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SeriousSam said:Salvaged 3rd when clearly far from top shape through clever conservative riding. Chapeau
he already did that in tour 2013 and 2015dacooley said:Quintana ought to widen his skillset to win the Tour. Time to realize he'll never make up 2-3 minutes over Froome / Contador / Bardet just at the expense of magnificent climbing.
Miburo said:Didn't do anything this tour, a terrible form is not an excuse, he didn't even try. Just confirms what we all knew he was.
Miburo said:Didn't do anything this tour, a terrible form is not an excuse, he didn't even try. Just confirms what we all knew he was.
capuldemetal said:yes ,it did.but sometimes(this year for exemple) it is just not enough.and if prudhomme really keeps his promise to make next year's tour less mountainess he will be really in big trouble.
Nope, it's your opinion, with all my respect.Miburo said:Didn't do anything this tour, a terrible form is not an excuse, he didn't even try. Just confirms what we all knew he was.
He finished third with probably less than two minutes in the wind. That has got to be some sort of record? Even Leipheimer would be proud of such a performance.Miburo said:Didn't do anything this tour, a terrible form is not an excuse, he didn't even try. Just confirms what we all knew he was.
Not really, he just needs his 2013/2015 climbing legs, this time Valverde really worked for him, but his Form was clearly off. Of course having another strongman for the flat stages would be a good idea and 1-2 long, hard mountain stages at high altitute would also help him a lot, but this year the main problem was just his form, you can't blame the route or the team, if something is wrong with your form and you just lack the legs to attack and do damage then there's not much that you can do about that.yaco said:Was a little off his game. Needs less TT kilometres to beat Froome.
That edit was made (unsurprisingly) from Colombia.Gigs_98 said:Wikipedia is a little bit overhasty
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