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The issue Quintana will have in future years is increased TT kms, but if he can minimise his losses in these then he will get at least 1 TDF for sure.
SergeDeM said:
The issue Quintana will have in future years is increased TT kms, but if he can minimise his losses in these then he will get at least 1 TDF for sure.
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Movistar seem to have gambled on the final week; a backloaded course with no TT mileage said that that was not an insensible thing to do, but the domestiques and break riders have done more for their leaders at the end just as the leaders have been stronger at the end. Anacona's come into some excellent form towards the end of the race and they've had the strongest guy in the Alps. Perhaps they were expecting others to similarly peak at the end so that they'd be ok at PSM, maybe the form is just a few days behind where they'd ideally be so that Quintana could have been closer on PSM and this strong for all of the Alpine stages.
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July fans are why I don't show up here much at this time of year. My doctor said my body couldn't cope with such high facepalming levels, had to cut down on July foruming.
Cimber said:jaylew said:OmieeZF said:
TdF winner != best rider in the world
Well thats typical july fans for you
July fans are why I don't show up here much at this time of year. My doctor said my body couldn't cope with such high facepalming levels, had to cut down on July foruming.
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Such limited TTing and so many mts. Only thing against him were the cobbles, and though he rode them well, they were pretty easy
Richeypen said:
Such limited TTing and so many mts. Only thing against him were the cobbles, and though he rode them well, they were pretty easy
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I dont understand why many people write stuff like "froome was just the strongest this year"
As it was already written, without the 2nd stage NQ would have been in front of froome. Of course you can argue that Froome would have gotten more time in the pyrenees if he had to but I wouldn't say quintana was stronger too anywasys. I think its fair to say that they were even.
As it was already written, without the 2nd stage NQ would have been in front of froome. Of course you can argue that Froome would have gotten more time in the pyrenees if he had to but I wouldn't say quintana was stronger too anywasys. I think its fair to say that they were even.
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Also took completely overhauling the KOM points system to ensure it happened
TMP402 said:
Also took completely overhauling the KOM points system to ensure it happened
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Ramira said:
If I remember correctly he and the team decided to focus on stage races for the time being last year.
Amazing last week by him though.
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He beat himself with bonehead tactics by his team in the last week. Think of how easy it would have been for him to maybe squeeze out 10 seconds the last few days. Even today, he poked too much and didn't go early enough when visually, it was clear Froome wasn't at his best.Punkan said:
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