Well, Quintana will just attempt to arrive at the Tour in the best possible shape like everyone else and then the first MTF, or even some hill, will reveal the pecking order as it has in the past.
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Red Rick said:Quintna wouldn't really have gotten a reference anyway. I think it's kinda lame, but then it's nice to have your teammate win the stage. Sprinting for the 2nd place was very lame though. Anyway, he seems ready.
Red Rick said:I think it shows a tendency to do as little as possible to win. If he doesn't want to attacke when he's the strongest 100% of the time, when does he want to attack?
Do you seriously think give quintana to ride yesterday's stage under the similar conditions 20 times and he'd win all of them?Red Rick said:I think it shows a tendency to do as little as possible to win. If he doesn't want to attacke when he's the strongest 100% of the time, when does he want to attack?
On this course, with his team, with this competition, if he tries, yes.dacooley said:Do you seriously think give quintana to ride yesterday's stage under the similar conditions 20 times and he'd win all of them?Red Rick said:I think it shows a tendency to do as little as possible to win. If he doesn't want to attacke when he's the strongest 100% of the time, when does he want to attack?
If that is the case then why does he do this race instead of Dauphine. That said Froome and Contador both have attacked irrespective of what race or how small the race is or who the competition. Strategy needs to be made earlier and races that one can fail in which are not the prime objective and then if it fails, to be fine tuned for success. Does he want to win the Route de Sud so badly that he is willing to lose the TDF.RattaKuningas said:IndianCyclist said:Froome attacked his main competitor Contador on the first MTF. Quintana on the other hand gets attacked by Carthy and sucks wheels till the end. If you don't test yourself in the buildup, how can you make an attacking strategy in the TDF.
There was no one for Quintana to test himself against. He could've dropped Carthy easily but what would've it proved, probably nothing.
If winning the race was prime goal of his participation, then you're absolutely right.Moviestar said:Why did have Nairo to attack? He already was in driver's seat after the first flat stage and got the leader's jersey a day after. Why attack when you're already the leader, doesn't make sense.
To get the most out of the altitude training.IndianCyclist said:If that is the case then why does he do this race instead of Dauphine. That said Froome and Contador both have attacked irrespective of what race or how small the race is or who the competition. Strategy needs to be made earlier and races that one can fail in which are not the prime objective and then if it fails, to be fine tuned for success. Does he want to win the Route de Sud so badly that he is willing to lose the TDF.RattaKuningas said:IndianCyclist said:Froome attacked his main competitor Contador on the first MTF. Quintana on the other hand gets attacked by Carthy and sucks wheels till the end. If you don't test yourself in the buildup, how can you make an attacking strategy in the TDF.
There was no one for Quintana to test himself against. He could've dropped Carthy easily but what would've it proved, probably nothing.
AlexNYC said:After reading the front page article about Froome, I really hope Quintana and Unzue have considered the scenario where Froome is considerably stronger than usual in the third week. I don't think Nairo can afford to be more than a minute away from Froome after the first ITT.
Miburo said:Nothing to do with peaking really. Froome's recovery is just *** cause he ain't a natural climber imo.
yes, froome's recovery is so terrible that he won two tour and podiumed yet 3 grand tours.Miburo said:Nothing to do with peaking really. Froome's recovery is just *** cause he ain't a natural climber imo.
What if I told youdacooley said:yes, froome's recovery is so terrible that he won two tour and podiumed yet 3 grand tours.Miburo said:Nothing to do with peaking really. Froome's recovery is just *** cause he ain't a natural climber imo.
Valv.Piti said:
NP homieAlexNYC said:Valv.Piti said:
Thanks for the link. That article is almost the best Quintana primer ever. It starts with his birth and ends with a detailed account of his preparation for this year's Tour
Jspear said:He can afford to lose some time in the TT, but he can't bleed any time on the early mountain stages.....he says he's been working on his explosiveness. He has to be the strongest climber for the whole Tour to win. Imo.