buyruk
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That's why I said, in front of Froome and Contador. That's the key.
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That's why I said, in front of Froome and Contador. That's the key.
smutchin
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Didn't know that. Shame. He's hardly had a chance, though I was surprised he wasn't in the Tour team - guess his numbers don't add up.
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2013, 2015
He arguably did fade to some extent towards the end of the Tour this year as well, but none of his rivals were strong enough to capitalise.
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Why not?
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...in a year when Nibali, Contador and Froome focused on the Tour.
Although, tbh, I don't think winning this Vuelta would prove much about Quintana that we didn't know already. Froome is clearly feeling the effects of a long season, while Contador is looking like a rider whose best days are behind him.
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I'm wondering now if I didn't imagine it! Or it was an unsubstantiated rumour.
HF2300
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If Quintana was serious in interview, he wants 3 minutes over Froome to be certain. Suspect it was a half-joking reference to the difference in their TT form though.
Don't know if I'm entirely convinced by this - is there evidence that Froome was in trouble? He was distanced by Movistar, but it seemed from what I saw that he was doing the usual Sky ride by the numbers, rather than that he was in trouble on the early slopes. Admittedly I'm only going by the highlights, which can be misleading.
One thing I've never seen anyone point out, and I think is interesting, is that Froome's tactic of 'you need to do X numbers to achieve Y' is pretty much exactly the same technique the Team GB pursuiters use on the track.
Must admit I was thinking this a couple of days ago about Quintana's first attack (when you posted the 'baby I'm back' clip). I wonder how 'back' he is - he looks more effortless than the others, but perhaps because of their limitations rather than because he's in significantly better form than the Tour. Having said that, I do think we might see him lift his game again, not necessarily because of physical form but because the Covadonga win will have given him a psychological boost.
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HF2300
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You did manage to convince me at the start of this thread that Purito was entered, much against my better judgement as I knew full well he'd said the Olympics was his last race. I think you just chuck these things in to see if we're paying attention.
In my defence, he was in the bookies odds!Here's where I saw the Konig reference
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ve-bora-hansgrohe-officially-confirmed-269698
...Czech Leopold König will return to Bora, where in 2014 he placed seventh in the Tour de France, after two years with Team Sky...
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Dogtrousers
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That was what I thought (on the basis of no evidence whatsoever) was going on - that Froome was watching the numbers on his stem and not the race, Sky having calculated beforehand what he needed to do to get his best time, leaving others to see if they could better it.
That was a very beautiful setting I thought.
This is quite entertaining. I hope Quintana can hang on.
400bhp
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Is the covadonga a very consistent gradient? From experience riding by numbers is pretty hard tI when the gradient pitches and steepens.
If froome was in top form he wouldn't be doing what he's doing.
brommers
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The profile is on page 13 of the thread. Different gradients and even a couple of small descents.
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But reasonably consistently steep
All answered before I got back to the thread. You're only missing a 'Who' from the line up and maybe a 'where'.
I'm sure I read he had a plan but so far he's been a bit Schleck like, we know he's in the race.........
