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mcelliott said:
I can't see there being any significant differences in time between Contador and Froome tomorrow, in fact I have a feeling Bertie will run Froome very close with J-Rod and Quintana suffering a loss, but not huge. TTs are always very interesting after a rest day, depends who's recovered the best from a week's hard racing.
Quintana has been making good.progress on his time trialing abilities. I don't think he'll lose too much time as well :-) okgo said:
I'm going to say Froome will do Nario for 44 seconds, and Bertie for 28. And will win the stage.
Any more predictions?
I think he'll take more than that. Bert's TTing has been distinctly average since he came back from his beef holiday. Quintana remains an unproven quantity at this level. I think at least a minute on Contador and a minute and a half on Quintana. Be interesting to see how the Spanish TT champ goes after his shocker in the TDF.Any more predictions?
Rocksteadyeddie said:
I think he'll take more than that. Bert's TTing has been distinctly average since he came back from his beef holiday. Quintana remains an unproven quantity at this level. I think at least a minute on Contador and a minute and a half on Quintana. Be interesting to see how the Spanish TT champ goes after his shocker in the TDF.
Quintana is actually OK at time trials. I think he won the ITT in the Giro earlier so can compete at grand tour level. This course might suit him too, therefore I would expect him to do well and sustain minimal losses.
AC looks strong, but I think Valverde might outdo him.
I'm not sure on froome, don't think he will do as well as he normally does.
Let's not forget Tony Martin, he's in with a chance for the stage today as well.
Dr Imran T said:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
I think he'll take more than that. Bert's TTing has been distinctly average since he came back from his beef holiday. Quintana remains an unproven quantity at this level. I think at least a minute on Contador and a minute and a half on Quintana. Be interesting to see how the Spanish TT champ goes after his shocker in the TDF.
Quintana is actually OK at time trials. I think he won the ITT in the Giro earlier so can compete at grand tour level. This course might suit him too, therefore I would expect him to do well and sustain minimal losses.
AC looks strong, but I think Valverde might outdo him.
I'm not sure on froome, don't think he will do as well as he normally does.
Let's not forget Tony Martin, he's in with a chance for the stage today as well.
^^ valid points chaps. But it does go up a bit too. If tony martin can get up the climb OK, my money is on him for the stage win. It depends how bad he wants it but, I would imagine OPQS would want to do well regardless.
Re. Quintana we will soon found out how well he does he seemed confident when I read his comments the other day.
Not sure on Fab - seems to have lost his drive or something[different goals] these days. He just can't beat Tony Martin!
the Vuelta has turned out to be a really exciting race. I like when there is multiple riders in contention.
Re. Quintana we will soon found out how well he does
he seemed confident when I read his comments the other day. Not sure on Fab - seems to have lost his drive or something[different goals] these days. He just can't beat Tony Martin!
the Vuelta has turned out to be a really exciting race. I like when there is multiple riders in contention.
Dr Imran T said:
okgo said:
A fair few others fell off yesterday too, and same goes for the tour, just that Froome was the only household name...
I doubt he's a s
t bike handler, after all he has crashed a handful of times in a lot of racing days, I think he just gets a lot of stick as he is a big name.
Haha, yes you raise a fair point. He does look at his stem when he rides though. We need someone to post that clip of him and his stem again!I doubt he's a s
t bike handler, after all he has crashed a handful of times in a lot of racing days, I think he just gets a lot of stick as he is a big name.
What's the betting Roger Hammond had seen this (posted on Youtube 2 weeks ago) before making his comment?
Rocksteadyeddie said:
okgo said:
I was being conservative, as Bertie looks like he's probably filth and Quintana may have done some work on his position etc...
... as well as being juiced to the nines? 
Tough wee b
d!How he got up after that is anyones guess!
Edited by Grandfondo on Tuesday 2nd September 16:16
Edited by Grandfondo on Tuesday 2nd September 16:17
Rocksteadyeddie said:
okgo said:
I was being conservative, as Bertie looks like he's probably filth and Quintana may have done some work on his position etc...
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