And TJ!
And then there were three, or rather two.... Sky are pulling this apart!
Come on Richie!!! Drag them up and get the damm stage
Christ on a bike.
How the hell am I meant to get any work done?
Porte, Froome and Quintana left, Nairo to attack in 3, 2, 1...
TJV gone too! Now froome attacking!
RM.
OMG!!
Here we go...
He must be on drugs 😉
Let's hope not... there's a lot of discussion about those hacked figures...
This, this is seriously impressive.
Motor in the bike too. S'obvious.
17s already.... Yellow jersey race could be over..
Putting some distance in now....
You know my prediction earlier?
Yeah, I was wrong...
Quintana vs Froome?
Nibali, Contador, TJvG - have they got anything left for the next 2 weeks? Can Froome hold on like this for the next 2 weeks?
Great race. 🙂
No way he can take this to the top Shirley?
That's a hell of a Maillot Jaune performance, hope he can finish the job for the stage, he's going to be taking some serious time over everyone!
Going to be some seriously sceptical headlines tomorrow I reckon - Brit coming over to France and destroying the race with extraterrestrial style on 14th July..
Outstanding.
The gaps are growing and growing.
ah he started as a mountain biker, that explains it all 🙂
applauds Quintana - what a race
1.30 into Contador and 3.00 into Nibali with less than 5K left. Wow!
RM.
That's what all we MTB-ers can do isn't it....erm..... 😕
Oh excellent, Paul Sherwen is comparing him to Lance.
Great one Paul.
It's true mind - he's doing exactly what LA did (although hopefully without the doping). First mountain stage, set a monster pace all day, blow it to pieces on the final climb.
But I'm not sure it helps to actually voice that.
I think Froome is so desperate to win this year after the disappointment of last....
45 seconds on Quintana, impressive.
Edited.
Sky 1-2-3 come Paris with Porte & GT?
Sky didn't set the pace today, Movistar did. Froome had all his DSs with him at the start of the last climb, the other teams didn't.
Can the pharmacology experts save it for later?
Absolutely glued to this!
COME ON RICHIE!!
He's closing Quintana down.
But I'm not sure it helps to actually voice that.
I'd say that it needs to be voiced. The Lance era showed what happens when you don't at least question the fairy tale.
I sincerely hope that Sky are clean because frankly it'll destroy road cycling if they're not but you can't turn a blind eye to the similarities to the past. The thing I take heart from is that you typically no longer get the best TTers sticking with the best climbers in the mountains which says to me that cheating is much less effective at a minimum.
What concerns me too though is abuse of the TUE system, cortisone, etc and I do have concerns that some, including Sky could be playing the system pretty close to the limit.
Flamme rouge, just over 1 minute up.
Go Porte!
Ohhhhhh
This is ace!
RM.
Now that's the way to welcome in the mountains!!
Porte's nearly got Nairo too, Sky 1-2?
Holy moly. 😯
That's the Tour done for this year then. Sheesh.
Surely he will fall off the bike when he gets there...
Come on Richie, steal this too......
Spectacular finish from Froomey! The ride of a champion!
Destroyed...
Wonder if Porte has signed his new contract yet. Might want to add a bit more to it 🙂
I can't wait to watch the highlights tonight!
Awesome!
Classy there by Thomas. Good man.
RM.
