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Vuelta a España 2017 - Week 2
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 10:56
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Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:01
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Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:03
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matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 10-09-2017 11:03
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:03
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ruben wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Really pleased with what I have seen from Soler and especially Carapaz this Vuelta, something great to build on from their first GT.
I somehow expected more from Soler, but maybe that was unfair.
Oomen surprised me more in his first GT until he got sick, but maybe that's unfair since he's been pro a bit longer already
Well a stage would have been nice for Soler, but after his Burgos performance I didnt expect more than this. It has been quite a long season for him and yet he still got in 6-7 breaks and was very close a couple of times. He also did work for Rojas in two of the breaks he got into. And his performance today shows me he is very durable, he reminds me of Francisco Mancebo. A real diesel who doesn't exactly look great on the bike. 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:55
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
I'd put having all 3 GTs under his belt at 26-27 right about there
But yeah, Froome's performance is not taking the spot of light it deserves.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:57
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alexkr00 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
I'd put having all 3 GTs under his belt at 26-27 right about there
But yeah, Froome's performance is not taking the spot of light it deserves.
He won all 3 GT at age 25
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 10-09-2017 11:59
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
Maybe for history.
But I personally will remember Bertie final Vuelta not Froombot dull boring "perfect" season. Man has ugly riding style and zero charisma |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 12:00
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Aquarius97 wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
I'd put having all 3 GTs under his belt at 26-27 right about there
But yeah, Froome's performance is not taking the spot of light it deserves.
He won all 3 GT at age 25
Born in December 82, which means he was 2 months shy of his 26th birthday when he won La Vuelta in 2008. More 26 than 25, I'd say 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 10-09-2017 12:08
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Who's this Froome guy?
PCMDaily Velogames Has Been 2016 & 2017
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 12:11
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alexkr00 wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
I'd put having all 3 GTs under his belt at 26-27 right about there
But yeah, Froome's performance is not taking the spot of light it deserves.
He won all 3 GT at age 25
Born in December 82, which means he was 2 months shy of his 26th birthday when he won La Vuelta in 2008. More 26 than 25, I'd say
he was a lot nearer 26 than he was 25. That's a fact
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| Kalach |
Posted on 10-09-2017 13:04
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Guido Mukk wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Froome just did the first double in 19 years and it's completely irrelevant. All the talk is about Contador.
Rightfully so, one of the greatest climbers of all time and the greatest stage racer of the last couple of decades retires today going out on the highest note
Tour-Vuelta double is still much bigger feat, bigger single feat than anything Contador ever did even when he had awesome career.
Maybe for history.
But I personally will remember Bertie final Vuelta not Froombot dull boring "perfect" season. Man has ugly riding style and zero charisma
Yeah but if Contador had such a team as Froome it would be no problem for him either. And he has double under his belt Giro-Vuelta. Froome is really guy with ugly riding style and yeah no charisma. But congrats to Froome.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 15:40
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the crowds outside the trek bus unbelievable ,what support for there hero |
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| HuDCC |
Posted on 10-09-2017 16:57
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Overall winner of the race?
Thank you Andy for everything!
Thanks to the_hoyle for banner! |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-09-2017 17:02
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You have to excuse some of local guys, they are confused it seems, maybe they think that number of attacks matter more than winning.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 10-09-2017 17:36
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
You have to excuse some of local guys, they are confused it seems, maybe they think that number of attacks matter more than winning. Perhaps they praise Contador because he singlehandedly made this a good GT? (Without Contador this would have been in the 2012 Giro-2012 Tour-2014 Vuelta-2016 Tour levels of patheticness)
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Gracias Alberto.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 18:42
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Froome  What a dbag |
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| StevenGreen |
Posted on 10-09-2017 18:45
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sky desperately needs the money |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2017 18:47
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Hey say what you will about Froome but at least he's a rider with ambition. If he can still win points jersey, he'll fight for it. If he wins TDF, he also wants Vuelta.
I admire that in a rider because there are too many riders out there too easily satisfied. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 10-09-2017 19:16
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
You have to excuse some of local guys, they are confused it seems, maybe they think that number of attacks matter more than winning.
probably the same guys that think De Gendt deserved the red number in the tour
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 10-09-2017 19:24
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-09-2017 19:25
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Zero stages won by a sprinter
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