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Tour de France 2013

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SPR Jun 2013 2:03pm, 9 Jun 2013 18,535 posts	0 SPR Have to agree he looks awesome though.
Chrisull Jun 2013 2:05pm, 9 Jun 2013 5,605 posts	0 Chrisull Well it depends on how much Contador was affected by his allergies, but overall Contador's time-trialling does not look up to scratch to me.
SPR Jun 2013 2:11pm, 9 Jun 2013 18,536 posts	0 SPR Bad days in TTs can't be hidden so we shall see. But I was talking about this stage, the rain is supposed to better for his allergies, but he came back to help Rogers. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if he hadn't gone back. Initially he had gone off the front with an RS rider.
Chrisull Jun 2013 6:02pm, 9 Jun 2013 5,606 posts	0 Chrisull Yeah I noticed that too and Sky didn't follow, but Froome definitely had more in reserve if needed.
SPR Jun 2013 6:05pm, 9 Jun 2013 18,541 posts	0 SPR I think Contador's plan may have been to sit with the RS rider (he wasn't helping), till Froome came up and then do a proper attack, but we will never know.
The Teaboy Jun 2013 9:27am, 20 Jun 2013 8,306 posts	0 The Teaboy Lovely article for those who like a bit of history: lequipe.fr
Chrisull Jun 2013 6:48pm, 21 Jun 2013 5,639 posts	0 Chrisull No more tours for Wiggins (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/23003132) as widely predicted. But World time trial championship is on the cards.
Endorphins Junky Jun 2013 7:00pm, 21 Jun 2013 1,955 posts	0 Endorphins Junky Will be a fitting finale me thinks!
Gobi Jun 2013 9:50pm, 21 Jun 2013 51,538 posts	0 Gobi I think it almost admits he was prepared for the Giro
Chrisull Jun 2013 12:01pm, 22 Jun 2013 5,640 posts	0 Chrisull Not exactly news but Ullrich comes clean: bbc.co.uk and shows Operation Puerto was basically spot on. So Spanish footballers and tennis players, you have been very, very lucky indeed. And Gobi I assume you meant "wasn't" - when he admitted just before the Giro he skipped the last altitude training camp to be with his family I began suspecting the game was up.