La Vuelta 2016 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

So Tinkoff dragged the break back all day, so that Sky & Froome and Movistar & Quintana could take advantage of a free ride.
Muppets.

 

[Guyincognito76]

So, Nairo believes that the power meters should be banned? I can't say I disagree, but I wouldn't stop there: ban the radios too. None of these 'advances' make the racing anymore interesting.

 

[themosquitoking]

I think he just said banned from some races. Why not mix it up a bit? Some with some without, you know, like the olympic events and drugs.

 

[rich p]

Some with some without, you know, like the olympic events and drugs.

 

[Bonus]

Nice finish by Froome today. That last climb looked awful!

 

[AndyRM]

Has Quintana complained about power meters before? Seemed a bit of a random gripe to me, but I've not been following as closely as I have previously.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Has Quintana complained about power meters before? Seemed a bit of a random gripe to me, but I've not been following as closely as I have previously.

I think it was a journo fishing (successfully). "Hey, Nairo, what about those power meters, eh? They should be banned, shouldn't they?"

 

[User169]

Has Quintana complained about power meters before? Seemed a bit of a random gripe to me, but I've not been following as closely as I have previously.

It was clearly intended to be a self-deprecating joke in response to a question about what he needs to do to beat Froome. I think it all got a bit lost in translation by the English language media.

 

[mjr]

It was clearly intended to be a self-deprecating joke in response to a question about what he needs to do to beat Froome. I think it all got a bit lost in translation by the English language media.

I'm not so sure. That's two days running that he's made similar comments. I think he's trying to play up the "boring Sky riding to the numbers" legend, to distract from just being taken in a summit finish sprint like a novice.

 

[400bhp]

I'm not so sure. That's two days running that he's made similar comments. I think he's trying to play up the "boring Sky riding to the numbers" legend, to distract from just being taken in a summit finish sprint like a novice.

Summit sprint. Don't be so silly.

 

[Guyincognito76]

Summit sprint. Don't be so silly.

The 'complaint' was about Monday's race, not yesterday's.

 

[mjr]

The 'complaint' was about Monday's race, not yesterday's.

Quintana repeated the power meter comments after yesterday's finish, seen on itv4 and reported in the cycling podcast. Froome replied by suggesting that they should try racing on singlespeeds too.

 

[smutchin]

Quintana repeated the power meter comments after yesterday's finish, seen on itv4 and reported in the cycling podcast. Froome replied by suggesting that they should try racing on singlespeeds too.

Although again Froome's comments were in reply to a fishing question from a journo rather than off the cuff.

 

[dellzeqq]

So Tinkoff dragged the break back all day, so that Sky & Froome and Movistar & Quintana could take advantage of a free ride.
Muppets.

which makes a change from Movistar riding like loons all day, during the first week and watching somebody else win.

I'm no expert, but neither team seems to have a successful strategy. Sky seem to use their riders a little more intelligently. They certainly do less work.

 

[Guyincognito76]

The 'problem' seems to be that Quintana and Contador thought they had dropped Froome and pushed themselves into the red (Alberto more obviously than Nairo) whilst Chris was really just playing a computer game.