Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[ILovecycling]

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I want to see his brother and Anacona set a high pace from the bottom and Quintana explode and take the victory as he did on Terminillo.

#VamosNairo #ElSuenoAmarillo

This!

Btw I agree with those other posts, he looked pretty good on that kind of parcours...on the other hand Im annoyed by his 'testing' ''''attacks''''

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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I liked him too, but yesterday's kind of parcours aren't suited for him. He needs long and steady climbs.

Nairo's good on long and steady climbs, but he fares even better on descents where everyone else has been told the race is neutralised.

 

[Valv.Piti]

YEEEEEEES

SUENOAMARILLO

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Epic Nairo today.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

The was a great show of strenght Gonna be hard to beat him in the tour

 

[Escarabajo]

Great ride today. He seems to be a bit ticked off about the comments on his lack of attacking on last year's Tour. Hope everything goes OK for him.

 

[del1962]

super impressive performance today

 

[gospina]

Here is the thing about Nairo that I like. When doing interviews, he is direct with his answers. "yes, I felt good and felt I had to attack. I don't know if Contador was hurting, I had to attack to have a good chance of winning. I am in good shape. I prepared for this and I'm not surprised by it, it is what you earn when you prepare. It is where I need to be right now in preparation for the Tour de France". He has also said "It is time for me to win the Tour. I know where I need to be, I know where I made mistakes. I am mentally ready for it and I expect it of me as well as the people (fans) expect of me.".

 

[May0maniac]

Nairo always seems to be super strong when it's cold and when there's some snow near the road.
If he manages to win Catalunya it's a great moral boost, a victory over Froome and Contador will give him even more confidence for the Tour. I'd like to see him ride a longer stage race and not just RdS before the Tour.

 

[sir fly]

The way Quintana rode two latest stages is showing the mindset of a champion.
He doesn't want to get stuck in the role of "eternal second".

 

[AlexNYC]

I'm not surprised by Nairo's form, he's usually very strong right after his high altitude training in Colombia; but I still wasn't expecting him to win here since he seems to be very susceptible to pollen allergies during early springtime. Hopefully he'll stay healthy the rest of this race and through Pais Vasco.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Here is the thing about Nairo that I like. When doing interviews, he is direct with his answers. "yes, I felt good and felt I had to attack. I don't know if Contador was hurting, I had to attack to have a good chance of winning. I am in good shape. I prepared for this and I'm not surprised by it, it is what you earn when you prepare. It is where I need to be right now in preparation for the Tour de France". He has also said "It is time for me to win the Tour. I know where I need to be, I know where I made mistakes. I am mentally ready for it and I expect it of me as well as the people (fans) expect of me.".

I really like that interview as well.

Thanks!

 

[Eclipse]

Good stuff so far from Nairo. Nothing too much to read into how the summer looks but his form is good here and his willingness to take it on himself is good to see

 

[Valv.Piti]

Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

 

[Arredondo]

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Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

Henao and.. Purito? I honestly can see anyone challenging for real, but maybe Purito is the master of timing. Maybe Pinot, but he isn't too explosive.

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

Henao and.. Purito? I honestly can see anyone challenging for real, but maybe Purito is the master of timing. Maybe Pinot, but he isn't too explosive.

Purito better show something! Then there is Aru, Landa, Dan Martin. Tony Gallopin could be a surprise on these types of climbs.

 

[Arredondo]

Re: Re:

Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

Henao and.. Purito? I honestly can see anyone challenging for real, but maybe Purito is the master of timing. Maybe Pinot, but he isn't too explosive.

Henao for sure. Last year he was better then Quintana too, although Nairo is stronger now. But Pais Vasco suits him less with the shorter and steeper climbs, while Henao is rapidly becoming the new murito master.

And i don't know with Purito, but i thought his showing on Port Aine was good for someone who was deperately trying to find some form. I mean, he will finish 11th in Catalunya. It's better then last year, when his best place before Pais Vasco was 13th in Tirreno

I see Henao and Purito as serious challengers for Nairo and Contador. Pinot i agree, he isn't explosive enough.

 

[Velolover2]

The Yates brothers deserve a mention too. Both know how to handle short, steep climbs.

And Dumoulin who is oddly enough better on steep, short climbs than he is on the longer, gradual ones.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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The Yates brothers deserve a mention too. Both know how to handle short, steep climbs.

And Dumoulin who is oddly enough better on steep, short climbs than he is on the longer, gradual ones.

