telencefalus said:hope landa doesn't hurt too much he will be important for nairo to win letour
saneguy said:Froome should have some fatigue hit in the last week and therefore Nairo should be patient in week 2 and merely follow Froome's wheel. Froome definitely knows week 2 is his best chance to put a huge time gap to everyone and then defend it. Expecting a lot of fireworks from Froome in the coming week. I hope Nairo can go with him.
Yeah, I think there are only a couple of riders left that could stay with the best Quintana in the high mountains. Froome is one of them, but he will definitely feel his Giro at some point.Froome should have some fatigue hit in the last week and therefore Nairo should be patient in week 2 and merely follow Froome's wheel. Froome definitely knows week 2 is his best chance to put a huge time gap to everyone and then defend it. Expecting a lot of fireworks from Froome in the coming week. I hope Nairo can go with him.
AlexNYC said:Yeah, I think there are only a couple of riders left that could stay with the best Quintana in the high mountains. Froome is one of them, but he will definitely feel his Giro at some point.Froome should have some fatigue hit in the last week and therefore Nairo should be patient in week 2 and merely follow Froome's wheel. Froome definitely knows week 2 is his best chance to put a huge time gap to everyone and then defend it. Expecting a lot of fireworks from Froome in the coming week. I hope Nairo can go with him.
Koronin said:saneguy said:Froome should have some fatigue hit in the last week and therefore Nairo should be patient in week 2 and merely follow Froome's wheel. Froome definitely knows week 2 is his best chance to put a huge time gap to everyone and then defend it. Expecting a lot of fireworks from Froome in the coming week. I hope Nairo can go with him.
Actually I think this is where Movistar having 3 riders in the GC mix AND in good position have an advantage of pushing that and forcing Froome to expend energy in week 2 that he doesn't want to expend. But they need to push it. It's possible Landa is the one who will do it as he's the one that prefer the long range attacks. Then Quintana needs to do the short range attacks while Valverde just sits right on Froome's wheel so he can out sprint Froome at the end of the stage. Thus the 3 headed monster and the fact they still have them all in the mix IF played right should make things interesting.
saneguy said:Froome should have some fatigue hit in the last week and therefore Nairo should be patient in week 2 and merely follow Froome's wheel. Froome definitely knows week 2 is his best chance to put a huge time gap to everyone and then defend it. Expecting a lot of fireworks from Froome in the coming week. I hope Nairo can go with him.
HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
saneguy said:Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
Froome seems to have this in the bag. No one literally no one can hold his wheel. Only time before G makes way for Froome in the yellow. This is going to be a real tough tour for Quintana. We are seeing the same thing again and again. Skytrain and Froome set a blistering pace on the last climb, Froome attacking and distancing Nairo in the final 3-5 kms and putting time into him in the first-second week and simply defending in the last week.
No matter how deep Froome has gone in Giro, I still think he is the strongest contender for the Tour. For Nairo it seems its all over. Might get a stage or two but not the yellow by any means - unless Froome crashes out but then G is still as strong as Froome.
So my hopes to see Nairo in the yellow are all but over. And I think tomorrow Froome will win big time on L'Alpe D'Huez - may even go in the yellow and definitely put more time into Quintana.
I'd be the most happiest person to be proved wrong on this. But it seems unlikely.....
So strange. At 28 he should be entering his peakKoronin said:saneguy said:Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
Froome seems to have this in the bag. No one literally no one can hold his wheel. Only time before G makes way for Froome in the yellow. This is going to be a real tough tour for Quintana. We are seeing the same thing again and again. Skytrain and Froome set a blistering pace on the last climb, Froome attacking and distancing Nairo in the final 3-5 kms and putting time into him in the first-second week and simply defending in the last week.
No matter how deep Froome has gone in Giro, I still think he is the strongest contender for the Tour. For Nairo it seems its all over. Might get a stage or two but not the yellow by any means - unless Froome crashes out but then G is still as strong as Froome.
So my hopes to see Nairo in the yellow are all but over. And I think tomorrow Froome will win big time on L'Alpe D'Huez - may even go in the yellow and definitely put more time into Quintana.
I'd be the most happiest person to be proved wrong on this. But it seems unlikely.....
