• The Cycling News forum is still looking to add volunteer moderators with. If you're interested in helping keep our discussions on track, send a direct message to @SHaines here on the forum, or use the Contact Us form to message the Community Team.

    In the meanwhile, please use the Report option if you see a post that doesn't fit within the forum rules.

    Thanks!

Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

Page 9 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Mar 9, 2013
1,996
0
0
I wanted Quintana to win today two but don't blame Froome. If I was Froome I would not give the stage after getting smashed in the Pyranees by Movistar would you? And even Quintana says on the cycling news page Froome said to stay with him but he could not, its stupid MOV tactics why send a 23 yr old out with 14 kms to go,:confused: surely wait, no? Same on AX-3 he attacked on the penaultimte climb and blew up. So hope he podiums this little pocketrocket is the future he can beat Froome 1 day he is still so young.
 
Poor Quintana. I think Movistar just used him like a foil for Valverde:mad:. In all three stages. To attack from 13+ km out is sheer waste of energy. I have no idea what they were thinking. In the whole season has he ever attacked from that far out? These kind of attacks went out of the picture 20 years ago. The tendency is to attack 5-6 km out. Recent years it has become 1-3 km out.
All it turns out that he lost out on a stage win and lost 2:10 to Froome because of these tactics.
 
IndianCyclist said:
Poor Quintana. I think Movistar just used him like a foil for Valverde:mad:. In all three stages. To attack from 13+ km out is sheer waste of energy. I have no idea what they were thinking. In the whole season has he ever attacked from that far out? These kind of attacks went out of the picture 20 years ago. The tendency is to attack 5-6 km out. Recent years it has become 1-3 km out.
All it turns out that he lost out on a stage win and lost 2:10 to Froome because of these tactics.

The attack in stage 8 seemed like a tactic to get Sky to respond but I think today he was seeing if he could take some of the 5 minutes out of Froome and the other guys ahead of him in GC, stage win would have been an added bonus. Not sure if I'd rather see him podium or win a stage, probably the former will follow the latter.
 
Aug 16, 2011
10,819
2
0
So so close for Nairito. By far the most impressive rider today. Great ride by him, in a couple years he will be dominating the GT's. A especially good day for him and a bad day for a couple of the guys ahead of him will see him climb onto the podium yet. Allez Nairito! :D
 
Mar 31, 2010
18,136
5
0
Quintana should win at leats one stage, probably alpe dhuez and or saturday stage and finish 2nd in the tour. which would eb best result ever of a colombian in the tour, and a fir5st time tourrioder at that. quintana is the future of cycling
 
Mar 31, 2010
18,136
5
0
jens_attacks said:
what a rider, what a style when climbing. i hope he gets on the podium, at this rate he will be second for sure

his style is beyond anything. yesterdya seeing him next to froome, makes you believe froom is doing a different sport. quintana deserves to win anything from now on for style alone
 
Mar 31, 2010
18,136
5
0
IndianCyclist said:
Poor Quintana. I think Movistar just used him like a foil for Valverde:mad:. In all three stages. To attack from 13+ km out is sheer waste of energy. I have no idea what they were thinking. In the whole season has he ever attacked from that far out? These kind of attacks went out of the picture 20 years ago. The tendency is to attack 5-6 km out. Recent years it has become 1-3 km out.
All it turns out that he lost out on a stage win and lost 2:10 to Froome because of these tactics.

it was quitnana's own decision to attack today :rolleyes: movistar were riding for quintana, not valverde
 
Mar 31, 2010
18,136
5
0
Dazed and Confused said:
Quintana has no chance at the tour if Froome continues at this level. Froome is a better climber and much better TTer.

Giro and Vuelta are much better possibilities for Quintana under the new regime.

quintana is 23, froome is 28 :rolleyes:
 
Mar 31, 2010
18,136
5
0
Dazed and Confused said:
Can you read?

I said if Froome continues at this level, which of course he can't forever.

I can but you don';t get the point

quintana will continue at this leveL? :rolleyes: of course not, he will improve significantly as he's done in past few years, which froome will not
 
Apr 10, 2011
4,818
0
0
Meh, he's easily the 2nd best climber out there already right now. He'll continue improving. Age is in his favour as well.

2 years and he could win Tour, it's far from certain as many things can happen i.e. injuries, bad luck etc. of course.

