Teams & Riders Nairo Quintana discussion thread

[sir fly]

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Well... He was quicker than Froome to respond on uphill accelerations, but we all know Froome has that delay time and there was Henao with him, as well. Regarding the tempo ride, I believe they both were in comfort.

Then all he has to do is ride away with Henao. Doesn't matter if Henao follows him when Froome loses the wheel of Henao.

Neat.

 

[Punkan]

Quintana looks great. More worried about his team.

Tomorrow we will know better how strong he is compared to Froome.

 

[yaco]

You worry if Quintana lost time on a mountain top finish - You don't win a TDF by descending.

 

[hrotha]

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You worry if Quintana lost time on a mountain top finish - You don't win a TDF by descending.

Quintana kinda won a Giro by descending.

 

[ILovecycling]

Nairo made his first mistake today, but only for 20secs.
From spring I expect his climbing in july on better level than Froome in the 3rd week so he is still my biggest favourite ftw.

He needs to attack on Ventoux imo.(now conserve energy)

 

[Rollthedice]

Please support Quintana, the only hope left to mankind to defeat the alien. His father, mother, all his family, they need to give him a call and say: Son, tomorrow you will attack. It seems the only way to convince him to actually try.

 

[Fernandez]

Wow, Quintana looked on monster form today, nothing to worry about the time loss today. Froome looks very strong also. This is gonna be a very good fight between them.

 

[rghysens]

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Tomorrow he'll strike

Doesn't the verb "to strike" has several meanings? So will he attack or will he refuse to work?

 

[Cookster15]

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Quintana the new Andy Schleck? The eternal bridesmaid.

Even Andy was more charismatic. Y'know, easier to cheer for. This when Quintana's biggest rival is the most hated rider on the peloton and Schleck's was Contador. Says a lot.

Quintana hardly speaks. Does he speak English? The non cycling public don't really know who he is. As for the eternal bridesmaid that's highly premature. Can't we wait another two weeks before we start using those terms? I hope it won't be necessary and little Nairo makes them eat their words.

 

[Cookster15]

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Wow, Quintana looked on monster form today, nothing to worry about the time loss today. Froome looks very strong also. This is gonna be a very good fight between them.

Agreed. Except now Nairo has to avoid losing time to Froome not just in TT's but on descents!

 

[mr. tibbs]

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Wow, Quintana looked on monster form today, nothing to worry about the time loss today. Froome looks very strong also. This is gonna be a very good fight between them.

Agreed. Except now Nairo has to avoid losing time to Froome not just in TT's but on descents!

Unfortunately, I don't think Froome needs to worry about losing time to Quintana on any day except the final MTF. The Colombian seems unable to risk a sustained attack in July.

 

[Escarabajo]

Just finished watching the stage. Quintana made a tactical error. He should have gone immediately with Froome. And he accepted his mistake. He has no-one to blame but himself.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-quintana-caught-out-by-froome-attack-on-peyresourde-descent/

He seems to be on good form! but he cannot be too cautious.

 

[Jelantik]

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Please support Quintana, the only hope left to mankind to defeat the alien. His father, mother, all his family, they need to give him a call and say: Son, tomorrow you will attack. It seems the only way to convince him to actually try.

Quintana has stll have a lot to learn. Too bad, Contador is non factor anymore.

 

[fantomas]

He'll at least follow Froome on Sunday. Maybe even the other way around.

 

[hfer07]

After reading briefly some of the comments, I don't quite get why people are doubting Quintana's ability to win this Tour: Let me remind you all Quintana was far more behind last year by the time the mountains arrived. Yes- he should have been more attentive to Froome's move, but it doesn't mean he already lost the tour. I believe today we're really going to see the real battle.

 

[slim charles]

To me he looked very strong. Clearly, Froome thinks Quintana is very strong too, and he needs every second. I hope he tries something today, but even if he doesn't, I wouldn't be worried.
Hopefully he will learn a lesson from yesterday, and be more focused in future, too.

 

[DFA123]

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To me he looked very strong. Clearly, Froome thinks Quintana is very strong too, and he needs every second. I hope he tries something today, but even if he doesn't, I wouldn't be worried.
Hopefully he will learn a lesson from yesterday, and be more focused in future, too.

Agreed, I think this is Quintana's race to lose right now. He knows he can take time on Froome in the mountains later in the race, just needs to stay within touching distance which he has done so far.

I'd like to see him attack and disrupt the Sky train today, even if he doesn't gain any time on Froome. The harder the race is as a whole over the first two weeks, the more it will benefit Quintana in the final week imo.

 

[Miburo]

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Please support Quintana, the only hope left to mankind to defeat the alien. His father, mother, all his family, they need to give him a call and say: Son, tomorrow you will attack. It seems the only way to convince him to actually try.

I rather cheer for Froome than Quintana, quintana makes Froome look like a great rider.

 

[DFA123]

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Please support Quintana, the only hope left to mankind to defeat the alien. His father, mother, all his family, they need to give him a call and say: Son, tomorrow you will attack. It seems the only way to convince him to actually try.

I rather cheer for Froome than Quintana, quintana makes Froome look like a great rider

Well Froome is a great rider; clearly the best GT rider of the last five years, so there's no shame in Nairo not having got the better of him yet. But this looks like Quintana's year. No major time losses in the first week, and no flat TT to come - it's a great opportunity for him to really step up.

If Quintana gets the better of him this year, it will be great to see how Froome tries to come back to regain his crown in the next few years. It's got the potential to be the highest quality GT rivalry since Armstrong and Ullrich (and that was always a bit one sided).

 

[samhocking]

I don't think Quintana has anything to worry about yesterdays uphill or downhill performance. He looked very strong. Froome saw/planned that opportunity and surprised everyone and I don't think you can Blame Quintana for not going with it immediately. This is racing. I think most watching thought it was a stupid/rookie move by Froome. Luckily for the other GC riders, Valverde understood the significance otherwise everyone could be looking at a minute lost on first big GC stage like last year.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Brian Holm on Quintana: "What a clown. I've never seen such a fool before [...] I hope his DS beats him up with a bicycle pump. One of the old, heavy ones."

 

[PremierAndrew]

I don't think you can Blame Quintana for not going with it immediately.

What? There's literally one guy in the entire peloton that Quintana can't let go, and that's literally what happened. He should have been pedalling full gas after Froome, not sitting up and waiting for Valverde to babysit him

 

[buchanan]

Quintana is too scared to try anything. Just tries to follow Froome all the time.

 

[SeriousSam]

Clever riding today, giving nothing away. Biding his time for when it truly matters. Chapeau.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Not a single attack just plain wheel sucking. Keeping the same old strategy of 3rd week