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I think it's basically the same thing. If you're better on average, you also have to reach less and suffer less, and you have slightly more capacity to recover and all that.I mean obviously the tour vuelta double wasn't an issue in 2016 but he was clearly fading massively towards the end of the race last season and that cannot simply be explained with inconsistency.
On his day, he is still the best climber in the world, but he has lost that consistently high base level that, earlier in his career, allowed him to podium any given GT even when clearly below his best. Nowadays, when he is off his game, he is really average.
The best in the world, no less?
So obvious. He is not a gt contender anymore. How can he lose 1 minute in 3 km?I will not praise him because I know he's going to disappointing me at stage 5 ( hope I'm wrong)
I would like to see him try to win Lombardia.He should give up the GTs and go to the classics
Seemed like a decent ride to me. Not at his best, but limited his losses to the extent that he's still 3rd overall, just 23 seconds off the lead.So obvious. He is not a gt contender anymore. How can he lose 1 minute in 3 km?
Decent ride? I would say decent ride if he was racing for top 5, not for the win. He lost 54 seconds for a rival.Seemed like a decent ride to me. Not at his best, but limited his losses to the extent that he's still 3rd overall, just 23 seconds off the lead.
It's way too early to say yet. If that was his bad day in the first week, and he limited his losses like that, then it's a very good ride.Decent ride? I would say decent ride if he was racing for top 5, not for the win. He lost 54 seconds for a rival.
Still leads Valverde in GC lol.
The way the stage went down was 100% suited to Valverde, Roglic and MAL and 100% unsuited to Quintana
Did it? I'd say it's probably about 50/50 which of the two finishes higher overall.Yet it still proved 100% that Quintana is not per definition a better bet for GC than Valverde.
Did it? I'd say it's probably about 50/50 which of the two finishes higher overall.
Right, so you meant in general terms, not based on the results today.That was not what I said. I said that it proved that it's not necessarily a law of nature that Quintana is the better pick of the two as many keep seeming to suggest.
Don't forget that Valverde has found a way to shed a couple of kilograms which seems to really help him in the tough mountains.
I wouldn't write Nairo off just yet.
On his day, he is still the best climber in the world, but he has lost that consistently high base level that, earlier in his career, allowed him to podium any given GT even when clearly below his best. Nowadays, when he is off his game, he is really average.
In 2016 Vuelta stage like today would suit him 100%. He just isn't good enough anymore...Still leads Valverde in GC lol.
The way the stage went down was 100% suited to Valverde, Roglic and MAL and 100% unsuited to Quintana
Valverde should have been a better teammate and shared his weight loss formula with Quintana . If Quintana did it he would obliterate this field in La Vuelta.That was not what I said. I said that it proved that it's not necessarily a law of nature that Quintana is the better pick of the two as many keep seeming to suggest.
Don't forget that Valverde has found a way to shed a couple of kilograms which seems to really help him in the tough mountains.
Don't worry, he'll do his own race already on Sunday, he always does...Couple of good digs, dropped his team mate then let himself drop off at the end so his team mate could get back. Under orders. Shame, we'll never know how he would have got on for GC.
Lol the salt is real.Don't worry, he'll do his own race already on Sunday, he always does...