I expect Saxo to be stronger than Sky today, with Roche and Kreuziger being there longer than any other Sky rider bar Froome and Porte. Kreuziger will win the stage, after he will attack and Froome will mark Contador and other favourites.
On more serious note, Pinot, Rolland or someone from late break could take it, while Conta,Froome,Purito and Valverde will finish close together, followed by Schleck, Quintana, TVG, Evans and Kreuziger.
First mountain stage, as ever the anticipation and excitement is pretty high despite my head telling my it may be a more sedate.
It tends to come down to whether or not we have a headwind or not. If headwind the favourites will leave it later.
Saxo/BMC have looked strong on the flat, Movistar have hidden themselves (Costa and Quintana have fallen off their bikes so not entirely successful hiding), Garmin have done little bar the Millar yellow jersey quest, Belkin have also looked quite good.
As for Sky, to be honest Froome/Porte has looked very strong with a small demonstration in Corsica. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
Not sure what to think, or who to favour going into tonight's stage. That can only be a good thing. Hoping for some epic racing in the last third of the race.
Arguably the friendliest guy in cycling retires because of injury. Matteo Bono.
EDIT: From the race, not from cycling Edited by issoisso on 06-07-2013 12:45
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Miguel98 wrote:
Shame to hear. 1st tought when you said his name was the year he won a stage in the Eneco Tour. That was a great win.
At the end of that they asked what type of rider he is. I can't remember the exact words he said but it was something like "All-round. I'm bad in every type of race" Edited by issoisso on 06-07-2013 12:48
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
I remember a guy, at Cyanide, having a "Bono watch" message every day on the forum during the Giro 2004.
Used to finish quite far behind, back then (IIRC).
Sagan loses like what? One point? Well I guess Greipel is keeping him honest at least. Still got to make it all the way to Paris after all, and still a long time for things to go down between now and then.
and Marino, followed by Riblon and Molard. They have a minute and a half.
