Nicolas Roche was well down on today's Alpine summit finish at the Tour but his team believes tomorrow could be a good opportunity for a stage win (Photo: Stefano Sirotti)
Nicolas Roche has had a difficult day at the office on stage 13 of the Tour de France, the first day in the Alps which finished atop the race’s first hors category climb.
The Irish man came home in 43rd place, some 19:10 down on race leader Vincenzo Nibali, who was taking his third stage victory.
However, while Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) has gone on the attack since team leader Alberto Contador crashed out, he said he would not be aggressive every day.
Roche’s team mate Rafal Majka was second today and said tomorrow’s mountain stage represented a very good chance for the team to try for a victory.
“Rogers and Roche are strong on the climbs so we have different cards to play,” he said.
“The first climb tomorrow will definitely be hard as well so that could be a good spot to attack if the right moment comes.”
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Video highlights stage 13
July 18, Stage 13: Saint-Étienne - Chamrousse 197.5km
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 5:12:29 | |
| 2 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:10 | |
| 3 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura | 0:00:11 | |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:50 | |
| 5 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:53 | |
| 6 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:23 | |
| 7 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 8 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:01:36 | |
| 9 | Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:09 | |
| 10 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 11 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 12 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol | ||
| 13 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 14 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:03:01 | |
| 15 | Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | ||
| 16 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:07 | |
| 17 | Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre - Merida | 0:03:11 | |
| 18 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:02 | |
| 19 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:04:12 | |
| 20 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement | 0:05:55 | |
| 21 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 22 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:06:39 | |
| 23 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team | 0:06:51 | |
| 24 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:07 | |
| 25 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 0:08:48 | |
| 26 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 27 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 28 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 29 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 30 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:10:05 | |
| 31 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:10:51 | |
| 32 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:11:08 | |
| 33 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | 0:11:15 | |
| 34 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:13:35 | |
| 35 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin - Sharp | ||
| 36 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol | 0:13:56 | |
| 37 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:14:10 | |
| 38 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:15:42 | |
| 39 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:17:48 | |
| 40 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement | ||
| 41 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 42 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale | 0:19:10 | |
| 43 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 44 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:19:35 | |
| 45 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura | 0:20:23 | |
| 46 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 47 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 48 | Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 49 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:21:59 | |
| 50 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team |
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