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Baltazar said:So...considering Valverde is now 12 minutes behind, does Quintana now get a free role? I hope so, I really want to see him destroying Sky in the alps...
Forunculo said:The worst thing for SKY today isn't Belkin and Saxo duos taking time, it's the free role Nairo has right now.
Ryo Hazuki said:it's the fact that movistar will now not ride for 2nd place valverde with a steady train for froome to follow. but will wreak havoc in the mountains to set up quintana.
puffin said:How would Quintana have done just trying to sit on Froome's wheel the whole way?
Was a very strong ride today, he must have done a lot of work on his own.
puffin said:How would Quintana have done just trying to sit on Froome's wheel the whole way?
Was a very strong ride today, he must have done a lot of work on his own.
Aristarchus said:This is not the first time he's attacked before the main fireworks started. So by the time Froome got up to him, he'd already been doing work up the road. I was wondering why he even bothered to work with Froome, rather than, indeed, sit on Froome's wheel the whole way up.
Aristarchus said:This is not the first time he's attacked before the main fireworks started. So by the time Froome got up to him, he'd already been doing work up the road. I was wondering why he even bothered to work with Froome, rather than, indeed, sit on Froome's wheel the whole way up.
Aristarchus said:This is not the first time he's attacked before the main fireworks started. So by the time Froome got up to him, he'd already been doing work up the road. I was wondering why he even bothered to work with Froome, rather than, indeed, sit on Froome's wheel the whole way up.
ILovecycling said:yeah i dont understand this at all.According to CN article Froome said him if they get to the finish he will let him win,but then he attacked him twice so wtf![]()
Panda Claws said:This whole race is like an epic tale
You have the young heroes (Mollema, Ten Dam, Fuglsang, ...) who are forced to work together with the 'old guard' (Contador, Valverde, ...) because the enemy (Team Sky) is much stronger than they could have ever imagined.
One of their greatest hopes (Andy Schleck) has cracked and simply does not have it in him anymore, getting his *** kicked by a mere lackey (Richie Porte) of the evil emperor (Brailsford). Somehow he has devised a way to strengthen his soldiers immensily.
Their old champion (Bradley Wiggins) already beat up many heroes (Nibali, Van den Broeck, ...) last year in his cold, calculating style.
This year, however, the 'old guard' returned as well as the great young warrior from Luxemburg. And so, the emperor gave the single greatest soldier in his army (Chris Froome) unlimited access to their power source, despite his unreliable nature. Once unleashed he killed his commander (Wiggins) and easily toyed with his opponents. Not even with all their powers combined could they touch 'the dawg'. Only one of them (Nibali) managed to trick and surprise him, but it was just a small victory and he could not risk a real confrontation.
And so, now all of the heroes have failed, our hope rests in the hands of the greatest prodigy in years (Nairo Quintana). Can his talents, his tenacity and his skill beat the pure primal rage of the foremost Skyborg or will the cycling world be driven into a new dark age?
veganbonnie said:Well I don't know much about cycling tactics, I'm just a Nairo fangirl, but it just seems to me that Froome got A LOT more help from his teammates (including the amazing Peter Kennaugh - wow!) than Nairo did. And even with my lack of cycling knowledge I groaned when Nairo attacked as early as he did. All I want is for the guy to win a stage, but the strategy doesn't seem to be there. I'd be happy to stand corrected if I'm way off base on this one.
ILovecycling said:yeah i dont understand this at all.According to CN article Froome said him if they get to the finish he will let him win,but then he attacked him twice so wtf![]()
ILovecycling said:yeah i dont understand this at all.According to CN article Froome said him if they get to the finish he will let him win,but then he attacked him twice so wtf![]()
airstream said:Quintana should hang on with Froome until it is possible to podium instead of these strange early attacks.. Whay doesn't he do this?![]()
Pricey_sky said:I think he did however Quintana stopped gaining time in the last 2k's over Contador ect so Froome went again.
hfer07 said:Sure- Quintana could have kept on FroomeStrong's wheel the entire day it seems.....
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