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Armchair cyclist said:Good to give podium time to winner's team
It happened in earlier years as wellTommyGun said:Armchair cyclist said:Good to give podium time to winner's team
Yes, very unusual. I guess it was not prepared (Prudhomme would not have any of this on the Champs ).
Was also very surprised by Dumoulin getting beaten in the stage!Forever The Best said:Congrats TD!
I wanted Nibali to win but at least he won a stage and was competitive through the whole race.
Glad that Quintana lost after spending many opportunities. Pinot once again disappointing in a TT. Also Zaka did worse than I expected.
Very happy about Jungels getting the white jersey.
LaFlorecita said:It happened in earlier years as wellTommyGun said:Armchair cyclist said:Good to give podium time to winner's team
Yes, very unusual. I guess it was not prepared (Prudhomme would not have any of this on the Champs ).
Libertine Seguros said:Probably at the start of the day he'd have been concerned about the podium. They were saying on the TV that the Movistar guys were looking pretty glum this morning as they checked the course, Nairo was feeling tired and the course was so un-suited to him. While he should by rights be absolutely gutted to have lost the maglia rosa on the final day, I honestly thought when he set off there was a possibility he'd be 5th by the time he rolled across the line. There was an outside chance, based on the form he'd shown this last week, that the Kamaz truck that is Zakarin would pull out a podium TT, but it seems he's exhausted from his efforts and that helped, plus Tibopino wasn't at his best. If those guys had pulled out their best TT form, just a slipped shift or overcooked corner (which we nearly got) could have deposited Nairo outside the podium, which would have been disastrous.RattaKuningas said:Ramira said:That smile on Quintana's face doesn't look like someone who's crushed he didn't win.
He is used to being 2nd in GTs I guess.
I think that he often gets stick he doesn't deserve for a negative mindset (although in the past he has relied too much on "one big gamble on one big stage" as a tactic and his pokerface means he doesn't come across as laying it all on the line, even if he's not attacking because he simply doesn't have the legs to) and he has been as aggressive as his legs have allowed for much of (albeit not all of) the race, but at the same time I think today it looked like they went in with the mindset that they expected to drop if others were at their best and were therefore pleased to protect 2nd.
Still, all of the top 4 won key stages, all of them in the mountains and the overall winner won a TT too for good measure. That's pretty good going in today's "save energy until the last, and let the break take it" péloton.
Yingge said:Quintana and Nibali may have been beaten today, but at least they did better than when the Schleck's rode the TT in Grenoble and were humbled by Evans.
Nope, 4 Italian wins was the lowest... until now.jaylew said:So, just the one Italian stage win? Has that happened before?
Irondan said:Another GT is finished, now I get to deal with that lost feeling I get for the next few mornings after they end.
Waking up to watching pro cycling races is one of my favorite things to do, it's always a bummer when there's not a race on in the morning.
jaylew said:Nairo actually beat both Zakarin and Pinot in the TT. He can't be disappointed at all in that ride.
Forever The Best said:Was also very surprised by Dumoulin getting beaten in the stage!Forever The Best said:Congrats TD!
I wanted Nibali to win but at least he won a stage and was competitive through the whole race.
Glad that Quintana lost after spending many opportunities. Pinot once again disappointing in a TT. Also Zaka did worse than I expected.
Very happy about Jungels getting the white jersey.
Alexandre B. said:My main satisfaction: the winner is not from Astana, Sky or Movistar. For once.
Can't wait!TomLPC said:Irondan said:Another GT is finished, now I get to deal with that lost feeling I get for the next few mornings after they end.
Waking up to watching pro cycling races is one of my favorite things to do, it's always a bummer when there's not a race on in the morning.
Froome vs old man berto on alpe dhuez next week
Separate the one interview from blaming the team for general practice. Abarcá have survived 38 seasons in the pro péloton, more than any other extant team. You simply can't do that if you irritate and anger the whole péloton, much as some fair play protocols which seem to be flexible depending on which team's riders are involved, both on the part of the fans and the péloton itself, and the PR campaigns of a few recent moneyed teams who like to paint themselves as the good guys (and by necessity teams like Movistar as the bad guys) might create debate. After all, I seem to remember some people complaining about collusion by third parties with Unzué's guys in many races - so while Sunweb may be a bit peeved with them for a while here, obviously sometimes they very much do know how to win friends and influence people.Orbit501 said:Wow! What an ungracious interview from Unzue. Couldn't bring himself to congratulate Tom D at all. Movistar really do know how to win friends and influence people I see.
What was the time gap? Will it count for GC?Ramira said:He was minutes slower than Quintana and Nibali in getting on the podium.
aarononymous said:Landa looks happy to go to the Tour!
To work for Nibali?hfer07 said:aarononymous said:Landa looks happy to go to the Tour!
No he ain't, but what can he do about it?
I pray he goes to Bahrain