Vuelta 2014, **el sp-olé-rs**
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You said make up time not lose time. Try taking more than a minute out of your rivals on a stage. Very very difficutl and perhaps these days Quintana and Froome (ignoring Nibali as he's not around) are the only ones capable of doing this. A TT is the one place where the very top end TTers can take minutes out of their rivals. A TT finds you out but then again a 3 week tour does eventually anyway.
Froome looked to be struggling from the moment Dan Martin went, but it was wet and cool, conditions that he doesn't really like. Clenbutador is always tactically spot on isn't he. It's a shame that his digs don't quite sting like they used to. 
Quintana will come better as the race goes on. The big surprise to me was that Purito looks very good also. We will know what's what by this time next week, I expect Quintana to put the hurt on big time when the HC climbs come along.
Quintana will come better as the race goes on. The big surprise to me was that Purito looks very good also. We will know what's what by this time next week, I expect Quintana to put the hurt on big time when the HC climbs come along.
RobNewcastle
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The Vuelta's just warming up man, there's still 6 summit finishes to go! The change from hot to cooler/wet conditions often catches a few riders out. It's far too early to say who is going to win as there's some monster stages to come where people can lose bucket loads of time. Froome lost 20 odd seconds yesterday but in the grand scheme of things with the TT to come tomorrow it's hardly definitive.
Quality race so far, loving it. Love Froome to win, after that Quintana
Quality race so far, loving it. Love Froome to win, after that Quintana
NorvernRob
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I'd love Froome to win and one day complete the set of GT's. Despite his success he has a massive amount of knockers and gets a lot of criticism, often from Wiggins fanboys who don't like the fact that Froome is simply a far stronger GC rider.
Dogtrousers
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His success so far has been quite limited in quantity, hasn't it (but not quality as it includes TdF). He won Romardie and the Dauphine as well as TdF in 2012, which was a bit of an annnus mirabilis, he coulda shoulda woulda but didn't win the Vuelta in '11, and before that he was pretty much anonymous. I may have missed some bits out.
Can't say I warm to the guy, as he seems a bit of a Zola Budd character to me, but on form he's a hell of a rider, which is what matters really.
I'm rooting for Dan Martin, in a rather muted way.
MisterStan
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Can we please not turn this into a Wiggins/Froome debate - there are plenty of threads for that if you want to light that particular fuse.
NorvernRob
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No debate from me, simply saying I'd like Froome to win regardless of where he was born or what his popularity is.
so out of the top 6 how will they fare tomorrow and who will be in red.
finish order:
1,froome 2, valverde, 3, contador, 4, quintana, 5, rodriquez, 6, anacona (i dont know anacona skill level at tt)
so then gc after will be:
1,froome 2, valverde, 3, contador, 4, quintana, 5, anacona, 6, rodriguez
tony martin to win by about 25mins like usual
finish order:
1,froome 2, valverde, 3, contador, 4, quintana, 5, rodriquez, 6, anacona (i dont know anacona skill level at tt)
so then gc after will be:
1,froome 2, valverde, 3, contador, 4, quintana, 5, anacona, 6, rodriguez
tony martin to win by about 25mins like usual
400bhp
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Out of the top 6 I'd say it's really difficult to call between Contador and Froome for 1st. Contador is a demon descender which will be to his advantage. As is Valverde but I think Froome and Contador will be overall quicker. Rodriguez is pants for sure.
I believe Anacona is actually pretty good on a hilly TT. I love the fact his dad wanted to call him Winnen after the Dutch cyclist Peter Winnen, but never saw how it was written and assumed Winner was correct. Would be lovely if this story wasn't an urban myth.
I believe Anacona is actually pretty good on a hilly TT. I love the fact his dad wanted to call him Winnen after the Dutch cyclist Peter Winnen, but never saw how it was written and assumed Winner was correct. Would be lovely if this story wasn't an urban myth.
themosquitoking
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Yeah, why not call him Peter? Much less room for error.
400bhp
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Well, that'd simply be Pedro so would be boring I suppose.
I find it odd that first names are "translated". What's that all about then.
themosquitoking
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But without translation it would have been exotic, how many Colombian Peters are there?Well, that'd simply be Pedro so would be boring I suppose.
I find it odd that first names are "translated". What's that all about then.
