2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Formigal

[DFA123]

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Quintana. Froome has done zero. The other teams have pulled him along the whole time.
Unless you count going on Valverde's wheel during that early attack on a short climb

Yep, but Quintana hasn't done too much either. On such a short stage, both should still have enough in the tank until the finish.

But Quintana's taken a few pulls up front. might not make a big difference, or it might. We'll know later

Yeah, fair point. And that probably takes more out of Quintana than it would out of most riders. It's going to be great to see if Froome can do anything about this on the last climb - he'll probably have to go solo pretty early.

He aint going to make up 2.30 or whatever the gap is going to be, 20-30 seconds max.

Agree, seems very unlikely he's going to get close to bridging. But even if he can limit his losses to just over a minute or so it would almost be like a victory for him at this point.

One things for sure; it's going to be a real test of Froome's rouleur skills on those flatter sections towards the end.

 

[sir fly]

This will hardly be a tolerable lapse for Froome.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Robert Froomar. Never try to win the Vuelta without Spanish credentials. Too many dark forces are lined up against you.

BS. This ain't a spanish vs others day.

It's made funnier because Millar was only in yellow due to the anglophone alliance chasing for him on the Benidorm stage, and the main reason the spanish didn't chase Delgado was they'd been criticized precisely for infighting in previous editions that caused foreigners to win repeatedly.

But let the man have his fantasy, it's clearly important to him

 

[hrotha]

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Robert Froomar. Never try to win the Vuelta without Spanish credentials. Too many dark forces are lined up against you.

I agree Contador is relatively dark-skinned.

 

[dacooley]

contador / quintana winning something big with team work - bravissimo, great, brilliant
froome winning something at the expense of team - lmao, see ya in the clininc, i'm done with cycling.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Calling it now froome will win this vuelta

 

[deValtos]

This race looks over me thinks with the stages to come.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Dont understand Cannondale though. Talansky in not in the front group. Rest of the front group have reasons to work

 

[Poursuivant]

Quintana will win this stage

 

[laurensde+]

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Calling it now froome will win this vuelta

That's a given. He's the best rouleur in the world, after all.

 

[Red Rick]

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contador / quintana winning something big with team work - bravissimo, great, brilliant
froome winning something at the expense of team - lmao, see ya in the clininc, i'm done with cycling.

The difference is in how they use their team. But it seems to me you don't want to see that

 

[Samamba]

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Dont understand Cannondale though. Talansky in not in the front group. Rest of the front group have reasons to work

FORMOLO??

He's doing pretty good this Vuelta, maybe even better that Talansky (he was waiting on him half of the stages in the first 10 days).

 

[Ikbengodniet]

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Dont understand Cannondale though. Talansky in not in the front group. Rest of the front group have reasons to work

Formolo is moving up.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Dont understand Cannondale though. Talansky in not in the front group. Rest of the front group have reasons to work

Formolo

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Form

Can't watch. Could somebody explain to me wtf happened there?

 

[bigcog]

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Agree, seems very unlikely he's going to get close to bridging. But even if he can limit his losses to just over a minute or so it would almost be like a victory for him at this point.

One things for sure; it's going to be a real test of Froome's rouleur skills on those flatter sections towards the end.

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True, hopefully it will be a minute or less but can't see it somehow.

 

[proffz]

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I don't really get why someone like Felline works here. Doesn't make much sense to me.

What team does he ride for? That's your answer.

he rides for himself
he is one of the fastest in the group and he is not bad on rolling ascent.
he could win the stage that is goal for the vuelta.

in plus next year he will run with contador.

 

[TomLPC]

Yates and Chavez hit the front

 

[HelloDolly]

Now here is how Talansky and Scarponi move up...by tiring Yates & Chaves out

 

[carton]

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Calling it now froome will win this vuelta

That's a given. He's the best rouleur in the world, after all.

Touché.

Why isn't Yates just attaching?

 

[Sykes]

With single speed bikes nothing of this would happen!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Yates uphill and soon Froome downhill. The break is doomed.

 

[spalco]

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This will hardly be a tolerable lapse for Froome.

Oh yeah, this will hurt.

Although it might not be over yet if the gap doesn't go out any more.

 

[dacooley]

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contador / quintana winning something big with team work - bravissimo, great, brilliant
froome winning something at the expense of team - lmao, see ya in the clininc, i'm done with cycling.

The difference is in how they use their team. But it seems to me you don't want to see that

Why? I quite see it. I'm fine with most people sticking to complete irrationality when loving/hating any rider /team.

 

[Bogotano]

Yates at the front, chase getting more serious