Tour de France 2015 stage 20: Modane - Alpe d'Huez

[Pricey_sky]

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So Quintana winner of TdF 2015 in my books

Lucky for us nobody reads your books!

Froome by far the strongest for 18 days so he deserves it but real credit to Quintana today, he was awesome.

 

[Punkan]

Quintana around 39 min and 20 sek. Really good.

Btw, great stage!

 

[TMP402]

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Movistar threw the TdF away in the echelons it seems. Well done to Sky they were really strong everywhere, but then again that's to be expected from the by far richest team in the peloton.

Tinkoff and BMC are richer.

 

[doperhopper]

Hope there's no one now against reducing tema size to max 6, ideally 5.

 

[sky2500]

Given froome credit he is sick and still won,quintana did good job.

 

[Melo]

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Movistar threw the TdF away in the echelons it seems. Well done to Sky they were really strong everywhere, but then again that's to be expected from the by far richest team in the peloton.

Tinkoff and BMC are richer.

No, they're not.

 

[Sky'sthelimit]

Good grief, the vuelta is shaping up to be one heck of a battle.

 

[46&twoWheels]

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Movistar threw the TdF away in the echelons it seems. Well done to Sky they were really strong everywhere, but then again that's to be expected from the by far richest team in the peloton.

Tinkoff and BMC are richer.

BMC and TInkoff spend their money not only on climbers
(that's their fault though)

 

[infeXio]

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Movistar threw the TdF away in the echelons it seems. Well done to Sky they were really strong everywhere, but then again that's to be expected from the by far richest team in the peloton.

Tinkoff and BMC are richer.

Just no.

 

[OmieeZF]

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Froome won the Tour in Zeeland, without it he would have been 9 seconds behind

You do realize Quintana had as many team maten as froome everytime this tour?

This. The team saved his **s. Many times during this tour.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Froome won the Tour in Zeeland, without it he would have been 9 seconds behind

This. The team saved his **s. Many times during this tour.

That's why you take the strongest team you can, if you have an off day the team is there to pull through.

 

[Warhawk]

Really valiant effort from both guys.

 

[TaBaixo]

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I can burn your books in my bonfire. So sure.

I dont really care. Sorry

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Movistar threw the TdF away in the echelons it seems. Well done to Sky they were really strong everywhere, but then again that's to be expected from the by far richest team in the peloton.

Tinkoff and BMC are richer.

Movistar massively increased sponsorship last season, and as a result Abarca Sports have the largest budget they've ever had. For the first time they're in the top 50% biggest budgets in the WorldTour/ProTour. 9th largest budget of 18 teams.

 

[Irondan]

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Froome won the Tour in Zeeland, without it he would have been 9 seconds behind

This. The team saved his **s. Many times during this tour.

That's why you take the strongest team you can, if you have an off day the team is there to pull through.

This^^^^^^

 

[Scarponi]

LOL SBS commentators already saying it was Froomes ages for why he is struggling in 3rd week. Old mate has only competed in 6 Gts at he front lol

 

[Bushman]

SIMON Yates 11th???

according to procyclingstats

 

[Ramira]

Wow..Jungels in front of Contador,Mollema,Nibali on Alpe

He could actually be a good gc rider in some years, if his climbing improves even more, combined with his TT abilities

Not sure, he's a damned good rider, but he also won the under 23 Paris-Roubaix, so he could very well end up focusing on that. I see him as more of a Cancellara type rider if anything, great on the cobbles, great TT, pretty good over the hills and decent in the mountains when he tries. But not good enough to focus on GT's.

 

[Climbing]

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Good grief, the vuelta is shaping up to be one heck of a battle.

But who is going?

 

[Cimber]

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The best rider in The world: froome

TdF winner != best rider in the world

Well thats typical july fans for you

 

[rick james]

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Froome won the Tour in Zeeland, without it he would have been 9 seconds behind

This. The team saved his **s. Many times during this tour.

thats what they are there for

 

[Kwibus]

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Well that was boring

Seriously. Not much will entertain you then I guess or did you have unrealistic expactations.

I agree it should've started earlier, but you can't have it all. Movistar lacked ingenuity that's for sure.

 

[willbick]

Regarding Quintana's superiority over Froome on the last couple of days remember that Froome is the one in yellow with all the pressure and the stress. Quintana under much less pressure, makes life much easier. Put Quintana in yellow with everything to lose going into the last mountain and see if he goes as well!

 

[SergeDeM]

Cool stage in the end. Froome got saved today by the strength of his team. Froome was probably the best rider, but he definitely had the best team.
Quintana will be back, and if he gets a Tour without PSM level temperatures, I'd say he's more likely to win one than not.

 

[Sky'sthelimit]

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Good grief, the vuelta is shaping up to be one heck of a battle.

But who is going?

Froome strongly linked as well as Quintana and Valverde.