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Yep, he takes a lot of criticism for being passive. But when he has the legs, he has repeatedly shown he has the guts to attack from far and often delivers.telencefalus said:i said that nairo was going to win and he deliever what a big REAL champion
He looks a bit over his normal weight and the heat does not help in those conditions. Today was cooler. It helped. With the kilometers he is feeling better. So a bit of miss-timing his peak as well. He needs to adjust his program TBH.RattaKuningas said:Suddenly he is back again. I wonder what went wrong in the 2nd week because this was a lot stronger Quintana compared to the Quintana that we saw on Alpe D'Huez.
He was totally let go today, he was 4 or 5 minutes back. It's much easier to be aggressive when you have nothing to lose. I'm not saying he isn't, but today proves nothing.yaco said:27km solo attack to win a stage in Suisse and then attacking early on a 14km climb to win a stage in the TDF - But i read he is a passive rider.
He's not really passive when chasing stage wins like today. Unfortunately, when it comes to GC riding, he's pretty passive.yaco said:27km solo attack to win a stage in Suisse and then attacking early on a 14km climb to win a stage in the TDF - But i read he is a passive rider.
He is fifth you know!Hugo Koblet said:He's not really passive when chasing stage wins like today. Unfortunately, when it comes to GC riding, he's pretty passive.yaco said:27km solo attack to win a stage in Suisse and then attacking early on a 14km climb to win a stage in the TDF - But i read he is a passive rider.
Wanted to point it out as well. He is up there in the GC and could still make moves in stage 19.Escarabajo said:He is fifth you know!Hugo Koblet said:He's not really passive when chasing stage wins like today. Unfortunately, when it comes to GC riding, he's pretty passive.yaco said:27km solo attack to win a stage in Suisse and then attacking early on a 14km climb to win a stage in the TDF - But i read he is a passive rider.
Did you see the riders behind?Brullnux said:He was totally let go today, he was 4 or 5 minutes back. It's much easier to be aggressive when you have nothing to lose. I'm not saying he isn't, but today proves nothing.yaco said:27km solo attack to win a stage in Suisse and then attacking early on a 14km climb to win a stage in the TDF - But i read he is a passive rider.
"He did well by doing what you wanted him to do! Take back what you said about how he should do this!"Jspear said:Boom. Take that all you detractors.
Who let him go?Koronin said:They let him go. The top 4 had nothing to worry about in letting him have a small amount of time and Landa isn't (or shouldn't) attack his own teammate.
Those in the top 4. They had time to play with and had no reason to chase. Truthfully had no reason to chase Martin either and he didn't gain all that much time on them. There's at this point still less than a 1% chance he makes the podium.Escarabajo said:Who let him go?Koronin said:They let him go. The top 4 had nothing to worry about in letting him have a small amount of time and Landa isn't (or shouldn't) attack his own teammate.