http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: TdF 2013 As-it-happens SPOILERS Thread (Do NOT Read if waiting for highlights) en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:58:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-118933 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:00:20 +0000 Charterhall 118933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OPQS leadout outclassed once again by Argos, Cav never in contention. Hopefully different next year.</p> <p>But looking forward to Froomedog on the podium. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-118533 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:43:30 +0000 minus six 118533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chapeau, Quintana !</p> <p>Superb performance</p> <p>: ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-118364 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:06:52 +0000 Charterhall 118364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good job Froome didn't come off today, I can just imagine the tweet he'd have got from Contador if he had. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-118345 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:39:13 +0000 amir 118345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Three stages won already by him - incredible. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-118344 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:25:55 +0000 EddieD 118344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice ride by Froome!</p> <p>I find the TTs more nail biting than any other stage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117909 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 22:05:51 +0000 Charterhall 117909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just noticed that OPQS has signed Petacchi to boost their lead outs through to the end of next year. 40 is the new 30. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117908 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:49:16 +0000 Charterhall 117908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fantastic last few k today, what a perfectly timed effort from Trentin. Nice to see another win for Cav's team. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117523 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:55:36 +0000 Instography 117523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was impressed that no one else rode straight into Veelers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117522 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:49:07 +0000 Baldcyclist 117522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Deliberate barge by Cav?</em></p> <p>No I don't think so, but he was the man behind, and lead out men generally stop peddling once they have done their lead out. So it can't be a complete surprise if you are following a lead out man, and he stops pedalling when he sees his man is in front?</p> <p>I just think that because Cav is behind him, the onus is on Cav to avoid him, hence why I put him at *fault, it clearly wasn't deliberate though.</p> <p><em>Certainly not in his interest to lose momentum by hitting something.</em></p> <p>Certainly not in Veelers interest to lose skin, by going over like a footballer?<br /> Again, I don't buy the notion that he fell over in front of 50 fast moving bikes just to spoil Cav's chances.</p> <p>*blame, maybe a strong term? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117520 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:40:55 +0000 SRD 117520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the highlights show last night suggested that veelers moved right, and that cav saw him coming and braced, which is why he didn't go down, while veelers didn't see it coming so went down.</p> <p>or at any rate, that's what they suggested the race officials must have thought. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117519 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:36:35 +0000 chdot 117519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends what you are blaming for. </p> <p><em>Deliberate</em> barge by Cav?</p> <p>Infinite slowmo replays 'suggests' it was 'blatent'. </p> <p>But it wasn't <em>really</em> slowmo. </p> <p>Last few seconds of an adrenaline fuelled race for the line - that is his job after all - found someone, slowing down, in his way. </p> <p>Certainly not in his interest to lose momentum by hitting something. </p> <p>Mistake, yes. Deliberate, seems unlikely. Certainly couldn't have been planned. </p> <p>I was just surprised at how 'easily' Veelers fell over. </p> <p>Perhaps someone can do the dynamics/physics! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117512 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:10:28 +0000 Baldcyclist 117512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He doesn't handle the interview very well.</p> <p>I suspect he knew he was getting relegated before he got to the line. After the incident he appears to just sit up and not contest the sprint, even though he is still in it at that point.</p> <p>It was just one of those things, but Veelers appears to have a mechanical (or pretends to, maybe to hold up Cav), he stops peddling and does that move his leg out and look down thing. Cav moves to avoid but not enough, and hits him. Then sits up knowing what he's done. If I were to attribute blame, I would put it on Cav, but it was just one of those things, nothing really in it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117485 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:09:35 +0000 Charterhall 117485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Veelers fault, should have got out of the way.</p> <p>Hopefully the rumours of OPQS signing Renshaw are true, I'd expect him to sort out their currently shambolic lead out train. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-117464 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:06:17 +0000 chdot 117464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Crash not my fault, says Cavendish</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/23247389" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/23247389</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116915 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:20:30 +0000 gembo 116915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tink greipel has won four previous stages of TdF. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116890 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:25:52 +0000 DaveC 116890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1st stage win if memory serves? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116888 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:21:18 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Argh! Greipel wins! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116884 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:05:42 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crikey - big crash in the peloton about 30 odd km out. Cav down, races back, almost on his own, to rejoin the peloton, bunny-hopping over a roundabout (the kerb presumably) to avoid a team car on his way.</p> <p>Adrenaline will be sky high, but has he knackered himself getting back in??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116865 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:11:25 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cav second at the intermediate sprint beghind Greipel, and two places ahead of Sagan, sot hte green jersey gets a teeny bit closer (loses 3 points to Greipel, but gains 4 on Sagan who is leading the totals).</p> <p>A win today for Cav <em>could</em> see him top the standings, depending on where Sagan finishes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116773 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:34:42 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116773@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, Cav mentioned in an interview that they didn't want to reveal he was under the weather and have his opponents take advantage of that. Was on fire in the sprint yesterday though - as they pointed out on the highlights, it looked close until you got the aerial view... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116768 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:24:03 +0000 chdot 116768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Cav tho reported to have bronchitis?"</p> <p>I think it has to be assumed that Cav was telling the truth when he said he'd been 'under the weather' for a few days - and on (legal) drugs. </p> <p>'Hiding' this info was presumably deliberate and 'revealing' it when he had (more or less) recovered would (perhaps) have led to a degree of complacency/uncertainty in his rivals... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116762 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:44:15 +0000 gembo 116762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm, yep that is what edvald bosenhagen did. Whereas Sagan tried for the win but couldn't catch him. Cav tho reported to have bronchitis? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116761 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:39:57 +0000 fimm 116761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like the thread title.<br /> Sky have done what they needed to do, I think. I liked the way Boassen-Hagan cheekily used Cav as his lead-out man - at least I'm assuming that's what he did? He knew he wouldn't beat Cav in the sprint but used him for assistance in the race for second? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116749 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:16:29 +0000 crowriver 116749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well done to Cav, a great sprint at the end. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116742 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:26:48 +0000 sallyhinch 116742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was certain Cav wasn't going to win because I'd listened to the 6 o'clock news and nary a mention. Clearly the Tour only *really* starts once Wimblebore is over </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116731 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:34:39 +0000 gembo 116731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bosenhagen beat Sagan so sky helped cav </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116727 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:28:16 +0000 SRD 116727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it bad to be secretly quite pleased that Sky doesn't seem to have pulled it together? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116717 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:51:31 +0000 chdot 116717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cav wins! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116716 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:50:37 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116716@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My title was catchier ;)</p> <p>Cav wins! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10631#post-116710 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:20:13 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 116710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would this work? </p>