I think Aru and Landa are a bit too far from to shape, surely Landa is, and Dumoulin seems to not be going too well. Its too tough for Gallopin, Dan Martin's ceiling is top-5 probably. The Yates are interesting, but I have no idea how they are doing this year and they shouldn't be able to beat either Quintana or Contador. Unless Quintana obviously get beaten by Izaguirre again... lets not hope for that.

 

[staubsauger]

Ain't nobody knows whether Aru even bothered enough about Catalunya to really test his legs on the cols or if he just got some racing miles in his legs. He really seems to follow the Rasmussen approach of training and peaking. He talked about Basque Country as a major goal since last winter. Astana shouldn't have lightened his racing schedule for harming his shape there. Normally he should be in a hole other league at Itzulia.

Landa ain't nobody knows anything. Apparently he still trained very hard after all? Despite his illness. Quickly rides himself in shape like Pantani. Could be ready for Itzulia already. Normally not. But who knows.

I ain't gonna be surprised at all if Landa and/ or Aru suddenly beat Quintana at Itzulia. It ain't no surprise to me as well if both are totally chanceless.

 

[roundabout]

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Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

Henao and.. Purito? I honestly can see anyone challenging for real, but maybe Purito is the master of timing. Maybe Pinot, but he isn't too explosive.

And i don't know with Purito, but i thought his showing on Port Aine was good for someone who was deperately trying to find some form. I mean, he will finish 11th in Catalunya. It's better then last year, when his best place before Pais Vasco was 13th in Tirreno

The only reason that he finished 13th in Tirreno last year were 2 poor time trials. On road stages he was perfectly adequate.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Ain't nobody knows whether Aru even bothered enough about Catalunya to really test his legs on the cols or if he just got some racing miles in his legs. He really seems to follow the Rasmussen approach of training and peaking. He talked about Basque Country as a major goal since last winter. Astana shouldn't have lightened his racing schedule for harming his shape there. Normally he should be in a hole other league at Itzulia.

Landa ain't nobody knows anything. Apparently he still trained very hard after all? Despite his illness. Quickly rides himself in shape like Pantani. Could be ready for Itzulia already. Normally not. But who knows.

I ain't gonna be surprised at all if Landa and/ or Aru suddenly beat Quintana at Itzulia. It ain't no surprise to me as well if both are totally chanceless.

I catched a few glimpses of Aru. Lets just say that he didn't look any different than when he is struggling the most Seriously, he has a shot, but I think he is just a tad worse formwise to Contador/Quintana atm.

Landa 99% won't ride for the overall in this race. He will most likely try to help Henao or/and win a stage.

 

[Arredondo]

Re: Re:

Funny how much the MTF changed the bookmakers July outlook: Quintana is now only at 2,75 compared to pre-Catalunya 4. Gonna be funny how this develops in Pais Vasco when he once again will face Contador where I expect Contador to have a little advantage.

I expect some other riders at their level too. Pais Vasco is just such a different race.

Henao and.. Purito? I honestly can see anyone challenging for real, but maybe Purito is the master of timing. Maybe Pinot, but he isn't too explosive.

And i don't know with Purito, but i thought his showing on Port Aine was good for someone who was deperately trying to find some form. I mean, he will finish 11th in Catalunya. It's better then last year, when his best place before Pais Vasco was 13th in Tirreno

The only reason that he finished 13th in Tirreno last year were 2 poor time trials. On road stages he was perfectly adequate.

I know. It was more of a joke

But i still believe he will challenge those two in PV. Not win perhaps, but be in the mix.

 

[Mr.White]

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Ain't nobody knows whether Aru even bothered enough about Catalunya to really test his legs on the cols or if he just got some racing miles in his legs. He really seems to follow the Rasmussen approach of training and peaking. He talked about Basque Country as a major goal since last winter. Astana shouldn't have lightened his racing schedule for harming his shape there. Normally he should be in a hole other league at Itzulia.

Landa ain't nobody knows anything. Apparently he still trained very hard after all? Despite his illness. Quickly rides himself in shape like Pantani. Could be ready for Itzulia already. Normally not. But who knows.

I ain't gonna be surprised at all if Landa and/ or Aru suddenly beat Quintana at Itzulia. It ain't no surprise to me as well if both are totally chanceless.

Aru and Landa can't win Itzulia, and I doubt they can even podium. They're 3 week riders