Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[staubsauger]

Re: Re:

Gossip time:
Just heard that according to Matt Rendall, every time Unzue enters a room, Quintana leaves.

Who is Matt Rendall?

A journalist who basically is an expert on Colombian cycling. Actually pretty surprised you didnt know that lol

I didn't know.

He's the author of The death of Marco Pantani , which was the template for the 2014 movie as well!

 

[Black Betsy]

Re: Re:

Gossip time:
Just heard that according to Matt Rendall, every time Unzue enters a room, Quintana leaves.

Who is Matt Rendall?

A journalist who basically is an expert on Colombian cycling. Actually pretty surprised you didnt know that lol

I didn't know.

 

[del1962]

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Well there is going to be a new Colombian on top of the TDF podium and his name is not Quintana. Who would have thought that 5 years ago.

Perhaps in the long run this will help Nairo, less pressure from fellow Colombians on him

 

[lenric]

Bump

 

[Noddy97]

I will not praise him because I know he's going to disappointing me at stage 5 ( hope I'm wrong)

 

[lenric]

I see him on the final podium.
Can't conceive a scenario where Valverde won't fade.

 

[Black Betsy]

Naironman in Green, in one of the best GT stages evah!

 

[TomLPC]

Looked good on the climb

He's come to race by the looks of things

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[Red Rick]

Strong and smart win today. Needed a good start this Vuelta and he got it.

 

[Rollthedice]

Remarkable and a nice reminder that he is one of the very few multiple grand tour winners in the peloton.

 

[Carols]

All his back class was on full display today! Chapeau Nairito! Definitely a podium possibility.

 

[hfer07]

despite what folks say about him, despite all the criticism - some fair, some uncalled for - Nairo always get a stage win, and today's was quite brilliant. I believe he's got a good chance at winning La Vuelta, or worse case a podium spot.

 

[tobydawq]

despite what folks say about him, despite all the criticism - some fair, some uncalled for - Nairo always get a stage win, and today's was quite brilliant. I believe he's got a good chance at winning La Vuelta, or worse case a podium spot.

Always?

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Rooting for him. Just hope he stays consistent and the team work for him towards the overall and not just for the team class and getting Vv up the order.

 

[Koronin]

despite what folks say about him, despite all the criticism - some fair, some uncalled for - Nairo always get a stage win, and today's was quite brilliant. I believe he's got a good chance at winning La Vuelta, or worse case a podium spot.

Actually he doesn't get many stage wins.

 

[Escarabajo]

Chapeau Nairo. Hope he is fit for this Vuelta. I still don't have him with a chance. But I want to believe.

As for Movistar, easier to read races and react when you have two leaders and not three. No matter who the three are.

 

[Red Rick]

I think the worrying thing for Quintana isn't that he's coming off the Tour, it's how super inconsistent his climbing has been in GTs in the last 2 years.

 

[Noddy97]

Quintana won the vuelta after being third in the tour. Recovery is not going to be the problem. Quintana has regressed in the mountains, that's the problem.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Yes I agree with the above, a Tour-Vuelta double is fine for him, but he cannot afford a bad day in the mountains.

 

[movingtarget]

Yes I agree with the above, a Tour-Vuelta double is fine for him, but he cannot afford a bad day in the mountains.

I think the TT stage is the key one for him. With eight finishes on climbs Quintana might not even have to be at his best to win the race. Roglic seemed to be struggling a bit at the end of the stage, maybe the after effects of his crash or maybe just the aggressive start to the race he wasn't expecting. probably more about how much Roglic can improve as the race goes on. Roglic doesn't want to be doing too much in the first half of the race.

 

[Koronin]

I think the TT stage is the key one for him. With eight finishes on climbs Quintana might not even have to be at his best to win the race. Roglic seemed to be struggling a bit at the end of the stage, maybe the after effects of his crash or maybe just the aggressive start to the race he wasn't expecting. probably more about how much Roglic can improve as the race goes on. Roglic doesn't want to be doing too much in the first half of the race.

Except he's not as good of a climber as he used to be and he does lose time on climbs when he's not on perfect form now.

 

[movingtarget]

Except he's not as good of a climber as he used to be and he does lose time on climbs when he's not on perfect form now.

Generally that's true but looking at this field of riders I think if he finds some consistency he should at least make the podium.

 

[gmedina]

Except he's not as good of a climber as he used to be and he does lose time on climbs when he's not on perfect form now.

Well....he def can still climb...remember that win in the TdF this year?
Now...if he is in a position in which he can reach the podium or win it, i don't see him laying it all out in one stage just to lose time in the next one, he might be more conservative.
I want to believe but I think Roglic and even MAL might get the better of him in this Vuelta (to be fair even Uran is quietly dangerous...he can TT well once in a while)

 

[Koronin]

Well....he def can still climb...remember that win in the TdF this year?
Now...if he is in a position in which he can reach the podium or win it, i don't see him laying it all out in one stage just to lose time in the next one, he might be more conservative.
I want to believe but I think Roglic and even MAL might get the better of him in this Vuelta (to be fair even Uran is quietly dangerous...he can TT well once in a while)

Remember him getting dropped on the Tourmalet? It's unlikely he finishes on the podium and he will lose a decent amount of time to both Roglic and Uran in the ITT. After today I put Roglic as the favorite as long as his team isn't too injured from the TTT.

 

[Gigs_98]

I mean obviously the tour vuelta double wasn't an issue in 2016 but he was clearly fading massively towards the end of the race last season and that cannot simply be explained with inconsistency.