Tour de France 2013

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Dai Bank Jul 2013 9:44am, 2 Jul 2013 3,589 posts	0 Dai Bank Love the route today, it's going to be really fast all the way around. Garmin have a lot to gain, even if the jersey will only be worn for a few days so I think they will win. I reckon Sky will have to be careful to nurse their wounded around until halfway otherwise they may lose a dropped rider to the cut-off if they shed people too early
The Terminator Jul 2013 9:59am, 2 Jul 2013 7,192 posts	0 The Terminator OPQ for me, Garmin second, Sky third
Gobi Jul 2013 10:13am, 2 Jul 2013 51,648 posts	0 Gobi Millar for Yellow
island991 Jul 2013 10:56am, 2 Jul 2013 3,234 posts	0 island991 Maybe movistar as an outside bet, if sky and OPQ are under gunned due to injury/illnesses and garmin get it wrong. My money is on Millar. With a sneaky eachway on OPQ, kwitawsjgcdhn (white jersey guy) in yellow. Or what ever his name is!
hammerite Jul 2013 11:39am, 2 Jul 2013 18,785 posts	0 hammerite I'm with OPQS too. However battered and bruised Tony Martin is, he managed to come in with the lead bunch yesterday which is mighty impressive. I'd have expected him to take it easy ahead of today. Sky sandbagging? I'm not doubting Thomas is in a pretty bad way and Stannard isn't 100%, but I think they've been very cautious with the demands on the team the last couple of days, with the exception of Froome, Porte and EBH all the rest lost a fair amount of time on the last 2 stages. Suitsou, Kiryienka, Lopez Garcia and even Kennaugh really would've been able to hold on to those groups, but they've been taking it relatively easy. Sky don't want to get EBH into yellow this early and have to ride.
hammerite Jul 2013 11:47am, 2 Jul 2013 18,786 posts	0 hammerite taken from elsewhere.... here's the highest place rider from each team. So if this team wins the TTT it's who will be in yellow. I think we can ignore Tom Dumoulin though! 1 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 12:21:27 2 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 0:00:01 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 7 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 17 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 29 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 36 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 41 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 43 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 70 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 109 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:13:01
island991 Jul 2013 3:04pm, 2 Jul 2013 3,236 posts	0 island991 Hat to G who is hanging on in at halfway.
island991 Jul 2013 3:11pm, 2 Jul 2013 3,237 posts	0 island991 Fair play, he isn't even hanging on, he's taking his turns on the front now! Looks like OPQ set a very good time, Garmin can't match it. Got a sneaky Movistar feeling in my water.
Chrisull Jul 2013 3:13pm, 2 Jul 2013 5,650 posts	0 Chrisull Commentating once again rubbish. They're gonna be almost 1st, no they should be second, they are second.... as they finish third.
island991 Jul 2013 3:34pm, 2 Jul 2013 3,238 posts	0 island991 Bang on from Sky. Fast but not fastest. Job done, back to the hotel.