36th Route du Sud

[Gloin22]

he is a huge talent and betancourt too.
both will be a factor in next GTs. probably henao too
uran is improving little by little, the vuelta will be probably a breaking point for him.
for fabio duarte , we have to wait.
atapuma will be great for stage hunting on the mountains and probably cheves will have a similar prophile.

fo the world, with a finish on the cauberg, betancur duarte and uran can play their cards!!!!

'Breaking point for Uran ?' If he'll be the leader there mate

''probably Henao too ?'' He's the only one that proved anything in GT's so far

 

[profff]

probably froome will be the leader, but uran deserves a role of protected rider.

quintana won tour de l' avenir, betancourt destroyed the field at giro bio and won vuelta joventud in colombia.
that means something and it is meaningful also for dombrowski, who is winning giro bio.

today quintana won a very hard stage, a beautiful mountain stage.
i really hope proudhomme will use a parcours like that in the tour.

real cycling, like in the old times, riders going full gas from the tourlalet, with two climbs still to go.
there were big gaps like in the seventies, really a day where a victory means something.
i admit that the opposition was at a different level than a WT, but the rider arrived 1 by 1, with minutes of difference.


when at the beginning of the tear i was saying that a colombian wave was coming, many were skeptical.
the wave has come, they scored victories and good performances.
and the season is not finished
and next year they will be better.
they are all young

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Jonathan Tiernan Locke's interview :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYX_NqqMEFA&feature=youtu.be

La minute de Daniel Mangeas (official speaker of the Tour de France) of the day :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Qjd0i8Jao&feature=relmfu

 

[webvan]

Thanks, I was hoping for some videos in that minute, but nothing :-(

 

[Kwibus]

I'm convinced that Quintana is the real deal. I hope he can keep on progressing as well.
He seems to be the real pure climber coming from Colombia. A rider that will most likely drop everyone on a HC climb. Not a great TT, but his climbing seems to be real deal.

 

[profff]

quintana did not lost time in the downhill both un joux plane and spandelles.
he can tt enough to defend himself in a GT.

 

[will10]

The descent of Joux Plane was where Quintana impressed me the most tbh.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Crazy time gaps

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Final Stage
1 BELLETTI Manuel ALM 3h09'31''
2 POULHIES Stéphane SAU à 0''
3 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose ACG ''
4 GODDAERT Kristof ALM ''
5 ISTA Kevin ACC ''
6 CAETHOVEN Steven ACC ''
7 FONSECA Armindo BSC ''
8 BARLE Florent COF ''
9 DRUJON Mathieu AUB ''
10 HUPOND Thierry ARG ''


Final GC
1. QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexande MOV 18h18'28''
2 DUPONT Hubert ALM à 48''
3 CHARTEAU Anthony EUC à 03'55''
4 ELISSONDE Kenny FDJ à 05'38''
5 PERGET Mathieu ALM à 06'38''
6 TALABARDON Yannick SAU à 06'51''
7 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio MOV à 07'30''
8 CHIARINI Riccardo AND à 08'22''
9 PALOMARES VILLAPLAN Adrian ACG à 09'13''
10 ANTONOV Mikhail LOK à 12'12''

 

[will10]

Would be great to see Quintana drafted in for the Tour in case of injury etc

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Good day for Movistar!

I see why Quintana isn't doing the Tour (not suited to him), but are there really any Vuelta stages truly hard enough for a guy that seems to be rather like a Lucho Herrera-esque traditional Colombian pure climber? Can't wait to see him on Arrate though - make it hard right from the word go.

 

[greenedge]

It's a pity there is no best young rider classification/ jersey at the Vuelta.

Congrats to Belleti.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

To see all photos : Official Facebook Page of the Route du Sud.

 

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[Antoine_Blondin]

Some videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-k8Luv5G0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIvycX-swxE&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbsrMYpbpzA&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXHHfpK1Hk&feature=plcp

 

[the asian]

Really happy for Quintana

 

[Michele]

Thanks for sharing the photos!

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Other videos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSjfN_SNH7Q&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4pwYEQ48PE&feature=youtu.be

 

[RHRH19861986]

Thanks a lot, Antoine, for all these great photos and links to this great stage race!!

 

[Angliru]

Thanks for the great photos! Much appreciated!

Quintana is quite the exciting prospect.