Stage 11 Wednesday 10 July 2013
33km Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel
Stage type = Individual Time Trial

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-11.html

some monkey threw wee at cav,
weelers should of been fined for his comments after the sprint ,foul language and totally condemning cav wasn't helpful,if a little tap like that makes him crumble he should keep his whine y as.s out of the way

Cavendish was in the wrong, he has shown that kind of petulance in the past when frustration kicks in, it was a hard shoulder for sure.........veelers drifted slightly, but not much.

As for the race, if we thought last year was dull, well hello 2013, all over already so all those great mountain stages lined up are now completely pointless, froome is either a class above or on something......aided by some very mediocre riders at other teams.

The OPQ lead out train for Cavendish is pathetic. They cr@p themselves when faced with a turn in the road.

Veelers was finished and should have stayed out of the way instead of fooling around going right when he clearly should have moved left.

As soon as Froome got Yellow the French press claimed the tour was over and Froome was on drugs.

Now the French press are crying about the fact that Froome was born in Kenya.

Cavendish is a hard man that has probably hit the deck more times than Veelers.

Quite a summary of the first 11 days WTCBU

Why the hell are the french getting their knickers in a bunch over where Froome comes from......just about any good sportsman in France is from Africa?!?

Stage 12 Thursday 11 July 2013
218km Fougères to Tours
Stage type = Flat

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-12.html

Stage 13 Friday 12 July 2013
173km Tours to Saint Amand Montrond
Stage type = Flat with 1 cat4 climb

Last chance for Cav to win another stage before Paris.

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-13.html

Results after stage 12
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Marcel Kittel - GER - ARG
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ
3 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Alejandro Valverde - ESP - MOV - + 03' 25''
3 - Bauke Mollema - NED - BEL - + 03' 37''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 307 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 211 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 195 pts

Mountain
1 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 49 pts
2 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 33 pts
3 - Richie Porte - AUS - SKY - 28 pts

Youth
1 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 47h 23' 57''
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 47h 24' 31''
3 - Romain Bardet - FRA - ALM - 47h 30' 50''

Team
1 - Movistar
2 - Saxo-Tinkoff
3 - Belkin

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

Yesterday was a great day for racing and an excellent win for Cav.

The big questions – is the Sky team burnt out or are they just playing a tactical game? Will L'equipe stop moaning about Froome? Will they have more to moan about after today irrespective of Froome's performance?

Stage 14 Saturday 13 July 2013
191km Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule to Lyon
Stage type = Medium Mountain with 2 cat3 5 cat4 climbs

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-14.html

Results after stage 13
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ
2 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN
3 - Bauke Mollema - NED - BEL

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Bauke Mollema - NED - BEL - + 02' 28''
3 - Alberto Contador - ESP - TST - + 02' 45''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 357 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 273 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 217 pts

Mountain
1 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 50 pts
2 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 33 pts
3 - Richie Porte - AUS - SKY - 28 pts

Youth
1 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 51h 05' 14''
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 51h 05' 48''
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 51h 13' 41''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Belkin
3 - Ag2R La Mondiale

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

I think Andy Schleck might go for it tomorrow. He needs something special to make the podium.

Stage 15 Sunday 14 July 2013
243km Givors to Mont Ventoux (longest stage on the tour)
Stage type = High Mountain with 1 CatHC, 1 cat3 and 3 cat4 climbs

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-15.html

It's Bastille Day so here's hoping for a Non French victory.

Results after stage 14
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Matteo Trentin - ITA - OPQ
2 - Michael Albasini - SUI - OGE
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Bauke Mollema - NED - BEL - + 02' 28''
3 - Alberto Contador - ESP - TST - + 02' 45''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 357 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 273 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 217 pts

Mountain
1 - Pierre Rolland - FRA - EUC - 51 pts
2 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 33 pts
3 - Richie Porte - AUS - SKY - 28 pts

Youth
1 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 56h 24' 29''
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 56h 25' 03''
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 56h 25' 39''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Movistar
3 - Belkin

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

Be surprised admin, still not right after injury.

I really hope today isn't a big anti-climax, i want to see sky broken and for Froome to have to really work for it.........sadly i don't think that will happen.

This is an incredible ride so far by Froome

hmmmmmmmm

Froome looks to be on another level from everyone else on the tour.

Looks like it genuinely hurts, incredible ride

Contador loses 1"40!

Crosses the line with Kreuzinger, Quintana lost 30" in the last kilometer and the half

you can put me in the non believer category after that, very keen to see the power numbers!!
Also, sky broke the rules today, taking on food bags on the final climb with 10kms to go.

Didn't see them taking on food bags, will take your word on that

Don't understand why you'd be a non-believer, he's been doing this for a couple of years. The more suprising performance for me, was how close he ran Martin in the TT

I have NEVER seen anyone accelerate like that, including all the well known drug fueled rides.

Anyway, not gonna go on about it, lets take it for what it was for now, a spectacular ride.

Quintana looks a good rider.

Hmm

Indeed he does Would be much closer if he hadn't lost hatfuls during the TT if I remember correctly

Apparently Richard Virenque is tearing him to shreads on French radio?!

About Doping? If so, he's hardly one to talk

Ha yeah, but the saying ''it takes one to know one'' springs to mind.

Rest day today

Results after stage 15
Classifications (top 3 only)

Stage
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV
3 - Mikel Nieve - ESP - EUS

GC
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY -
2 - Bauke Mollema - NED - BEL - + 04' 14''
3 - Alberto Contador - ESP - TST - + 04' 25''

Points
1 - Peter Sagan - SVK - CAN - 377 pts
2 - Mark Cavendish - GBR - OPQ - 278 pts
3 - Andre Greipel - GER - LTB - 223 pts

Mountain
1 - Chris Froome - GBR - SKY - 83 pts
2 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 66 pts
3 - Mikel Nieve - ESP - EUS - 53 pts

Youth
1 - Nairo Quintana - COL - MOV - 61h 17' 30''
2 - Michal Kwiatkowski - POL - OPQ - 61h 19' 41''
3 - Andrew Talansky - USA - GRS - 61h 24' 15''

Team
1 - Saxo-Tinkoff
2 - Belkin
3 - Ag2R La Mondiale

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

Stage 16 Tuesday 16 July 2013
168km Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap
Stage type = Medium Mountain with 2 Cat2 and 1 cat3 climbs

Map and profile
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-16.html