Tour de France 2013

another era begins for U.K team, amazing stuff.
#everynewspreadovernext24hours

^^ I thought Purito didn't have the tactics/team and three week fitness to get on the podium at this one.

Turns out he started useless and had a blood bag at the second rest day. So that shows what I know.

Fixed.

I really like Marcel Kittel. He's a nice, good-humoured, positive lad as well as a strong sprinter and I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.

You just like staring at his strong, chiselled teutonic features and lustrous hair. Admit it.

Both Greipel and Cav were quicker, Greipel just snoozed and missed the kick handing him two lengths.

I do like his Dolph in Rocky 4 hairdo tho.

I really like Marcel Kittel. Euph, euph, euph euph and indeed euph.

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Obviously euphs. I also like his Haribo. https://twitter.com/simongeschke/status/357191074642526209/photo/1

I'm with you on the Kittel thing, bothwell. I definitely would.

gutted for Cav, bad leadout really, thought his team was doing too much work on the front, he was badlky positioned, even his famed double kick didn't prevail. Only two stages, bad return, Kittel suddenly the sprinter to beat.

Froome a worthy winner. On Eurosport he was asked about doping and his eyes suddenly got steely and said the PELOTON doesn't accept it anymore. I believed him, at least I want to believe him. To my naive eyes that Tour looked believable. Vayer strikes me as someone trying to fill the void of the disgraced UCI_Overlord and grabbing some media attention, and Kimmage as bitter. If they want to be taken seriously then don't call the riders childish names like the trolls, and don't quote a disney song lyric when you are insinuating doping.

Still gutted for Cav

Don't worry about Cav. He'll be fine.

Chris Froome?
I was watching the tour on french tv all week and they always used his full name..
Christopher Froome

Drove me mental at first but now its the only way to refer to him

bullshit, they only referred to him as Christoph Froome

Really loved the tour this year, action aplenty...

Frome is a bit dull but good luck to him, wonderful stuff from Quintana...

Spectacular laser show too, awesome...

Did enjoy ITV4s impromptu chat with the Sky boys over the barrier. They all looked genuinely over the moon. Has anyone heard from Cav yet? He needs Bernie back.

did anyone see this?
Incredible Jump over the Tour de France (2013) - YouTube

Frome is a bit dull

Harsh but fair

Both Greipel and Cav were quicker.

No they weren't, that's why they came second and third. Nice to see someone else win in Paris for a change.

Light show was really good too

No they weren't, that's why they came second and third. Nice to see someone else win in Paris for a change.

Cav certainly was. If you watch the side-on view of the last 100 metres he's closing on both Kittel & Greipel, therefore moving faster. He just started further back.

Can't remember which stage but there was one where both Kittel and Cav got good lead outs and Kittel won on pure speed. Cav is far from finished at 28 but that OPQS train is very hit and miss

Wiggo is a complete legend. Why do so many people in this country love to shoot people down or enjoy the hard times of others? We should support success and try 'achieving' things ourselves rather than gloating at those who try.

Wiggo was a complete legend.

ftfy

No, still is.

Just look at his achievements on the track and road: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins#Career_achievements

Cycling has never been this big in the UK, and we've lived through a decade of watching the some phenomenal British riders ascend and peak, and that includes Wiggins.

Wiggins should do TV & Panto like a modern day Frank Bruno - he is a natural comedian

See y'all in Harrogate, I've started collecting a ton of chalk, so expect to read a huge LFGSS in the Yorkshire Dales landscape..

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Gloss paint is required, after a summer like we've had so far, it's bound to be a fucking monsoon in Yorkshire next year.

It won't be on the road Ron, gloss paint and rain will be treachous for the riders.
I'm talking epic scale on the hill for those sweeping helicopter shots.

Wiggo is a complete legend. Why do so many people in this country love to shoot people down or enjoy the hard times of others? We should support success and try 'achieving' things ourselves rather than gloating at those who try.

This.
Froome won a lot of people over, including me, with his attacking style and the devastating hurt he put on Contador, so I am really happy that he won.

But Wiggo will always be first. No matter how many other British winners there will be, Wiggins was the one that won it first. He's the one that changed Sky's (and Britain's) attitude from dreaming they might win, to knowing they could. That makes him a legend.
And I personally do not think Froome could have beaten him that year. He could well have been second by a closer margin, but he didn't display the necessary maturity, like he has this year, to cope with the pressure of leadership.

It's interesting on stage 20 when asked why he let Quintana and Rodriguez go, he said he had the legs, but was overwhelmed with the realisation that he had just won the Tour, and lost his focus. That's exactly the same reaction that Brad spoke about on stage 19 when Froome was itching to go for the stage win instead of backing up his leader. Perhaps now he will understand why his behaviour was criticised that day and how impeccable a lieutenant Richie Porte was, by comparison.