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Brullnux said:He'd beat Froome climbing like this.
Honestly think he would've. Dumoulin did all work for the whole climb, like Quintana, and beat him by almost 10 seconds. Not even Froome could do that.BigMac said:Brullnux said:He'd beat Froome climbing like this.
He might not have, but it was unreal regardless.
Going to watch the rest of this race with popcorn.
Brullnux said:Honestly think he would've. Dumoulin did all work for the whole climb, like Quintana, and beat him by almost 10 seconds. Not even Froome could do that.BigMac said:Brullnux said:He'd beat Froome climbing like this.
He might not have, but it was unreal regardless.
Going to watch the rest of this race with popcorn.
meat puppet said:Well, now we know.
gmedina said:"time trialing" skills....who buys that..jebus
Not on a 6km irregular climb with Quintana so close to his best.BigMac said:Brullnux said:Honestly think he would've. Dumoulin did all work for the whole climb, like Quintana, and beat him by almost 10 seconds. Not even Froome could do that.BigMac said:Brullnux said:He'd beat Froome climbing like this.
He might not have, but it was unreal regardless.
Going to watch the rest of this race with popcorn.
Froome beat Quintana by more than 10 seconds multiple times. And Quintana isn't looking too strong, surely not at his best. That's why I think Froome would still have beaten everyone here today. But yeah, that's really beyond the point. Dumoulin was nuclear.
GraftPunk said:meat puppet said:Well, now we know.
Yup. Fresh as a daisy in interviews as well. Ugh.
But it's the adrenaline...benzwire said:GraftPunk said:meat puppet said:Well, now we know.
Yup. Fresh as a daisy in interviews as well. Ugh.
That's funny you say that. I remember watching in the 80's (pre-EPO, etc.) and the riders (winner included) would be exhausted after a mountaintop finish like this. Even 15-20 minutes post-race, they could barely give a coherent interview or at least they showed they gave an all-out effort. Sure lots of those guys were juiced, but the guys today just seem like they were on a nice, easy jaunt around the neighborhood. Doesn't seem possible or normal.