"The greatest race of the year": 2014 Tour de San Luis, January 19th-26th

[Ryo Hazuki]

what's with the personal attack? Can't you ever react normally?

grow up little child

oh silly you

 

[will10]

Gaimon just keeps the jersey?

 

[jens_attacks]

well done to nairito!

tuned too late, missed the show

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Gaimon just keeps the jersey?

with 4 seconds. he will lose it tomorrow in the itt then. quintana took more than 4 minutes on him. garmin sure didn't expect that

 

[Carols]

Anyone have a vid yet? I missed it

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Prelim GC:

1 (1) GAIMON Phillip [www.procyclingstats.com] Garmin - Sharp
2 (7) QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Movistar Team
3 (2) DE MAAR Marc UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis
4 (6) ATAPUMA HURTADO John Darwin BMC Racing Team

Looks like Quintana stepped up. Don't think gaps are big (GC). We have a race on.

Well done Darwin as well.

 

[Wallenquist]

Rubiano pretty impressive on such a long climb.

 

[jens_attacks]

quintana the first rider in history to accomplish the impossible,divine triple?

tour de san luis- giro d'italia- vuelta a espana

 

[Arredondo]

quintana the first rider in history to accomplish the impossible,divine triple?

tour de san luis- giro d'italia- vuelta a espana

If the sponsor doesn't want him in the Tour

 

[Arredondo]

Euser is 5th, not Rubiano

5. Euser
6. Rubiano
7 Stetina
8. Arredondo
9. Brambilla
10. Adam Yates

 

[jens_attacks]

If the sponsor doesn't want him in the Tour

tour de san luis - tour de france - tour of beijing

is he going for the big one?

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Looks like Euser was 5-th, Rubiano 6-th 7-th Stetina, 8Arredondo, 10A.Yates

 

[Arredondo]

tour de san luis - tour de france - tour of beijing

is he going for the big one?

Lets hope not, i want a fight in the Giro!

Edit: Well, perhaps its better Nairo isn't going to start in the Giro, if we want a real fight

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC top 5 with gaps:

1 (1) GAIMON Phillip [www.procyclingstats.com] Garmin - Sharp 8 16:54:45
2 (7) QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Movistar Team 0:04
3 (2) DE MAAR Marc UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis 1:15
4 (6) ATAPUMA HURTADO John Darwin BMC Racing Team 1:36
5 (27) GODOY Sergio Daniel [www.procyclingstats.com] San Luis Somos Todos 1:45

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Euser is 5th, not Rubiano

5. Euser
6. Rubiano
7 Stetina
8. Arredondo
9. Brambilla
10. Adam Yates

I thought he'd retired...

 

[jens_attacks]

now seriously, what a beast nairo is _O_

already killing it in january, i can't wait to see him climbing giro or tour doesn't matter too much which

 

[Escarabajo]

quintana the first rider in history to accomplish the impossible,divine triple?

tour de san luis- giro d'italia- vuelta a espana

Divine????

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Etapa 4:
1. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) 4:15:33 Palmarés completo
2. Sergio Godoy (San Luis Somos Todos) a 50
3. Darwin Atapuma (BMC) a 1:32
4. Enzo Moyano (San Luis Somos Todos) a 1:39
5. Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare) 1:45
6. Miguel A. Rubiano (Colombia) a 2:09
7. Peter Stetina (BMC) a 2:46
8. Julián Arredondo (Trek) m.t.
9. Gianluca Brambilla (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) a 3:04
10. Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) a 3:05
11. Eduardo Sepúlveda (Bretagne) a m.t.
12. Winner Anacona (Lampre-Merida) a 3:12
13. Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthcare) a 3:43
14. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r La Mondiale) m.t.
15. Isaac Bolivar (UnitedHealthcare) m.t.


look at those gaps

also glad the argentines really refound themselves

 

[Taxus4a]

Quintana had to attack from far, as Evans yesterday, to have option to win this race.. he is a natural prodigy and this is not a surprise.

It will be interesting his performance tomorrow in the ITT to see how good is he really in this matter. Maybe depends on the wind, but anyway is quite flat. I think he will lose some time in the GC, but the leader is more a climber than a trialist, so we will see.

 

[Arredondo]

Did the other GC-guys had a coup of tea moment? Quintana is the best climber, but 3 minutes? That's not normal.

 

[Escarabajo]

It seems as though they are the only ones who really care about it

Maybe he was trying to take it easy and just follow wheels but he is so talented that he found himself up front, so maybe he said to himself "what the hec, let's go for it (en boyaco por supuesto)". Reports say that he is even overweight and recuperating from stomach bug. We are seeing one of the most natural talents in a very long time. No matter what season it is, he always has it!!!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Did the other GC-guys had a coup of tea moment? Quintana is the best climber, but 3 minutes? That's not normal.

We are dealing with 2nd tier climbers in form and the rest are on vacation. Thats why it was important for the "locals" to step up.

 

[Guybrush]

Did the other GC-guys had a coup of tea moment? Quintana is the best climber, but 3 minutes? That's not normal.

El Amago is an irregular climb, at the harpings the gradient pitch more than 15%, plus the surface is cement, kinda like bola del mundo. Ideal for lightweights like Nairo.

 

[Arredondo]

We are dealing with 2nd tier climbers in form and the rest are on vacation. Thats why it was important for the "locals" to step up.

Yeah, you're right. My intention was to write a good counter-response, but i can't

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

GC top 5 with gaps:

1 (1) GAIMON Phillip [www.procyclingstats.com] Garmin - Sharp 8 16:54:45
2 (7) QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Movistar Team 0:04
3 (2) DE MAAR Marc UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis 1:15
4 (6) ATAPUMA HURTADO John Darwin BMC Racing Team 1:36
5 (27) GODOY Sergio Daniel [www.procyclingstats.com] San Luis Somos Todos 1:45

out of that top 5 godoy has the bets itt normally. still quintana should take this eaisly. also tomorrow leaders jersey