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roundabout said:Was strange to see him riding on the front before Moreno.
samhocking said:Strange stuff by Movistar today. Why did Fernandez try to get in the early break?
That would be the reasonable bet, but seeing Quintana waiting for Valverde when he dropped yesterday makes me wonder.Red Rick said:Sensible decision from Movistar. They have one guy who can realistically win the Vuelta, and that is Quintana. You'd protect him to get some top 10 spot, but Valverde can do that anyway. It was nice for him to ride in Rojo for a day I guess
CheckMyPecs said:That would be the reasonable bet, but seeing Quintana waiting for Valverde when he dropped yesterday makes me wonder.Red Rick said:Sensible decision from Movistar. They have one guy who can realistically win the Vuelta, and that is Quintana. You'd protect him to get some top 10 spot, but Valverde can do that anyway. It was nice for him to ride in Rojo for a day I guess
Rollthedice said:CheckMyPecs said:That would be the reasonable bet, but seeing Quintana waiting for Valverde when he dropped yesterday makes me wonder.Red Rick said:Sensible decision from Movistar. They have one guy who can realistically win the Vuelta, and that is Quintana. You'd protect him to get some top 10 spot, but Valverde can do that anyway. It was nice for him to ride in Rojo for a day I guess
Did anybody from Movistar say clearly who is the leader of the team?
Rollthedice said:CheckMyPecs said:That would be the reasonable bet, but seeing Quintana waiting for Valverde when he dropped yesterday makes me wonder.Red Rick said:Sensible decision from Movistar. They have one guy who can realistically win the Vuelta, and that is Quintana. You'd protect him to get some top 10 spot, but Valverde can do that anyway. It was nice for him to ride in Rojo for a day I guess
Did anybody from Movistar say clearly who is the leader of the team?
El Pistolero said:You guys sure know how to over-hype cyclists. Seems like a common thing for Spanish cyclists. First Landa and now Fernandez.
We over hyped him quite a bit really, saying he'd be the Dumoulin, Froome and Horner of this Vuelta.gunara said:El Pistolero said:You guys sure know how to over-hype cyclists. Seems like a common thing for Spanish cyclists. First Landa and now Fernandez.
and common for Dutch, American, British, Danish, Russian, Slovenian, and sometimes Italian and Belgian cyclists, too. I don't see much wrong here, people were just talking about him, he took Red in La Vuelta after dropping some big names, the next day he dropped and we have two pages about him, a little too excited maybe but surely no over-hyping.
Valv.Piti said:The hype is deserved when you pretty much pull from the bottom and by far is the strongest on a climb such as Mirador IMO.
Anyways, its good to finally see him deliver on a big scene. He just need some consistency and he can be a regular top-10 finisher in Giros and Vueltas.