Pog is not interested to distance Thomas at all while Vinge has no interest to cooperate with Pog. That's why Thomas is still so close to Pog and can even snatch the 2nd place if Pog (who doesn't care about anything except victory) risks too much.
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Pog is not interested to distance Thomas at all while Vinge has no interest to cooperate with Pog. That's why Thomas is still so close to Pog and can even snatch the 2nd place if Pog (who doesn't care about anything except victory) risks too much.
Well Geraint turned that around, slowly. That last hill ground everyone up and Thomas emerged as the lone candidate for third place, barring an explosion tomorrow. This Tour has given fans alot of drama to get this far!
And Thomas is usually solid in the TT anyway.
We got the needed long range shake out, but sadly Nairito just doesn't quite have the legs 
The funny thing is that in an interview he said that the other riders have had strong teams that have helped them defend their positions. He then said that he didn't mean that he had a weak team but that the others have been lucky. Whatever that meant.
He said that tomorrow the altitude could help him but I don't buy that at this moment. Everyone is dragging their feet ATM. It depends on how everyone recuperates.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyOZ47Y4fwY
He said that tomorrow the altitude could help him but I don't buy that at this moment. Everyone is dragging their feet ATM. It depends on how everyone recuperates.
His best climbing gregario abandoned the race, so it's true about luck a little bit. I also don't understand why they don't have Anacona in the race. His work in 2015 at Movistar was Phenomenal
I wonder why they didn't take Edet to the race. He was with him throughout the year and then decided not to take him. That was very strange.
that answer was 95% prodded by the annoying journo, Nairo was just being polite and playing along
Quintana was pedaling with the heart today. Today he really needed a teammate. Everyone else had one.
Them not taking any climbers bar him and Barguil to the Tour has cost them. Having said that, he has tried to hang on to better riders for too long on multiple occasions this Tour, top-5 would probably be secure otherwise instead of being a coin toss at best. Still, even if he falls to seventh, it's been good to see him do a solid GC again for the first time since the 2019 Vuelta.
Oh really? Any rumors already?
He did quite good this year but his inconsistency on subsequent mountain stages sticks with him nowadays.
I feared he might fade a little and he indeed did, but to be honest, this is still a result he can be happy about. He'll likely get 5th in the final gc which would be his best Tour result since 2016 with in my opinion his best gt performance since 2017. It was great to see that he still has these kind of performances in him.
Wait...wasn't Warren around to help? Yes; Nairo should move (I hope he does) but at this point in his career which team would give him the good support? As we've seen it's a costly proposition to staff up a proper GT crew and keep them upright long enough to win. Tadej proved while trying hard that it is not a solo task to win a GT.
I wonder where.
Hope it's not to some super team to super dom for super money even if I won't begrudge him for that.
Vlasov should easily overtake him if he keeps his upward trend, the russian is a solid Time-triallist.
???
Was he supposed to win the Tour???
I am confused. I think he did well for the team this year. In fact he did all he could.
About the rumors. They are no rumors. Everybody knew in Colombia. Just that nobody cared in this forum anymore so the news were not posted. Arkea declined to sign him for an extension. So He is moving on. Now the team was rumored to be Bora. But that was purely a rumor.
No, I also think he did very well. But his climbing is more volatile than at his absolute peak.
Anyway, surprised that its Arkea’s decision. Always thought that a duo Quintana/Barguil is as good for them as it gets.
Depends on what kind of money he's on. If he's still being paid as someone who can podium the Tour, it makes sense that Arkéa don't want to keep him (barring a significantly lower salary).
I dunno, for Arkea having a solid top 10 GC rider is pretty good publicity. I agree that he (and Bardet) went too deep too often and paid for it in the Pyrenees.
He could very well finish top 5 if Arkea actually was able to pull back the breakaways that brought Meintjes & Vlasov back in contention.
At the Giro d'Italia maybe even a podium was possible with this shape. Arkea decided not to go there.
It's a bit weird indeed. Quintana certainly isn't the same rider as 2017 anymore. But this season very well could have resulted in better gc performances than he archived in 2018 & 2019.
Arkea also could've instructed him to go for the polka dots jersey instead. But a top 5 was possible. It's a bit angry that it doesn't work off. But both him and Arkea couldn't do better.
It's not that much of a drama though, I suspect. They gonna be realistic about it.
At the Giro d'Italia maybe even a podium was possible with this shape. Arkea decided not to go there.
It's a bit weird indeed. Quintana certainly isn't the same rider as 2017 anymore. But this season very well could have resulted in better gc performances than he archived in 2018 & 2019.
Arkea also could've instructed him to go for the polka dots jersey instead. But a top 5 was possible. It's a bit angry that it doesn't work off. But both him and Arkea couldn't do better.
It's not that much of a drama though, I suspect. They gonna be realistic about it.
Quintana is doing about as well as expected. A top five finish will be a good result for him. Look at Pinot's career if you want to see a career that has really tanked. He should be in his peak years at the moment. From team leader to break away rider.
French second division team with a rider visible as the 3-5th best climber on every stage. What else do they want ? To win Mont Ventoux challenge lol
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