Cycling 2013

Lads,

Can Martin trial time? ... i never seen him trial time ......

He's not great, but better than he used to be. It will be interesting to see what he can pull out tomorrow.

Interesting, not really been following this much but watch a bit today, nice to see there is some Irish interest,
wish I had seen Martin's stage win live, must be on youtube I guess.

Froome ( vroom vroom lol) is odds on fav to win at about 6-1 on. Martin is about 66-1 which means he is in the
running without Froom, second fav is 16-1 so Martin is 4 times that price.

So I can take it Martin has no chance unless something happens to Froom?

Anyhow I shall be following his progress and hoping Froom cycles off a cliff breaking all his spokes.

Dan has no chance of winning the Time Trial. If he finishes top 20 that'll be a great ride for him.

if TOny martin wasn't crashing every other day I think he'd beat Froome today. But he's bound to be in bits

He's out at 4.30 according to his twitter,first was out at 10.30,that's a long wait.

So Froome batters all his rivals once again. He is the best climber and best time triallst by a mile of the GC contenders. He's either super talented and has methods none of the other teams can match or else we're looking at the latest cycling's latest fraud.

D Martin down to 13th overall after today .... taught it be worse in fairest.

Great stuff from Roche today- initiated the Saxo attack that saw them put over a minute into Froome.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/...sswinds_294869

Martin made up a few places as well too so good for him as well.

Nice to see the Irish made up some places yesterday, no idea what is happening today have not heard mention off Froome or the Irish.

Martin still 11th Roche is 36th, which I think is the same or thereabouts.

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Martin still 11th Roche is 36th, which I think is the same or thereabouts.

Your bang on ----- expect fire works tomorrow in the last 30kms

Roche in the break today and it looks certain to stay away. 26 riders in all, including some serious class so it'll be difficult- Go Nico!

Break away group blowing apart on the climb out of Gap up the mountain,Roche still going well from what I see.

Rui Costa wins the stage. Roche tried to bridge to attackers and could not make it. Just doesn't seem to be climbing well this year. Kind of hoping he'll peak for the Vuelta at this stage.

Roches finished 1.27 down on Rui Costa but is going to gain a whack of time on the top guys today,thought he was going to win it today the way it was panning out.

I don't know if anyone hear Paul Kimmage tonight, scary stuff. Was really taken aback by Froome's mountain attack, it just looked like too many others in the past. As my other half said as we were watching Mont Ventoux - you need drugs just to think about cycling there!

Matt Brammeier not shy about his feelings around the current Tour of Qinghai Lake.. see https://twitter.com/Mattbrammeier85

This crankpunk article certainly indicates that the scene in Asia isn't too healthy: http://crankpunk.com/2013/06/04/the-...-of-interests/

I believe Froome had an altercation with a fan today who nearly took him out. 3 fans stepped out onto the middle of the road and ran along with the riders. One of them nearly took out Froome. Haven't seen it but worth looking at by the sounds of the commentary.

I think Froome has won me over. Seems like a decent bloke, very modest and accepting of the doubt that surrounds his achievement.

Today's Guardian says there is a changing of guard taking place in cycling. The likes of Contador, Shleck, Evans, Kloden etc are all yesterday's men and Froome, Quintana and 3 others are the ones that will dominate in years to come. Martin was one of the 3 others named but acting against him is his passion for racing. He wants to race in all the tours and classics rather than spending months training at altitude. Probably a fair point.

Very unfair lumping Evans in with the other 3 IMO. Particularly in a negative sense