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Impey makes history as he takes yellow in the Tour de France

By BikeHubCoreAdmin · 208 comments

Daryl Impey makes history as the first South African to wear yellow at the Tour de France.

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From www.letour.fr:

Impey the overall leader: the new top five of the 100th Tour…

History has been made: Daryl Impey moves from second overall to first. He finished the stage in 13th place while his team-mate and former race leader Simon Gerrans was 48th. This means that the South African has taken the yellow jersey and he is the first from his country to lead the Tour de France.

The new top five is:

1. Daryl Impey (RSA) OGE

2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) SKY – at 3″

3. Simon Gerrans (AUS) OGE – at 5″

4. Michael Albasini (SUI) OGE – at 5″

5. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) OPQ – at 6″

Read the day’s report with insights from Daryl and Team ORICA-GreenEDGE here:

https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/road/international-road/daryl-impey-becomes-first-african-to-wear-the-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey-r781

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Comments

Zook
Zook

Jul 4, 2013, 7:30 PM

Mark Cavendish ‏@MarkCavendish1h

Really nice to see @darylimpey in the yellow jersey! Proper nice guy. Always friendly. Always working hard.

Matt
Matt

Jul 4, 2013, 7:35 PM

Official release from ORICA-GreenEDGE here: https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/road/international-road/daryl-impey-becomes-first-african-to-wear-the-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey-r781

 

Some nice insights from Daryl and his team on how the day panned out.

Eugene Oppelt
Eugene Oppelt

Jul 4, 2013, 7:43 PM

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Sweeeeet

hboli4
hboli4

Jul 4, 2013, 7:45 PM

AWESOME!!! :clap: :thumbup: :clap:

Cassie
Cassie

Jul 4, 2013, 7:48 PM

Bakgat!!!

 

I'll be watching & rooting for the next one!! Keep it up boykie

T-Bob
T-Bob

Jul 4, 2013, 8:02 PM

"Today I had the opportunity to change the life of a good mate of mine. That’s why I decided to do it. Who wouldn’t?” - Gerro and he lead him out.

 

You can give us *** all you want but what makes the aussie attitude so good is that we'll play sport hard and win at all costs but your mates and true mateship trumps even that.

 

Today actually gave me more goose bumps than when Gerro took it.

VicanZA
VicanZA

Jul 4, 2013, 8:09 PM

Serious bromance on here.... Well done impey.

gtr1
gtr1

Jul 4, 2013, 8:24 PM

Absolutely bloody fantastic. I had tears in my eyes. And cudos to Gerrans. Can't ask for a better mate than that.

TALUS
TALUS

Jul 4, 2013, 9:24 PM

Just did 2h spinning while watching. Felt like '95 and 2007. PROUD! Great interview (as opposed to The Missile's loose ramblings)

T-Bob
T-Bob

Jul 4, 2013, 9:30 PM

In honour of the man, everyone should change their avatars to an Impey until he loses yellow.

flymango
flymango

Jul 4, 2013, 9:53 PM

Braver!! :clap: :clap:

MirageF1
MirageF1

Jul 4, 2013, 9:54 PM

What a champ!

 

Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 2:23 AM

Couple of years ago, when Robbie won his stage, a whole bunch of hubbers changed their avatars to a pic of him. Took the pic on Admin's news thread, and cropped it to a avi-friendly size for anyone who wants to use it… :)

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Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 3:16 AM

 

Published on Jul 4, 2013

In what can only be described as mate-ship at it's best, Daryl Impey claims the first yellow jersey for South Africa after Simon Gerrans unselfishly committed himself for the team resulting in Daryl taking the lead. Enjoy another special edition of Backstage Pass from the 2013 Tour de France.

 

urbanroyal
urbanroyal

Jul 5, 2013, 3:22 AM

Speechless.... :clap: :clap: :clap:

Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 3:36 AM

Front page of the Argus:

 

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Vetseun
Vetseun

Jul 5, 2013, 3:58 AM

Couple of years ago, when Robbie won his stage, a whole bunch of hubbers changed their avatars to a pic of him. Took the pic on Admin's news thread, and cropped it to a avi-friendly size for anyone who wants to use it… :)

That is very cool Tumble!
Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 4:02 AM

I'd tweeted this earlier…

 

Haven't seen the papers yet, but am hoping that @darylimpey's maillot jaune nudges out the Mandela "Graves of Our Lives" saga…

 

…didn't quite get my wish, but he got a decent showing in today's rags…

 

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Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 4:02 AM

That is very cool Tumble!

 

Glad you're on board! :thumbup:

Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

Jul 5, 2013, 4:58 AM

Nic Lamond ‏@niclamond5m

Love your work, @darylimpey. Making history. Front page of L'Equipe today. #yellow #letour pic.twitter.com/grznfexHCR

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Sarge
Sarge

Jul 5, 2013, 5:07 AM

Hey gents/ladies,

How do we celebrate? Apart from the usual beer etc etc. Bunch rides in yellow, national holiday. What do you suggest?

Sarge

SwissVan
SwissVan

Jul 5, 2013, 5:07 AM

Great song

Just imagine if some we could get it played on the PA system on the TDF start line for the next few days....

 

Should also post it on the song of the day thread

 

 

 

i declare this the official Daryl Impey wins yellow thread.

 

it even has it's own video

 

TiBones
TiBones

Jul 5, 2013, 5:19 AM

Same town where Robbie Hunter got his stage win

RH was quick to remind everybody on twitter last night!

nickc
nickc

Jul 5, 2013, 5:21 AM

Good to hear it last night and this morning make the news on the radio stations - not the sports news but mainstream news.

RudoJ
RudoJ

Jul 5, 2013, 5:32 AM

Just makes you wanna ride.....fantastic, needs to consolidate the yellow and go for a stage win today...

This is good enough reason to do a dstv upgrade to the full package today...

 

It would be awesome to see a fully SA team in TdF one day...what are the chances of that happening?

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