk/

Why tomorrow?
Ventoux would be great go watch there.

But it'll be even better watching it at the Vulpine fête, innit.

Wout Poels is in the break! One of the better climbers of the flat & low lands. Also: Sagan, Irizar, Fédrigo, Roy, Riblon, Losada, Chavanel, Impey and El Fares.

Way too early to tell but I can still hope... getting to the summit of Mt Ventoux first would be the ultimate victory after his near death experience in last year's TdF

How hard is this stage going to be, the average speed for the second hour was 50.4 kph (!)

It's because i put money on Rolland to win, and as soon as i did, the break went and he got left hanging in the middle : /

This is why i never gamble. ffs.

While I was out training this morning I formulated the idea that Vockler is going to have a crack today.

He's been very quiet. Got to thinking he's been sitting back on pupose letting time gaps go so he's not a threat if he goes up the road.

100th Tour. Ventuox. Bastille day. It could well be his one big target..

Matteo Trentin has spent rather alot of time in Belgium then. #tdwtf

Sagan in the break

This stage has Tommy V all over it. If he's not been dropped yet. #noaccesstotelly

"today, I will get all the massive glory for Tommy v. For Europcar. For France. Vive la republique!!"