2016 Vuelta a España, stage 19: Xàbia > Calp 37km ITT

[Ruby United]

He beats Castro by 43seconds
About 2:05 ahead of Nairo atm

 

[DFA123]

Quintana's controlled this pretty comfortably. Not panicked, just ridden his own race. I think Unzue said earlier in the race that they were planning on losing three minutes in the TT - so no surprises for them I guess.

 

[Gigs_98]

HOLY *** FROOME
What did I miss

 

[woodburn]

Did Alberto have mechanical in last section? Lost a ton of time ... almost a minute ... to Froome.

 

[killswitch]

HOLY **** FROOME
What did I miss

Do you plan on watching tomorrow's stage?

 

[Billopoulos]

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Did Alberto have mechanical in last section? Lost a ton of time ... almost a minute ... to Froome.

It was chemical, his legs disappointed him...

 

[jsem94]

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If he hadn't been caught out of Contador's ambush, he could have won the Vuelta this year no doubt. So how is it not doable?

So basically he would've won both GT due to TT's

Can you imagine if this was in the 80s or 90s with more than 100km of TT? Froome would have been 5-6 minutes ahead of everyone.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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If he hadn't been caught out of Contador's ambush, he could have won the Vuelta this year no doubt. So how is it not doable?

So basically he would've won both GT due to TT's

Can you imagine if this was in the 80s or 90s with more than 100km of TT? Froome would have been 5-6 minutes ahead of everyone.

But back then the kind of tactical riding that we had in the Pajares stage was seen in most stages.
Simply not comparable.

Mid 90s-2000s tours? Now that is more in line with what you're discussing.

 

[seldon71]

Clinical win by Froome, dominated throughout. Nairo keeps a safe buffer.

 

[Ruby United]

Qunitana loses 2:16
He will easily win the race, probably will even drop Froome tomorrow but it will still be epic

 

[meat puppet]

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Froome puts those suggesting he would fade during the vuelta, as any sensible observer would suggest, in their place.

He might have faded, it's all in relative terms compared to the rest of the field.

He clearly has faded - he's lost minutes in the mountains. He's just a much better TTist than everyone else in the race. It would be a lot more interesting if someone like Cancellara or Dumoulin were here to put Froome's time into some kind of context.

By fading I refer to a global decline in physical ability. This TT in my view was quite the opposite, despite the fact that froome is the best time trialer amongst the gc boys.

 

[jsem94]

Froome 81 seconds behind Quintana now. That's not impossible.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Respectable performance by Quintana, but the boy needs to work on his technique. Cornering etc.

 

[Irondan]

Monster ride by Chris Froome!!!

 

[Billie]

Great TT by Quintana tbf. 11th in a completely flat TT

 

[IndianCyclist]

Quintana owes this Vuelta to Contador

 

[Gloin22]

Lol at those that said 2 weeks ago 1 minute on Quintana would be a challenge

Froome will kick himself for that one day, 2 times he looses Vuelta that could well have been his.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Respectable performance by Quintana, but the boy needs to work on his technique. Cornering etc.

Nice one Nairo - cool as ever

 

[Sykes]

And now the "super weak" Sky domestiques will miraculously recover to bring the chaos to the race

 

[barmaher]

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Quintana owes this Vuelta to Contador

This is true.

 

[Poursuivant]

ASO won't have a true flat TT at the Tour for the foreseeable future if they think Froome will do this to everyone.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Did Alberto have mechanical in last section? Lost a ton of time ... almost a minute ... to Froome.

Actually he was just insanely fast in the first section, the difference between him and Quintana/Chaves stayed the same after that point.

 

[Springveldt]

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Great TT by Quintana tbf. 11th in a completely flat TT

Yeah, fairly flat with crosswinds and to "only" lose 2:11 was a great ride by him.

Should be interesting tomorrow at least if Froome recovers well.

 

[hfer07]

I was calculating a 1: 30 max for Quintana to lose against Yo-Yo-man, but it turned to be 2:16

just imaging if the parcours was 55K.....


Anyways -- If rational dictates the course, Quintana should not be having trouble defending his lead tomorrow, but Who knows with Yo-Yo-man .......

 

[deValtos]

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ASO won't have a true flat TT at the Tour for the foreseeable future if they think Froome will do this to everyone.

Ye I think the biggest thing this TT did is ensure the TDF has no flat TT's for the next few years. I doubt it will affect the outcome of this race, Quintana wont lost a 1:30 tomorrow surely.