Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[Eclipse]

Do we dare dream?

Legs are lively and he usually grows from here...

 

[ppanther92]

Do we dare dream?

Legs are lively and he usually grows from here...

He for sure is not the favourite but I certainly dare to dream.

 

[saneguy]

Comfortably rode all the way to the finish with enough gas in the tank I think. He's been doing well so far!

 

[AlexNYC]

I think this is the best he's looked by this stage of the Tour in a few years. He looked nearly as strong as Roglic I think.

 

[Jan the Man]

He looks to be doing very well considering his hampered training. The Alps should suit him more if he has aspirations I think we will see him bide his time generally and attack hard on stage 15 if he has the legs, the climbs are steep relatively long and suit him as does stage 17. He probably needs about 2:30 before the final TT so will have to go on the offensive.

 

[bambino]

I think this is the best he's looked by this stage of the Tour in a few years. He looked nearly as strong as Roglic I think.

To my eyes he actually looked stronger than Roglic.

 

[Breezy1985]

He for sure is not the favourite but I certainly dare to dream.

With Pinot gone I gotta dream of something nice

 

[CyclistAbi]

Good performance by Quintana today on stage 8.

 

[Nairo's Elbow Flick]

He for sure is not the favourite but I certainly dare to dream.

Looks like a strong podium chance, and overall victory is certainly not out of the question. Dumoulin and Pinot suddenly out of contention is a big help.

 

[Bardamu]

It's just so satisfying to watch Nairo climb. Hope he can go all the way.

 

[Pantani_lives]

He hasn't looked this good in the Tour for several years, but he's still a very long way from winning it. He needs to take a lot of time on Roglic with only two MTFs left and without much team support in the finals. There's also Pogacar, who looked the strongest yesterday, and Bernal, who's in the same situation as last year after the Pyrenees. So I'm rooting for him, but he will really have to dig deep.

 

[macbindle]

Bernal didn't look good yesterday, did he. He clung on, but looked maxxed out. Pogacar's crosswind losses may haunt him in 3 weeks time. Quintana? Who knows. At the moment it looks to be all about Roglic

 

[Jspear]

Looks like a strong podium chance, and overall victory is certainly not out of the question. Dumoulin and Pinot suddenly out of contention is a big help.

They could still be in contention and it wouldn’t matter for Nairo. If his knee isn’t hurting him, he’s proven to have great shape this year...more than Dumoulin and he’s almost always better than Pinot. He would have out performed them regardless. He’s just been at a higher level this year.

 

[Scarponi]

Struggled out of nowhere but cost him nothing in reality

 

[Eclipse]

Not his climb but didn't take a packet even on a day that didn't seem great which was a relief.

Helps to temper the enthusiasm, but if he can stay stronger longer than others we never know.

 

[Forever The Best]

I expected him to be much stronger today. Because yesterday he looked one of the 3 strongest ( Pogacar, Roglic, Quintana ).
Maybe gear problems, or just a bad day? Or maybe not his type of climb and stage?

 

[Sestriere]

He chased with lot's of urgency and took up the work by himself. This tells me that he is optimistic and believes in his chances. Probably (hopefully) just a bad day.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

He usually has some bad days. Let's hope that this was just one of them.

 

[gunara]

He surprised you every day, maybe he'll keep doing that and we really have no idea where he'll be in the end. This guy.....I can't dislike him, but every time you warmed up to him he'd get funny and it didn't seem he cared that much and just flicked an elbow or rode tempo in the 4th group something. I mean, today wasn't that bad at all, at least he showed some will after the climb, but a worse day in 3rd week shouldn't be a surprise anymore, at least less than suddenly going mythical.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yesterday he lost Diego Rosa because of a broken collarbone, he would have been useful on the hilly/medium mountain stages...

 

[roundabout]

Quintana could get up muritos before, so I am not sure what happenef

 

[Forever The Best]

Quintana could get up muritos before, so I am not sure what happenef

Yeah. Not his favourite type of climb but he was usually pretty good in climbs like Marie Blanque. He looked like he was going backwards as the climb went on this time.

 

[Red Rick]

Mainly got inconsistent. Seems to always have a bad day after a good one or something.

 

[jmdirt]

He;s not out of it yet!

 

[Lequack]