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Completely agree. That was a good performance, especially for a guy of his size and considering he kind of cracked yesterday. I think he'll finish second as well and there's no shame in that really if Froome is going to maintain this kind of form over three weeks. It's like Ullrich against Lance. An excellent rider in his own right, but just up against someone who is pretty much unbeatable.TomekA said:Not bad time trial to be honest, at the level of Van Garderen, Porte and Valverde in highly unfavorable circumstances. Better than Bardet and Aru.
He lost a lot of time only to Froome and Mollema from all GC contenders. Of course he is 3 minutes down to Froome, but he should be again second in GC in Paris.
Valv.Piti said:lenric said:I doubt Quintana could beat Andy Schleck.
Nairo is more well rounded than Andy. I'd say their peak climbing is very close, Andy was also relatively weak after hard, windy and cold stages, see 2011 Pyrenees. Andy would lose quite a chunk today, its very similar to the ITT where he lost the Tour in 2011. Remains to be seen how much Quintana will lose.
SeriousSam said:Suppose the unthinkable happens and Quintana proves incapable of dropping Froome throughout the Tour. It would mean he is facing a superhuman foe whose power, power to weight, power to aero coefficent, anaerobic ability and sprint surpasses his own.
gg no re.
Time's undefeated. Maybe it'll end up being Lopez, or Latour who topples Froome, but I do think if he learns the right lessons, Nairo might get enough rematches to pull it off. Next week will be telling. But let's see what happens Sunday first.SeriousSam said:SeriousSam said:Suppose the unthinkable happens and Quintana proves incapable of dropping Froome throughout the Tour. It would mean he is facing a superhuman foe whose power, power to weight, power to aero coefficent, anaerobic ability and sprint surpasses his own.
gg no re.
Can't beat Froomstrong
DFA123 said:Completely agree. That was a good performance, especially for a guy of his size and considering he kind of cracked yesterday. I think he'll finish second as well and there's no shame in that really if Froome is going to maintain this kind of form over three weeks. It's like Ullrich against Lance. An excellent rider in his own right, but just up against someone who is pretty much unbeatable.TomekA said:Not bad time trial to be honest, at the level of Van Garderen, Porte and Valverde in highly unfavorable circumstances. Better than Bardet and Aru.
He lost a lot of time only to Froome and Mollema from all GC contenders. Of course he is 3 minutes down to Froome, but he should be again second in GC in Paris.
SeriousSam said:Not sure why you emphasise 'racing smart' when the lion's share of Froome's time advantage is a function of just being much more powerful.
LOL. Well, mild chuckle. I'm at work.Pippo_San said:Massively overrated (still recall the Giro he almost lost to freaking Uran) and a wheelsucker.
Add to that he's become the blatant cheat.
A disgrace.
hrotha said:I don't think Quintana was bad either. The wind simply made the ITT much harder than expected.
hfer07 said:Gotta say Quintana performed superbly, considering the wind conditions & his current shape - although it wasn't enough to limit the damage considerably, it may indicate he can have a chance to recover a bit tomorrow for the Sunday stage. At this point, his chances of winning the Tour are close to none, BUT the race finishes in Paris, and anything can happen until then, as we noticed on Mont Ventoux.
3wheeler said:Quintana was lucky the Ventoux was not a MTF and that the Crash messed everything up... He was standing to lose a huge chunk of time to Froome otherwise on the upper slopes.. would of been game over already..