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djpbaltimore said:Sunday looks like the best day to try to upset the race status quo. There is an easy stage on Monday and then the rest day. Valverde and Quintana need to force the penultimate climb and isolate Froome. They also need a strong guy like Izaguirre in the break who can drop back and drive the pace until the final climb. What we observed during Froome's Ventoux meltdown is that he can sometimes make weird decisions under pressure. If he is alone with Valverde, Porte, Quintana, Mollema, and Yates, maybe he burns himself out following every attack and loses a big chunk of time. Unlikely to happen of course.
Vroome.exe said:We can't blame the real ninja of this tour for doing his things. Still to reach top 10 in a stage!
What?HelloDolly said:Cycling_Podcast saying Unzue and Movistar admiting they cant beat SKY and esp SKY rotated doms
ILovecycling said:What?HelloDolly said:Cycling_Podcast saying Unzue and Movistar admiting they cant beat SKY and esp SKY rotated doms
BigMac said:As far as him being overrated, blame the fans. Not his fault.
Not that I really think he's overrated, he's sub par at the moment.
Miburo said:What excuses? The man crashed and had breaks in his leg. Don't be pathetic
Valv.Piti said:BigMac said:As far as him being overrated, blame the fans. Not his fault.
Not that I really think he's overrated, he's sub par at the moment.
His fans? Nairo has performanced below expectations. He was more or less on par with Froome going into the Pyrenees, but he simply didn't have it, in the Pyrenees or these very hard days. For some reasons I can't explain. Maybe he can, maybe he can't either? There is no shame in it, but Froome is simply a monster and Quintana has disappointed. SO FAR.
Long way to go. Stage 17 is tailor made for Quintana, if he doesnt gap Froome with at least 1 minute, it will be very fricking hard. Which is very unlikely, looking at him now. But we still obviously believe.
BigMac said:Valv.Piti said:BigMac said:As far as him being overrated, blame the fans. Not his fault.
Not that I really think he's overrated, he's sub par at the moment.
His fans? Nairo has performanced below expectations. He was more or less on par with Froome going into the Pyrenees, but he simply didn't have it, in the Pyrenees or these very hard days. For some reasons I can't explain. Maybe he can, maybe he can't either? There is no shame in it, but Froome is simply a monster and Quintana has disappointed. SO FAR.
Long way to go. Stage 17 is tailor made for Quintana, if he doesnt gap Froome with at least 1 minute, it will be very fricking hard. Which is very unlikely, looking at him now. But we still obviously believe.
My post had two sentences. Either you ignored the last one or misunderstood the whole thing.
Sartorius said:Vroome.exe said:We can't blame the real ninja of this tour for doing his things. Still to reach top 10 in a stage!
I had to check it! I didn't even believe it at first. Quintana wasn't in top10 in any stage yet in this TdF. He moved up wheelsucking to another level...
Cycling1984 said:Sartorius said:Vroome.exe said:We can't blame the real ninja of this tour for doing his things. Still to reach top 10 in a stage!
I had to check it! I didn't even believe it at first. Quintana wasn't in top10 in any stage yet in this TdF. He moved up wheelsucking to another level...
The man deserves nothing from this tour as he has contributed nothing to it...to think he has yet to finish top 10 in a stage is incredible. On long stages mountain stages with multiple climbs Quintana can be pretty awesome but in reality he is pretty limited as riders go...Froome is superior in all the other disciplines of cycling, except maybe when holding onto passing motos!!!
staubsauger said:This goof should be disqualified for blatant cheating just like he should've been at the 2014 Giro for ignoring the race director's instructions! He was not directly involved in the crash so there ain't any legitimacy to take a tow from the moto.
Valv.Piti said:Cycling1984 said:Sartorius said:Vroome.exe said:We can't blame the real ninja of this tour for doing his things. Still to reach top 10 in a stage!
I had to check it! I didn't even believe it at first. Quintana wasn't in top10 in any stage yet in this TdF. He moved up wheelsucking to another level...
The man deserves nothing from this tour as he has contributed nothing to it...to think he has yet to finish top 10 in a stage is incredible. On long stages mountain stages with multiple climbs Quintana can be pretty awesome but in reality he is pretty limited as riders go...Froome is superior in all the other disciplines of cycling, except maybe when holding onto passing motos!!!
He pretty much is. Froome is a better rider on the flat, downhills, ITTs, hills etc, so Nairo obviously needs to be a whole lot stronger in the mountains, especially in the 3rd week.... but I think Froome will succeed in limiting his losses or even gap him further.
May have been the wind which has drained him this much, I dno. He looked perfectly fine in Arcalis.