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The 100th Edition Of The Tour de France: Chirps, Opinions, News, Updates.


Pick the yellow and green jersey winners.  

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  1. 1. Who will reign in Yellow?

    • Froome Dawg (Sky)
      216
    • Contador (Saxo Tinkoff)
      53
    • A Schleck, Radioshack
      13
    • Evans (BMC)
      8
    • Uran (Sky)
      0
    • Tejay (BMC)
      3
    • Gesink (Blanco)
      0
    • Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp
      0
    • Valverde (Movistar)
      4
    • J Rodriquez (Katusha)
      2
    • Suprize package!
      6
  2. 2. Who will reign in Green?

    • Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
      178
    • Cav' (Omega Pharma Quickstep)
      104
    • Greipel (Lotto Bellisol)
      7
    • Bouhanni (FDJ)
      1
    • Goss (Orica-Greenedge)
      3
    • Surprize package?
      12


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“We were only 30 minutes into the training ride when it happened,” Fuglsang said Monday in a press release. “We were going about 50k per hour and I couldn’t avoid the crash, but I was luckier than the other two. I am sore all over, but I feel OK to train and am still very motivated to continue.”

 

Astana's team leader, Fuglsang struggling to prepare for le Tour after a cras which included several teammates

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Greipel and vd Broeck to share leadership:

 

Lotto-Belisol for the 2013 Tour de France:

Lars Bak (DEN)

Bart De Clercq (BEL)

André Greipel (GER)

Adam Hansen (AUS)

Greg Henderson (NZL)

Jurgen Roelandts (BEL)

Marcel Sieberg (GER)

Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)

Frederick Willems (BEL)

 

 

 

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Wildcard Team Cofidis for the Tour de France: Yoann Bagot (FRA), Jerome Coppel (FRA) Egoitz Garcia (ESP), Christophe Le Mevel (FRA), Luis Angel Mate (ESP), Rudy Molard (FRA), Dani Navarro (ESP), Rein Taaramae (EST)

 

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Another piece that shows that Quintana is a real threat as the dark horse this year.

 

How hard was your ride to school as a kid?

 

"he had to ride down one mountain and up another mountain pass, a mere 16 kilometres long, every time he went to school"

 

He can also timetrial well & the skyborgs are scared of him and that can only make for some interesting racing. Hope he shakes it up nicely.

 

http://m.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-france-2013-nairo-quintana-the-outsider

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Rufino Murgia, soigneur of Euskatel involved in an accident with the team bus. He is still in the ICU.

 

Tour must start now please

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Another piece that shows that Quintana is a real threat as the dark horse this year.

 

How hard was your ride to school as a kid?

 

"he had to ride down one mountain and up another mountain pass, a mere 16 kilometres long, every time he went to school"

 

He can also timetrial well & the skyborgs are scared of him and that can only make for some interesting racing. Hope he shakes it up nicely.

 

http://m.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-france-2013-nairo-quintana-the-outsider

 

I read that special profiling article.

What a story. What talent.

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Movistar announced their team yet?

 

Not yet, but at a guess it'd have to be:

- Valverde

- Quintana

- Costa

- Cobo

- Dowsett

 

Then it'd have to be between:

- Rojas

- Arroyo

- Gutiérrez

- Karpets

- Kiryienka

- López

 

Jeez, for a mnor team it's looking pretty decent.

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Movistar VALVERDE Alejandro AMADOR Andrey CASTROVIEJO Jonathan COSTA Rui ERVITI Imanol GUTIERREZ Jose Iván QUINTANA Nairo Alexander ROJAS Jose Joaquin SZMYD Sylwester

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Movistar VALVERDE Alejandro AMADOR Andrey CASTROVIEJO Jonathan COSTA Rui ERVITI Imanol GUTIERREZ Jose Iván QUINTANA Nairo Alexander ROJAS Jose Joaquin SZMYD Sylwester

That is a serious team...if I was Sky I would be worried!

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Garmin sending 10 riders:

 

“I am sending a list of 10. Not nine, but 10, [Thursday], internally for the riders. But I don’t think we’re going to formally announce until Wednesday morning next week,” said Jonathan Vaughters, the sartorial force behind the Garmin-Sharp squad.

 

http://www.atwisteds...tour-de-france/

 

 

Searching for a brother for Andy::

 

 

So we at Twisted Spoke are wondering who can play Frank and help his younger brother in this grueling three week sufferfest. Who can he bond with and who will help him along, perhaps trade pulls and keep him up front?

 

http://www.atwisteds...france-brother/

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