Miburo said:But long range is relative, is going 10 km from the aubisque long range? Not really but he can take a minute if he's in great shape, we'll see.
For now quintana is better so it's ridiculous thinking that, but contador didn't finish the tour and he crashed the day before so next week many things can change
IMA said:Miburo said:But long range is relative, is going 10 km from the aubisque long range? Not really but he can take a minute if he's in great shape, we'll see.
For now quintana is better so it's ridiculous thinking that, but contador didn't finish the tour and he crashed the day before so next week many things can change
Exactly. Before thinking in gaining time, he has to stop losing time with Quintana. And that won´t be easy because Nairo is in great shape and he´s performing better than ever in muritos. In Movi they know how important is this Vuelta for his career...Another failure would be dreadful for him and for the sponsor.
It´s going to be a tight battle between him, Quintana, Froome (and Chaves?), and Nairo is going to wheelsuck big time like never before. So he has to be careful not to attack too crazy or Quintana will take advantage of it.
Fortunately the bright minds that run Movistar won´t use Valverde properly.
Miburo said:Porte closed him down after Contador did a long range attack in the same stage bro.
And Porte is top tier in 1 week races, better than froome imo
PremierAndrew said:Miburo said:Porte closed him down after Contador did a long range attack in the same stage bro.
And Porte is top tier in 1 week races, better than froome imo
When was the last time Porte beat Froome in a 1 week race?
Jelantik said:I'm not convinced about Contador's form yet. Yesterday and today showed his level of fitness. yes, there would be reason because of his crash, but his fitness probably not very far. I'm not convinced that Froome is presumably fading either. He made a big mistake by attacking and blew himself out. Too confident probably? Quintana so far looked like Contador when he were fit. Climbing and accelerating with ease.
Contador has a long way to go with his fitness. He still has to drop Froome before he can get to Quintana. 1+ minutes isn't an easy task. He'd better has a stellar form in the making in order to overtake these guys (which I'm not convinced). Even a yo-yoing Froome can still claw back when he got dropped. Up to this point, Contador so far is slightly better than Valverde. Quintana is by far better than Contador and I consider Froome is still better than him. Quintana and Froome have to be somewhat fading somewhere for Contador to have a chance. I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. Nice to see Contador bounces back, but not too convince with his level of fitness yet.
Miburo said:Porte closed him down after Contador did a long range attack in the same stage bro.
And Porte is top tier in 1 week races, better than froome imo[/quote]
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LaFlorecita said:Porte is more consistent in 1-week stage races than Froome though. But that is a discussion for another thread.
Don't worry, you're slowly working your way there.PremierAndrew said:And mods, before you say it, this post clearly belongs in the Contador discussion thread, so leave it yeah? thx