But if there's a rider that can win the Tour, it's him.
 
Ryo Hazuki said:
stop your ridiculous and pathetic doping insinuations. froome did 558 watts, I suppose quintana did almost similar since he did most of the climb alone, 558 watts is almost 100 watts down from ax3 domains.

Whatever..... I reckon Quintana took off earlier while Froome dropped the life out of Contador with that insane 200+RPM acceleration & then kicked twice to drop Quintana on the last K. After the finish line- Froome just clipped off & started giving interviews while Quintana was laying on the floor gasping for air...... So yes- I'm just "insinuating doping".....:rolleyes:

Ryo Hazuki said:
still quintana should win at leats one stage, probably alpe dhuez and or saturday stage and finish 2nd in the tour. which would be best result ever of a colombian in the tour, and a first time tour rider at that. quintana is the future of cycling

It won't happen as long as SKY is in the picture. Froome is set to dominate the Tour for the next 4 years, unless he's popped with a +, which is unlikely with the current circumstances. I don't doubt the skills of my man Quintana at all- I just truly believe he'll hit that ceiling called SKY where wont be able to stick his head above it.......unless he joins them:(
 
Aug 16, 2011
10,819
2
0
auscyclefan94 said:
Quintana believes he'll win the Tour de France within two years

Although he is very talented, this is a very silly comment to make and often back fires when people say such things.

Personally I like hearing those comments from him. Shows he has confidence in himself and his abilities. And that is very good IMO.

It may backfire, but at this point if you were to name one young guy who could be capable of winning the Tour within a couple years, he would be at the top of many's list.
 
Nov 26, 2012
3,216
0
0
i think that the youngster was only stating his medium term goals there. so no issue of backfiring.

i think he will be working on his TT skills. probaably find a new position in which he doesn't perform so poorly.

Realistically though, as long as Sky decides the TdF route, there is no chance for him to win this.
 
Jul 15, 2013
5
0
0
When people know your are a contender for teh yellow jersey, they will take each and every chance to put you behind in GC. He and mollema were unknowns. So a weak day wasn't punished like they did with valverde. Next year it will.
 
I'm glad that Quintana has that confidence.
This is not bluffing, he's been already noticed so they won't give him a centimeter, it doesn't matter if he states that or not.
But this is even more amazing, almost unheard of, coming from a Colombian. Our coaches are known for saying: we will try, we will do our best, if they want to settle for a tie we'll take it, I'd rather go to the movies (This are real quotes from national DTs in football).
If there is something that we usually lack is confidence, and that makes a difference between being good and being the best.
 
Jul 19, 2010
741
1
0
kinggeitje said:
When people know your are a contender for teh yellow jersey, they will take each and every chance to put you behind in GC. He and mollema were unknowns. So a weak day wasn't punished like they did with valverde. Next year it will.

Mollema ain't unknown. He finished 4th in Vuelta just two years ago (leader for one day + winning the points classification) racing against Froome. And he also rode the Tour that same year. He just wasn't expected to be this competitive compared to Contador and Valverde in this Tour.

Quintana was more of an unknown, he was mediocre last year in Vuelta, and this year he was brought in to support Valverde, so Sky is still figuring out how to crack him.
 
Nov 26, 2012
3,216
0
0
Last year in Veulta, he was still only supporting Valverde.

AFAIK, the only stage race in which he was a leader was in this years Pais Vasco, and he nailed that race.

He is still inexperienced, and needs to be mentored for at least 2 more years.
 
Aug 4, 2010
11,337
0
0
hfer07 said:
Froome is set to dominate the Tour for the next 4 years

I dont wanna underestimate Froome but imo its very unlikely that he will have this form next year.On the other hand we can expect Quintana to have better climbing level,maybe TT too.
Main obstacle is TdF route,if the route is for TT (70+ km) then he is f*****.
I believe he can win it in 2015,if Froome goes down maybe next year.

Edit:Agree that he should try Giro n Vuelta double next year
 
Nov 26, 2012
3,216
0
0
without going to c****c references, i don't think that any one rider can dominate for a long duration.

Over the next couple of seasons, this kid will get more chances to be GC leader of stage races. With more experience, he will become a bit more mature in reading the race to get those crucial stage wins in MTF.

Personally, i think a very good climber with decent TT skills can win the grand tours.