Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[Panda Claws]

quintana had never done any classics race before and he showed to be very strong in lbl. he'll be a factor there too in the future. he said he really liked the races

Will he be one of the 3 leaders at the worlds along with Urán and Henao, or will there be one absolute leader?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Will he be one of the 3 leaders at the worlds along with Urán and Henao, or will there be one absolute leader?

henao, betancurt and quintana(not uran) will dominate global cycling and there are more coming from colombia

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Have really fallen for the colombians this year. Betancur nad Quintana are both definetly in my top 15 favourite riders list by now.

 

[Panda Claws]

Have really fallen for the colombians this year. Betancur nad Quintana are both definetly in my top 15 favourite riders list by now.

I don't really like Betancur and Urán, but Henao is ok and Quintana is rapidly becoming one of my favorite riders.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I don't really like Betancur and Urán, but Henao is ok and Quintana is rapidly becoming one of my favorite riders.

The way Betancur was climbing and attacking in May made me fall a bit in love with the guy

 

[Spider1964]

henao, betancurt and quintana(not uran) will dominate global cycling and there are more coming from colombia

The highlighted shows why some people in these forums consider your views to be OTT.

Sure, there will be excellent climbers / riders to come out of Columbia, just as there will be excellent riders come from many countries, but the Columbians will not dominate global cycling.

Looking forward to watching Quintana progress anyway.

 

[Panda Claws]

I wonder if the WC profile is tough enough for the Colombians.

Ah by the way Ryo, is Quintana friends with Betancur too like Urán is? In terms of Colombians not riding after other Colombians like Betancur and Urán did at the Giro.

 

[Jelantik]

Will he be one of the 3 leaders at the worlds along with Urán and Henao, or will there be one absolute leader?

if quintana make it to second spot in TDF, he should be the sole leader. Sure uran was second spot too, but TDF is bigger than the Giro.

 

[cineteq]

The highlighted shows why some people in these forums consider your views to be OTT.

Sure, there will be excellent climbers / riders to come out of Columbia, just as there will be excellent riders come from many countries, but the Columbians will not dominate global cycling.

Looking forward to watching Quintana progress anyway.

 

[Spider1964]

 

[happychappy]

 

[IndianCyclist]

Quintana looks to be the first person after Ullrich to finish TDF in 2nd place on debut.

 

[MrNovember]

it's a thrill to watch this boy race as long as they don't frame his grandfather face.

 

[jens_attacks]

what a legend nairito is _O_

 

[SafeBet]

This is not grammar, it's geography.


Nairo Q is going for the triplete today: white, pois and of course yellow.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

The highlighted shows why some people in these forums consider your views to be OTT.

Sure, there will be excellent climbers / riders to come out of Columbia, just as there will be excellent riders come from many countries, but the Columbians will not dominate global cycling.

Looking forward to watching Quintana progress anyway.

in case you haven't noticed. colombia is already number 1 cycling country in wt rankings, with just 4 guys and all under 26

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I wonder if the WC profile is tough enough for the Colombians.

Ah by the way Ryo, is Quintana friends with Betancur too like Urán is? In terms of Colombians not riding after other Colombians like Betancur and Urán did at the Giro.

quintana isn;'t friends with any riders basically. he;'s typical boyacan. compare him to soler in that regard, a solitary monk on his bike. that's why he doesn't need any countrymen in his team either.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Quintana looks to be the first person after Ullrich to finish TDF in 2nd place on debut.

and also take polkda dots, when has that ever happened?

 

[the asian]

Couldn't watch much of the Tour action but glad that he is doing very well and on course for the podium !

 

[TomasC]

Hopefully this hasn't been posted. The commentary is a gem , well at least for those who understand Spanish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D18C1ecklcE.

 

[saneguy]

For me he was the star of the Tour. He needs to improve his TT and then it would be a mouth-watering contest between Froome and him. I'd bet on Nairo anyday

 

[liamito]

does anybody know if he will defend his win in Emilia?

 

[all_in]

does anybody know if he will defend his win in Emilia?

He will not race Emilia this year.Burgos,training camp at home in Colombia,Tour of Britain,WC and Lombardia.This is his full schedule for the rest of the year.

 

[del1962]

He will not race Emilia this year.Burgos,training camp at home in Colombia,Tour of Britain,WC and Lombardia.This is his full schedule for the rest of the year.

HE is doing the TOB, cool, will try and get to Lake District stage.

 

[JRanton]

For me he was the star of the Tour. He needs to improve his TT and then it would be a mouth-watering contest between Froome and him. I'd bet on Nairo anyday

He can make some improvements in the flat TT of course but he's always going to give quite a bit of time away to Froome. The gap was 3:15 in the Mont-Saint-Michel TT and the opening 10km or so of that weren't completely flat. If there's a 40km+ flat TT in the 2014 Tour then it's very hard to see Quintana beating Froome, barring accidents and illness (which of course can certainly happen!).

Having said that we have very little evidence to show what Quintana is capable of in a long flat TT. There was last year's Dauphine, when he probably wasn't going full gas, and the first TT of this year's Tour. That's it!