Tour Tidbits 2013 - Miscellany

There were some tidbits that didn't make it into the daily post, but they were still good enough to share, so here are the ones that stuck in my mind.

Wookies seem to like Grand Tours. Maybe soon, they'll get their own corner like the Dutch and the Norwegians.

Photo: BrakeThrough Media | VeloNews.com

Well, one of Chris Froome's nicknames is Froomedog, but I think that polka dot dog shows way too much emotion to be a match for Nairo Quintana.


Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

I must say, this scene reminds me of the break room in any manufacturing plant before the morning shift. Teejay looks like he has the early morning stares. Obviously needs more coffee.

 Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

And finally, a big deal was made of Ted King of Cannondale missing the time cut by 7 seconds on the team trial stage, and one of Team Sky's riders, Vasili Kiryienka, also missed the cut on the 2nd Pyrenean stage. However, there was one stage where there was no time cut because the route was just too hard: the mountain top finish on Mont Ventoux. While even the sprinters' autobus finished about 32 minutes back of Chris Froome, the very last rider finished 18 minutes after that. Jonathan Hivert of Sojasun had the honor(?) of being the lanterne rouge on the only stage without a time cut.

Now I'm all ready for next year's Tour! Eh, not really. Maybe in about a week...