Tour de France 2013

[Gizmo]

Wiggins is out of this years tour with a knee injury.

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/06/wiggi ... de-france/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[norbs]

Wiggins is out of this years tour with a knee injury.

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/06/wiggi ... de-france/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pffft. Knee. Heartlidge more like it.

[pixelboy]

He's a pussy! Could of at least stayed around for the team TT to get Froom a good start.. Especially after Froom dragged him over the mountains last year!

Interesting that one of the Sky staff said he should draw inspiration from cuddles!

Too right.. At least Evans always gives 100%

[pixelboy]

Shame Nibili isn't in the TDF.. Be great to see him on action after him dominating Giro!

[CLP]

interesting read

[CLP]

Just set up a Velogames league if anyone is interested

http://www.velogames.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

League Details

League Owner: CLP
League Name: Tour de ARSE
League Code: 19004440

[Swain OHaw]

Fun team names quiz from the Guardian ... I scored a surprisingly respectable 7 ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/quiz/20 ... team-names" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CLP]

Good to see that the original Tour Down Under obscure pro, Arthur Vichot, will be sporting the french national champions colours for the Tour de France

vichot_fan_club_0800.jpg

Background reading:
http://forums.pacc.org.au/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2337" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/faceboo ... down-under" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CLP]

FYI: SBS have a Tour de france doco tonight!

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/ne ... f-the-Race" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


also.. only 3 entries so far for the ARSE TDF velogames mini league.. get on it

[norbs]

FYI: SBS have a Tour de france doco tonight!

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/ne ... f-the-Race" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


also.. only 3 entries so far for the ARSE TDF velogames mini league.. get on it

Sorry mate, I cant be arsed with tipping comps. I have had so many people ask me to pimp theirs on the blog it is madness.

Maybe if i was better at them I would have a crack.

[Crowella]

One of the more crazy races I've seen.

Very exciting start to the tour. Wonder how this one is going to affect the main contenders?

[norbs]

Jesus.

[pixelboy]

What happened.. I missed it. Seems everyone got the same time?

[Crowella]

Near to the end, there was a bit of confusion about where the finish was due to the GreenEDGE bus being caught under the finish sign, hence blocking the finish. The race was then directed to finish at the 3km mark with about 10 minutes left in the race. This resulted in a change of pace which ended up catching out a lot. The bus was finally freed meaning they would use the original finish line but a pretty big accident ended up taking out a lot of the top competitors in the peloton. Despite the crash being outside the 3km's from the original finish, they determined that it was within the 3km from the finish that was directed to them at the time so all riders were given the same time.

Basically, the last 15 minutes was absolutely chaotic.

[norbs]

What happened.. I missed it. Seems everyone got the same time?

Photos on the blog Pix.

http://www.nonprocycling.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mrleisure]

lol @ the bus . Very lucky the sign didn't collapse .

[pixelboy]

Classic.. Green Edge looking for advantage for Goss? :-)

[norbs]

Fuck yeah!

Gerro in yellow!

[Vilante]

Woo!!

[CLP]

if you're in Melbourne during the TDF and looking for a group ride, you could test ride a Look 695:

http://www.pmcycles.com.au/look_demo_ride_~_tour_de_695" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[pixelboy]

What an awesome tour for Green Edge already! Great stuff!

[Gizmo]

Far out, is the whole of the sky team on drugs? Seeing Froome and Porte put minutes between themselves and the best climbers in the world I couldn’t help but think it's all artificially assisted.

[pixelboy]

I'm guessing you didn't see last night? They seemed a bit fatigued!

[norbs]

Last night was awesome.

More like that please.

[smithcorp]

That was pretty amazing. Froome is classy though. I worry about Sky and Movistar who have ridden a three-week race in a couple of days. Should open the door for other teams. Pity BMC looks fragile again this year.