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Climbing said:willbick said:For those getting carried away with Quintana's superiority over Froome at the finish today, remember that Froome had to chase back on when he had a mechanical. It might not seem like anything but every little effort over threshold counts
Sounds convenient, it looks more likely he's suffering a bit in the last two days, while Quintana is quite strong in the 3th week as usual.
And what that a mechanical anyway? Or Andy gear shifting technique?
sir fly said:viewtopic.php?p=1779844#p1779844willbick said:For those getting carried away with Quintana's superiority over Froome at the finish today, remember that Froome had to chase back on when he had a mechanical. It might not seem like anything but every little effort over threshold counts
I wish Quintana kept it on his mind.willbick said:sir fly said:viewtopic.php?p=1779844#p1779844willbick said:For those getting carried away with Quintana's superiority over Froome at the finish today, remember that Froome had to chase back on when he had a mechanical. It might not seem like anything but every little effort over threshold counts
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Sky'sthelimit said:franic said:110km is a ridiculously short stage
Froome will be thanking the route creators for that one.
Miburo said:Poursuivant said:Nice OP.
Are they doing the exact same climb of the Croix de Fer as today??
nope the other side of it
Richeypen said:Quintana to take 2:37 from Froome. Froome to win the tour due to the 1 second he took on stage 14
Dekker_Tifosi said:Quintana will enough time to be 1'20 behind in the GC. Meaning he would've won without the echelon stage. So we can say Froome won the Tour in Holland
Fight.The.Power said:In 2008 Sastre attacked 13.3km from the top. Quintana needs to do the same tomorrow. However, Sastre had the advantage that he was not deemed the big threat to the yellow at the time.
The point is an attack can be made so far from the finish and succeed.
That day he took 2'13" from the yellow jersey on the Alpe.
Carols said:Fight.The.Power said:In 2008 Sastre attacked 13.3km from the top. Quintana needs to do the same tomorrow. However, Sastre had the advantage that he was not deemed the big threat to the yellow at the time.
The point is an attack can be made so far from the finish and succeed.
That day he took 2'13" from the yellow jersey on the Alpe.
Yeah he took the yellow off Frank Schleck his teammate . It's a race not a tea party!
Netserk said:When in doubt about climbing times, I'll recommend you visit: http://www.climbing-records.com/Simurgh said:Netserk said:It was 1995 that was Marco's record ride (and it was almost a whole minute faster than Armstrong '04)
oops Thanks, it's been corrected now
fungusbear said:If Nairo gains 2 mins 39 on Froome and Nibali beats Valverde by enough to gain 3rd then my podium predictions before the tour will be correct
Miburo said:Richeypen said:Quintana to take 2:37 from Froome. Froome to win the tour due to the 1 second he took on stage 14
there's boni lol