calm down guys time will tell , for sure colombia will win a lot of gt with Quintana , with Lopez , and with Bernal that is almost sure , of course we have to see who will win more , that is really diffucult to predict
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Has he had a reputation of being very aggressive? I mean today was a rather obvious attack when Contador went since Lopez is the best climber, he was sitting in 10th and it was the only place to make the difference. I don't know myself.MikeTichondrius said:This Vuelta sure is making me take notice of Lopez. Didn't realize how strong he was until now. Speaking from a neutral standpoint, Contador fans might have a new hero in the making to replace their guy. Sure is who he reminds me of.
He's aggressive when he needs to be. Hell, just a month or so ago he attacked in Austria with like 70k to go.Valv.Piti said:Has he had a reputation of being very aggressive? I mean today was a rather obvious attack when Contador went since Lopez is the best climber, he was sitting in 10th and it was the only place to make the difference. I don't know myself.MikeTichondrius said:This Vuelta sure is making me take notice of Lopez. Didn't realize how strong he was until now. Speaking from a neutral standpoint, Contador fans might have a new hero in the making to replace their guy. Sure is who he reminds me of.
Sestriere said:When is Sky going to buy him? If not already happened, Brailsford will call his manager tonight for sure.
telencefalus said:of course Quintana was better at 23 , but just by a very small margin , what he did against Froome in 2013 is something from the ages , fantastic
Yep, Quintana is pretty overestimated because of that one stage win compared to Pantani 1994!MatParker117 said:telencefalus said:of course Quintana was better at 23 , but just by a very small margin , what he did against Froome in 2013 is something from the ages , fantastic
Lose by four minutes?
You were the one who started in the wrong thread.portugal11 said:You have to respect different opinions... sick of these patriot fans.. this is not quintana appreciation threadEscarabajo said:Your usual glorious posts. Lol.portugal11 said:Nairo always was a overrated climber, he never showed something similar to pre ban contador. Quintana us no longer capable of winning the tour because I think he didn't improve since 2015 (I think he regressed) but he can win a giro or a vuelta
Don't worry, Quintana will be back. He is a natural!!
Escarabajo said:You were the one who started in the wrong thread.portugal11 said:You have to respect different opinions... sick of these patriot fans.. this is not quintana appreciation threadEscarabajo said:Your usual glorious posts. Lol.portugal11 said:Nairo always was a overrated climber, he never showed something similar to pre ban contador. Quintana us no longer capable of winning the tour because I think he didn't improve since 2015 (I think he regressed) but he can win a giro or a vuelta
Don't worry, Quintana will be back. He is a natural!!
DNP-Old said:He's aggressive when he needs to be. Hell, just a month or so ago he attacked in Austria with like 70k to go.Valv.Piti said:Has he had a reputation of being very aggressive? I mean today was a rather obvious attack when Contador went since Lopez is the best climber, he was sitting in 10th and it was the only place to make the difference. I don't know myself.MikeTichondrius said:This Vuelta sure is making me take notice of Lopez. Didn't realize how strong he was until now. Speaking from a neutral standpoint, Contador fans might have a new hero in the making to replace their guy. Sure is who he reminds me of.
Yep, Quintana is pretty overestimated because of that one stage win compared to Pantani 1994![/quostaubsauger said:MatParker117 said:telencefalus said:of course Quintana was better at 23 , but just by a very small margin , what he did against Froome in 2013 is something from the ages , fantastic
Lose by four minutes?
I had the 1994 Giro d'Italia in mind, where Pantani did beat a certain Miguel Indurain for second place.telencefalus said:Yep, Quintana is pretty overestimated because of that one stage win compared to Pantani 1994![/quostaubsauger said:MatParker117 said:telencefalus said:of course Quintana was better at 23 , but just by a very small margin , what he did against Froome in 2013 is something from the ages , fantastic
Lose by four minutes?
Have to say that Pantani in 1994 arrived behind urugomov , do you remeber or you are too Young.
However this is mal thread and i say that i will never do the prediction that many did , how you can be sure that he will be better than Nairo , this is an opinion that could be very wrong , who knows
staubsauger said:I had the 1994 Giro d'Italia in mind, where Pantani did beat a certain Miguel Indurain for second place.telencefalus said:Yep, Quintana is pretty overestimated because of that one stage win compared to Pantani 1994![/quostaubsauger said:MatParker117 said:telencefalus said:of course Quintana was better at 23 , but just by a very small margin , what he did against Froome in 2013 is something from the ages , fantastic
Lose by four minutes?
Have to say that Pantani in 1994 arrived behind urugomov , do you remeber or you are too Young.
However this is mal thread and i say that i will never do the prediction that many did , how you can be sure that he will be better than Nairo , this is an opinion that could be very wrong , who knows
Anyway, Ugrumov was second at the Giro d'Italia the year before, won the baby Giro and podiumed Course de la Paix. In fact he's been one of the most talented guys of the ninenties and in 1994 he was literally flying for well known reasons. Pantani still finished that Tour ahead of LeBlanc and Virenque who lost his podium spot to little Marco in the final mtt!
Is this a joke?huge said:In my opinion people jump far too easily to conclusions.
Lopez is riding a very good Vuelta. True. What else so spectacular has he done before to hype him so much now?
Maybe he will just disappear.
Comparing him to NQ is totally meaningless, at the moment.
DFA123 said:Is this a joke?huge said:In my opinion people jump far too easily to conclusions.
Lopez is riding a very good Vuelta. True. What else so spectacular has he done before to hype him so much now?
Maybe he will just disappear.
Comparing him to NQ is totally meaningless, at the moment.
He's 23 and has missed large chunks of the last years injured, yet still has nine pro wins already. Including the GC at Suisse and Milano Torino. He also won Tour de l'Avenir and now has two MTF wins in a Vuelta with very good competition - and is in contention for a podium.huge said:DFA123 said:Is this a joke?huge said:In my opinion people jump far too easily to conclusions.
Lopez is riding a very good Vuelta. True. What else so spectacular has he done before to hype him so much now?
Maybe he will just disappear.
Comparing him to NQ is totally meaningless, at the moment.
Damn serious.
What has he done till now?
Won the Tour of Suisse last year? Wow.
What about 2017?? One stage at Tour of Austria... spectacular
Tell me why I should think that he is on par with NQ?
At the moment (and I repeat it, at the moment) they are not even in the same league.
huge said:DFA123 said:Is this a joke?huge said:In my opinion people jump far too easily to conclusions.
Lopez is riding a very good Vuelta. True. What else so spectacular has he done before to hype him so much now?
Maybe he will just disappear.
Comparing him to NQ is totally meaningless, at the moment.
Damn serious.
What has he done till now?
Won the Tour of Suisse last year? Wow.
What about 2017?? One stage at Tour of Austria... spectacular
Tell me why I should think that he is on par with NQ?
At the moment (and I repeat it, at the moment) they are not even in the same league.
I'm not saying he can't become a great GT rider. Just saying that's way too early to make such a conclusion.
He is very young. He is definitely proving himself to be a strong rider. But let's not jump ahead of ourselves. Let's wait and see how he'll do.