I think today we've confirmed that Quintana has already started to decline in his abilities. I really hope Movistar moves on from him sooner rather than later. As far as I'm concerned this has to be his last shot at the Tour with Movistar.
Let's wait dor the rest of the Tour. And nobody ages the sameAmazinmets87 said:So strange. At 28 he should be entering his peakKoronin said:saneguy said:Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
Froome seems to have this in the bag. No one literally no one can hold his wheel. Only time before G makes way for Froome in the yellow. This is going to be a real tough tour for Quintana. We are seeing the same thing again and again. Skytrain and Froome set a blistering pace on the last climb, Froome attacking and distancing Nairo in the final 3-5 kms and putting time into him in the first-second week and simply defending in the last week.
No matter how deep Froome has gone in Giro, I still think he is the strongest contender for the Tour. For Nairo it seems its all over. Might get a stage or two but not the yellow by any means - unless Froome crashes out but then G is still as strong as Froome.
So my hopes to see Nairo in the yellow are all but over. And I think tomorrow Froome will win big time on L'Alpe D'Huez - may even go in the yellow and definitely put more time into Quintana.
I'd be the most happiest person to be proved wrong on this. But it seems unlikely.....
I think today we've confirmed that Quintana has already started to decline in his abilities. I really hope Movistar moves on from him sooner rather than later. As far as I'm concerned this has to be his last shot at the Tour with Movistar.
Even if he has started to decline, he's still clearly Movistar's strongest GC rider right now in the Grand Tours. So why would they move him on? Even if he can't beat Sky, he has a great chance of finishing on the podium in the Tour. Which is probably the biggest global publicity Movistar will get all year from their cycling sponsorship.Koronin said:saneguy said:Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
Froome seems to have this in the bag. No one literally no one can hold his wheel. Only time before G makes way for Froome in the yellow. This is going to be a real tough tour for Quintana. We are seeing the same thing again and again. Skytrain and Froome set a blistering pace on the last climb, Froome attacking and distancing Nairo in the final 3-5 kms and putting time into him in the first-second week and simply defending in the last week.
No matter how deep Froome has gone in Giro, I still think he is the strongest contender for the Tour. For Nairo it seems its all over. Might get a stage or two but not the yellow by any means - unless Froome crashes out but then G is still as strong as Froome.
So my hopes to see Nairo in the yellow are all but over. And I think tomorrow Froome will win big time on L'Alpe D'Huez - may even go in the yellow and definitely put more time into Quintana.
I'd be the most happiest person to be proved wrong on this. But it seems unlikely.....
I think today we've confirmed that Quintana has already started to decline in his abilities. I really hope Movistar moves on from him sooner rather than later. As far as I'm concerned this has to be his last shot at the Tour with Movistar.
DFA123 said:Even if he has started to decline, he's still clearly Movistar's strongest GC rider right now in the Grand Tours. So why would they move him on? Even if he can't beat Sky, he has a great chance of finishing on the podium in the Tour. Which is probably the biggest global publicity Movistar will get all year from their cycling sponsorship.Koronin said:saneguy said:Moviefan1203 said:HelloDolly said:Froome fatigue ...are you all joking ...he is saying he is riding the Vuelta this year
Tough to see him win the Tour with the Giro in his legs. And he went DEEP in the Giro.
Froome seems to have this in the bag. No one literally no one can hold his wheel. Only time before G makes way for Froome in the yellow. This is going to be a real tough tour for Quintana. We are seeing the same thing again and again. Skytrain and Froome set a blistering pace on the last climb, Froome attacking and distancing Nairo in the final 3-5 kms and putting time into him in the first-second week and simply defending in the last week.
No matter how deep Froome has gone in Giro, I still think he is the strongest contender for the Tour. For Nairo it seems its all over. Might get a stage or two but not the yellow by any means - unless Froome crashes out but then G is still as strong as Froome.
So my hopes to see Nairo in the yellow are all but over. And I think tomorrow Froome will win big time on L'Alpe D'Huez - may even go in the yellow and definitely put more time into Quintana.
I'd be the most happiest person to be proved wrong on this. But it seems unlikely.....
I think today we've confirmed that Quintana has already started to decline in his abilities. I really hope Movistar moves on from him sooner rather than later. As far as I'm concerned this has to be his last shot at the Tour with Movistar.