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BigMac said:
Taxus4a said:
I follow all the moment his times and I still think he is the stronger of the race and he can win this race.
Today he has a bad moment in la Gallina, as I aid, he is not a climber and today is a day for climbers, and he is not so supertrong as now is Domoulin and he was in le Tour: Not good stage for him, too short and hard, rain, and the crash.. all together was bad, but he recovered well and didnt lose too much.
Whay I cant undertand is why his team didnt help him too much, just Thomas at the begining.
He showed all his determination today.
How do you reckon he will take back 8 minutes from Aru?
And his team didn't help him because they all blew up once Astana put the hammer down. They were bluffing at the front, setting pace, however mild. That way they wouldn't be dropped while at the same time not making it obvious to other teams that they were suffering. It was smart, but Astana are cunning.
If I am not wrong, there was Sky riders in front of him in la Gallina, I can understand Nieve was in the front, becouse Nieve is a rider for a top ten and good for stage like today and specially longer ones like Alba, although he will lost 5 minutes in Burgos with Froome, , 8 minute is the wind is like this eveningh here in Burgos, I even could understand Boswell, becoue he was triong and in the front, but I think there was more riders, maybe some of them help Froome after la Gallina, but not from the begining.
The team dontnt like Froome too much, they just want him for le Tour, Sky showed that from the begining.
any way alto Campoo is perfect for Froome, not like today, he can recover 3 minute that day, and another 2 in Alba.
Purito and Aru will lose too much in the ITT, Valverde didnt take today too much time, and he will loe a little every day with Froome, but he is the reference for me, Domoulin could pay the lat week.. and one importante thing, in the last 3 stages after the ITT , minutes can go as today...
If Sky use his riders Ok in Riaza stage and if Aru has a bad day, he can lose 10 minutes with Froome, that is a really though stage at the end of La Vuelta.
This is still very long, but I dont rely too much in SKY, Froome is ambitipous, but not his team, they maybe just want team clasification, one stage, a top ten...