2016 Vuelta a España, Stage 20: Benidorm → Alto de Aitana

[Dazed and Confused]

Chaves destroyed Contador today.

 

[damian13ster]

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Wish we could see Vuelta Nairo vs. Tour Froome.

Doubt Quintana was stronger in Vuelta than in Tour. Just weaker competition

 

[BigMac]

Gent Froome, cheers for Quintana.

 

[Billopoulos]

Froome tried many times, just to drop Quintana, but Quintana is so strong today again.
Wonderful image seeing Froome applaud at the finish line.

Chaves 3rd, Contador so bad today.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nairo tried to shake hands.
Froome attacks.
Nairo closes easily.
Then drops Froome.

LOLLLERS.

 

[silvergrenade]

Froome applauds. Wow!

 

[RattaKuningas]

Contador was actually faster on last climb. Good job by Howes for Chavez.

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

Fair play Chris, great great rider.

 

[ice&fire]

Chaves gets podium with 13 seconds on Contador

 

[trevim]

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Froome applauds. Wow!

It reminded me of how Flecha applauded Hushovd at Roubaix...

 

[DFA123]

Great stage thanks to Chaves and Orica and the efforts of the breakaway.

Shame it wasn't Quintana trying to close the gap on Froome today - that would have
made it even more magical I think.

 

[dgodave]

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Wish we could see Vuelta Nairo vs. Tour Froome.

Form wise in this Vuelta, Froome had enough to win.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Seemed like a sarcastic applause to me...

But in any case, great effort from Froome. Quintana closed things down so easily though.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

The era of Contador is finally over.

 

[McLovin]

Contador drops a teammate and throw him out of TDF podium. Froome applauds biggest rival.

 

[MatParker117]

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Wish we could see Vuelta Nairo vs. Tour Froome.

Form wise in this Vuelta, Froome had enough to win.

Froome's tour team would of shut that move on stage 15 down as well.

 

[doperhopper]

what a killer face from Latour over the finish line... will Sky grab him to fulfill Brailsford's prophecy that he'd love to coach the french Tour winner?

 

[This Charming Man]

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Fair play Chris, great great rider.

Chris Froome showing massive class, he has won my respect.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice win by Latour.
Great footage (is that how you spell it?) of Froome applauding Quintana.

 

[Kwibus]

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Wow, Contador looks old all of a sudden, time to bow out gracefully...

Could very well be, but I wouldn't be surprised if he can show up in great form in a GT next year. If he doesn't crash....
Or maybe he's done. Maybe. I don't think he can reach the level of Froome/Quintana anymore.... Allthough I did think he could challenge this TdF. Guess we'll see next year

He is done. Spent last 3 seasons trying to come up with enough excuses to still give some blind fans a bit of hope that he can even come close to Quintana and Froome's level

Sigh. Thank you for enlightment damian. Just what I needed an fair and objective opinion....

 

[seldon71]

And Felline took possession of points jersey today. Well deserved!!!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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The era of Contador is finally over.

Indeed. An impressive era it was though.

 

[Zoophonic]

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Seemed like a sarcastic applause to me...

But in any case, great effort from Froome. Quintana closed things down so easily though.

How did that look like sarcastic applause? What does sarcastic applause look like? I'm going to go with a respectful acknowledgement of the better rider over three weeks. That would be the right summation.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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And Felline took possession of points jersey today. Well deserved!!!

shouldn't have trouble holding it tomorrow.
well done

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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The era of Contador is finally over.

Indeed. An impressive era it was though.

Yes indeed. Cycling wouldn't have been quite as fun without him the last 10 years.