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Maybe so! One thing is for sure, he's off to a great start with today's fantastic victory.but he was only good in the last week of the tdf, I think he might have enough juice left to at least fight for the red.
Quintana to me is an old style racer who cant deal with modern train tactics but anytime he is out on his own with other isolated GC guys he is full of life and just like on the road to Annecy all those years ago we see The Condor flyNairo gets so much negative press for his poor racing that people write the many occasions where he actually did light the race up and make attacks out of history. Am I surprised he pulled this off? Yes. I thought he, Roglič, Roche and Urán would ride all the way to the sprint to maximise time gain, and Quintana would inevitably lose out from that, but you can't fault his tactics here. He's got into an attack move by being among the strongest on a climb, then in a move that's gone at the end of a downhill, and then attacked that group on the flat to win the stage. When he's in form, he absolutely can ride like a champion, but because he is really negative when he isn't feeling good, people just act like he's never done anything aggressive in his racing career, which is just preposterous when you consider how he got those two GT wins, those Tour podiums and that polka dot jersey. Yes, he often rides conservatively and then picks one or two stages in advance to go for broke from far out on, meaning he rides quietly for the vast majority of the race - but there are other riders who use a similar strategy who get praised for what they bring to races. Quintana may have failed to take advantage of his climbing strength and cost himself significantly on a number of occasions, but he really doesn't deserve to be cast onto the same pyre as Levi Leipheimer, Simon Gerrans or Louis Meintjes.
So business as usual. You burn the helper first... which can be a tactic that can discussed if it wise to do or not.
LOL, without Roglic no win for the wheelsucker todayso quintana favourite to win now?
There goes my feared Ineos pick to win the Vuelta (Tao).Tao and Poels almost 10 minutes behind lol
Tao and Poels almost 10 minutes behind lol
Poels asked to be included in the Vuelta team a week ago, so I doubt there was too much hopeThey've finished with Jakobsen and Richeze. If they were seriously Ineos' GC hopes that's beyond awful. I'm wondering if there have been any reports of illness in the team?
Roche vs. Rogla vs. Uran
Poels asked to be included in the Vuelta team a week ago, so I doubt there was too much hope
Really smart race from Nairo, paying close attention at every key point:Maybe so! One thing is for sure, he's off to a great start with today's fantastic victory.
Possible...I wouldn't knowOne of the best stages I have seen in a GT in a while.
Wow
At least, we will always have that jersey!
I wonder if the team were telling Quintana to not push too much with Valverde chasing? And same with Nieve, he has Chaves chasing.
Anyway the biggest surprise was Fabio Aru, is the the old Aru we are now seeing?