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I'm sure he'll be better, but I'm not sure that he'll be much better than the Giro. Not like Tour 14 shape, but i have hopes for Vuelta 2014 shape. He's clearly bigger at his upperbody, and need to loose some weight.
I think Froome's obviously showing improvement, and TVG have been good all year, so he's probably a little bit further in his preparations.
I'm also quite confident Nibali will show the same form as last year, but we haven't seen him in top shape against any of the top guys on a longer MTF. I think he'll be the weakest of the 4.
Quintana will only be better than today.
As I stated, i didn't say that he'll be dropped by the others. But I think he'll be in the mix, but not at a level where he'll drop any of them on purpose. That's why it's important to be in front of the others when they hit the mountains, because it gives him the edge that he can wheelsuck and counter attack.
I know that Contador already won the Giro, but he's also the biggest star of the four. They'll look at him and say "hey, dont you want the double? I'll just come back next year, no problem."
BlurryVII said:rm7 said:In this form, compared to what the other are showing, I'm not so sure that Contador can drop any of them in the mountains, if he's the one that have to gain time. Not sure that they can drop him either, but Contador is the one that have more too loose.
I don't agree with that. First Contador is probably going to be (much?) better at the Tour. Second what did the others show? Nibali is even worse compared to last year at the Dauphiné, Froome struggled to distance TVG, and Quintana can't do anything else other than wheelsucking, of course it's easier since he doesn't expose himself to counter attacks which could've get him dropped if he tried to push .
And on the contrary, Contador is the one who has least to lose here, he won the Giro. The others put all the eggs in one basket, they only have one shot to make their season successful.
However, I agree on the fact that we'll probably not see peak Contador (Tour 09' - Tour 14' shape) this season. He's gonna be up there in the mix but not above them.
I'm sure he'll be better, but I'm not sure that he'll be much better than the Giro. Not like Tour 14 shape, but i have hopes for Vuelta 2014 shape. He's clearly bigger at his upperbody, and need to loose some weight.
I think Froome's obviously showing improvement, and TVG have been good all year, so he's probably a little bit further in his preparations.
I'm also quite confident Nibali will show the same form as last year, but we haven't seen him in top shape against any of the top guys on a longer MTF. I think he'll be the weakest of the 4.
Quintana will only be better than today.
As I stated, i didn't say that he'll be dropped by the others. But I think he'll be in the mix, but not at a level where he'll drop any of them on purpose. That's why it's important to be in front of the others when they hit the mountains, because it gives him the edge that he can wheelsuck and counter attack.
I know that Contador already won the Giro, but he's also the biggest star of the four. They'll look at him and say "hey, dont you want the double? I'll just come back next year, no problem."