Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[tobydawq]

Now you're talking nonsense! Four is not a better number... come one:

Three Grand Tours.
Three gifts from the Magi.
Three rings for the elven kings under the sky.

Besides, EF is already full.

Four houses of Hogwarts
Four Tour wins for Froome
Four years in an Olympic cycle
Four teletubbies

 

[RedheadDane]

Four houses of Hogwarts
Four Tour wins for Froome
Four years in an Olympic cycle
Four teletubbies

Three World Championship wins for Sagan.
Three Giro stage wins for Quintana.
Three Tour stage wins for Quintana.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Three is a crowd, according to the wife. Not sure what she means by that.

 

[tobydawq]

Three World Championship wins for Sagan.
Three Giro stage wins for Quintana.
Three Tour stage wins for Quintana.

Four stages to Kittel in the twenty fourteen Tour

 

[Samu Cuenca]

View: https://youtu.be/J8lRKCw2_Pk

 

[Koronin]

Three is a crowd, according to the wife. Not sure what she means by that.

That was the title of a TV series.

 

[Escarabajo]

If a team pick him up, they cannot claim his points from this race?
I assume No but I just wanted to make sure asking here.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

If a team pick him up, they cannot claim his points from this race?
I assume No but I just wanted to make sure asking here.

Maybe they could date back the contract to before the race (write a contract starting at February 1st, for example), and pay him backwards to February 1st… Could be possible.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Three is the loneliest number that you'll ever see
Two can be as bad as three
It's the loneliest number since the number three

What's so cruel about three is you didn't even win at losing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Something I've been wondering regarding his recent participation in the nationals; what does a rider in his situation do? Just go down to the local bike store like "Yo, guys. I need some stuff!"?

Oh, and BTW, 3rd is most definitely better than 4th!

 

[staubsauger]

Something I've been wondering regarding his recent participation in the nationals; what does a rider in his situation do? Just go down to the local bike store like "Yo, guys. I need some stuff!"?

Oh, and BTW, 3rd is most definitely better than 4th!

Quintana has got private sponsorship from BMC Colombia!

 

[RedheadDane]

Quintana has got private sponsorship from BMC Colombia!

So, he called up BMC Colombia and told them "Yo guy, I need some stuff!"?
And can they provide the clothes?

 

[staubsauger]

So, he called up BMC Colombia and told them "Yo guy, I need some stuff!"?
And can they provide the clothes?

Dunno. They announced their partnership on Instagram recently.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I hope that at least Savio now will sign Nairo.

MAL at Medellin, and Nairo at GW Shimano, that would be okay for this year…

 

[SHAD0W93]

Four houses of Hogwarts
Four Tour wins for Froome
Four years in an Olympic cycle
Four teletubbies

How are we going to forget the Four hobbits that saved Middle Earth!

 

[Sciatic]

How are we going to forget the Four hobbits that saved Middle Earth!

I don’t remember why this numerology thing came in the Nairo thread, but it got me thinking about which number is most representative of various sports. In that regard there’s nothing like the magical number 3 in American baseball:
3 strikes is an out, 3 outs per inning, 9 innings, 9 players to a side, 90 feet between the bases, 60 feet, 6 inches between the pitcher’s mound and home, and probably some others I’m forgetting . . .
ed. Circumference of a baseball = 6 inches

 

[firefly3323]

I don’t remember why this numerology thing came in the Nairo thread, but it got me thinking about which number is most representative of various sports. In that regard there’s nothing like the magical number 3 in American baseball:
3 strikes is an out, 3 outs per inning, 9 innings, 9 players to a side, 90 feet between the bases, 60 feet, 6 inches between the pitcher’s mound and home, and probably some others I’m forgetting . . .

The biggest 3 in baseball

 

[Sciatic]

The biggest 3 in baseball

 

[fmk_RoI]

I hope that at least Savio now will sign Nairo.

MAL at Medellin, and Nairo at GW Shimano, that would be okay for this year…

Does either want the other? Q has made it clear he wants to be a WT rider.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Question: name a former WT rider who, after dropping down to a Conti outfit, made it back to a WT team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Question: name a former WT rider who, after dropping down to a Conti outfit, made it back to a WT team.

James Shaw.

 

[Escarabajo]

Pellizoti is one I think. I am sure there are quite a few more.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Question: name a former WT rider who, after dropping down to a Conti outfit, made it back to a WT team.

Tratnik and Zoidl are two.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pellizoti is one I think. I am sure there are quite a few more.

I don't think ProConti counts.

Danilo Hondo did it before the WT existed.
Ángel Vicioso rode for a few teams in-between his time at Kelme and Katusha. Rubé Plaza also rode for a conti team in-between his two Abarca stays.

Ion Aberasturi also returned to the WT after 8 years of waiting.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Question: name a former WT rider who, after dropping down to a Conti outfit, made it back to a WT team.

Sinkewitz?…

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