Tour de France 2013

Stage 19 Friday 19 July 2013
205km Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Grand-Bornandl
Stage type = High Mountain with 2 CatHC, 2 Cat1 and 1 Cat2 climbs

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-19.html

Results after stage 18
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Christophe Riblon - FRA - ALM
2 - Tejay van Garderen - USA - BMC
3 - Moreno Moser - ITA - CAN

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Alberto Contador - ESP - TST - + 05' 11''
3 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - + 05' 32''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 380 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 278 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 227 pts

Mountain
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 104 pts
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 97 pts
3 - Christophe Riblon - FRA - ALM - 77 pts

Youth
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 71h 07' 51''
2 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 71h 16' 57''
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 71h 18' 43''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Ag2R La Mondiale
3 - Radioshack-Leopard

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/classifications.html

Stage 20 Saturday 20 July 2013
High Mountain 125km Annecy to Semnoz
1 CatHC, 1 Cat1, 1 Cat2 and 3 Cat3 Climbs

Map and Profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-20.html

Results after stage 19
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Rui Costa - POR - MOV
2 - Andreas Kloden - GER - RLT
3 - Jan Bakelants - BEL - RLT

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Alberto Contador - ESP - TST - + 05' 11''
3 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - + 05' 32''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 380 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 278 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 227 pts

Mountain
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 104 pts
2 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 103 pts
3 - Mikel Nieve - ESP - EUS - 98 pts

Youth
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 77h 15' 32''
2 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 77h 26' 08''
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 77h 26' 24''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Radioshack-Leopard
3 - Ag2R La Mondiale

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/classifications.html

Stage 21 Sunday 21 July 2013
134km Versailles to Paris
Live Coverage from 16:30 ITV4 and 17:15 British Eurosport

Map and Profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-21.html

Results after stage 20
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV
2 - Joaquim Rodriguez - ESP - KAT
3 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - + 05' 03''
3 - Joaquim Rodriguez - ESP - KAT - + 05' 47''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 383 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 282 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 232 pts

Mountain
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 147 pts
2 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 136 pts
3 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 119 pts

Youth
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 80h 54' 36''
2 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 81h 07' 55''
3 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 81h 09' 15''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Ag2R La Mondiale
3 - Radioshack-Leopard

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/classifications.html

A better lead out and cav would have got that. Froome was a deserved yellow.

Results after stage 21
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Marcel Kittel - GER - ARG
2 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB
3 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - + 04' 20''
3 - Joaquim Rodriguez - ESP - KAT - + 05' 04''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 409 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 312 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 267 pts

Mountain
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 147 pts
2 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 136 pts
3 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 117 pts

Youth
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 84h 01' 00''
2 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 84h 14' 19''
3 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 84h 15' 39''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Ag2R La Mondiale
3 - Radioshack-Leopard

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/classifications.html

Froome dominated for the most part, looked to be running out of steam a little toward the end.

Quintana looks good for the future now and a few other promising riders coming through as well, hopefully next years will be a lot more competitive with ''hopefully'' an improved Contador, Schleck as well.

A better lead out and cav would have got that. Froome was a deserved yellow.
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Smabolic leadout by OPQS, Cav will be kicking heads after that. Glad Renshaw is joining up next season. Heres hoping Eisel moves over too.

Quintana looks good for the future now and a few other promising riders coming through as well, hopefully next years will be a lot more competitive with ''hopefully'' an improved Contador, Schleck as well.
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Personally I think its all change at the front. The likes for Evans, Contador and Schleck are all past it and now the new guard will be taking over. There are a lot of good young riders stepping up in the next few years. Quintana looks to be among the best.

A Schleck is still quite young, but after his bro Frank got done and sacked from the team for diuretics, he hasn't been up to much. I really wanted to see him return to form this season.
Quintana looks a class act.
Rigoberto Urán and Nibali were also immense in the Giro.

Nibali is my tip for next year's tour.

Will be a great battel with Froome and Nibs if they are both at the Tour, imo the only rider at the moment that could possibly match up to Froome. Astana were a bit wasted at the tour without him.