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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 11-09-2019 14:43
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I'm following the CN live ticker and couldn't help laughing at this piece:
Some classic Movistar tactics in action now, as the team takes to the front of the peloton to chase down the big GC threat in the break – Movistar's Nairo Quintana.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 11-09-2019 14:43
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-09-2019 14:48
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what the actual fuck is Movistar doing |
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| kirosha |
Posted on 11-09-2019 14:52
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Just turned the TV on. What the heck is going on? 
58 kph average in the last hour? Cross tailwind splitting the bunch? 7 QST guys in break early on? Woah! Hell of a stage!
Edited by kirosha on 11-09-2019 14:58
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| StevenGreen |
Posted on 11-09-2019 14:59
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kirosha wrote:
Just turned the TV on. What the heck is going on?
68 kph average in the last hour? Cross tailwind splitting the bunch? 7 QST guys in break early on? Woah! Hell of a stage!
Really just a huge breakaway from the beginning with Nairo and Keldermann in it.
Then Movistar decided to fuck themselves over just for shits and giggles
"He made a bigger comeback than Easter Sunday."
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| kirosha |
Posted on 11-09-2019 15:31
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Quintana did not look fresh at the finish at all. To win 5 mins today just to lose them tomorrow?
I expect an attack early in the final climb from him next stage, the way he did at Los Machucos and before. He is now much closer in the GC and his actions will require immediate response. |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 11-09-2019 15:44
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I think Movistar was trying to eliminate Roglic's teammates to make him isolated and make him have a choice of either working or letting the gap go up to 7-8 minutes. But Astana decided otherwise as they worked for a 4th(!) place. Or at least that's what I hope they were thinking of doing. If they really chased Quintana down for Valverde then I have no words to say.
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Gracias Alberto.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 11-09-2019 16:00
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Can't wait for the Quintana Valverde battle next few days should be fun . |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 11-09-2019 19:10
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Forever the Best wrote:
I think Movistar was trying to eliminate Roglic's teammates to make him isolated and make him have a choice of either working or letting the gap go up to 7-8 minutes. But Astana decided otherwise as they worked for a 4th(!) place. Or at least that's what I hope they were thinking of doing. If they really chased Quintana down for Valverde then I have no words to say.
This cahese is to keep their podium hope alive. Letting Quinatana away with 4min. would mean that they wont pass him, even that Nairo current climbing form sucks. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-09-2019 20:24
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Phil Phil Phil
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 11-09-2019 23:48
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Movistar tried to Isolate Roglic and crack him. They played it very well in my opinion. Roglic and Astana just were strong enough to resist luckily.
Also my man Carl Frederik Hagen is riding a fantastic Vuelta which I absolutely love!
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 12-09-2019 01:29
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What Carl Fredrik is doing Right now is awesome!
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-09-2019 15:25
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two attacks and Nairo is done..he seems to be empty. Who wants podium place go! |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-09-2019 15:40
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..and he is done |
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| StevenGreen |
Posted on 12-09-2019 15:46
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Really impressive ride by Higuita
"He made a bigger comeback than Easter Sunday."
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| kirosha |
Posted on 12-09-2019 16:38
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Chapeau to Higuita! Very confident performance from Roglic with snatching some more seconds on both Valverde and Lopez at the finish. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 12-09-2019 18:23
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Really impressed, not a young prospect yet racing a respectable tour on the first years with a WT team, where was he all this time? |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 12-09-2019 19:07
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Really impressed, not a young prospect yet racing a respectable tour on the first years with a WT team, where was he all this time?
He's only been pursuing cycling for 5-6 years, so he had a pretty late entry into the sport. He did athletics and cross-country skiing before that, though, so he has many years of solid training behind him. We're seeing the effects of that now towards the end of the three weeks, another very impressive stage today
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| ember |
Posted on 12-09-2019 19:18
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Sykkel_Freak wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Really impressed, not a young prospect yet racing a respectable tour on the first years with a WT team, where was he all this time?
He's only been pursuing cycling for 5-6 years, so he had a pretty late entry into the sport. He did athletics and cross-country skiing before that, though, so he has many years of solid training behind him. We're seeing the effects of that now towards the end of the three weeks, another very impressive stage today
To make a long story short, but slightly longer than what Sykkel_Freak gave, he got into cycling very late. He did cross-country skiing and running, mostly cross-country running, as a teenager, and also combining them doing some winter triathlon competition as a U23 athlete, taking gold in the winter triathlon U23 world championships. That kind of tells his story in short, as he didn't specialize in anything, but enjoyed the endurance heavy sports and to challenge himself. As a 19 years old, he won the "Birkebeiner treble", and he got some attention in the national press in Norway for that, as it combines the times done in a cross-country run, a cross-country ski race and a MTB race, and he was kind of "too young" to beat all those elite amateurs in Norway aiming for it 
For those reading Norwegian, here's some of his background, written back in 2010: https://www.kondi...40941.html
Then, in late 2012 (autumn) he started MTB racing by coincidence, really, and decided to commit and see how far he could go. He quickly showed his talent, winning the Norwegian Cup the following two years. Thus, combined with some impressive Strava climbing times (!) on local climbs in the eastern part of Norway, he got an offer to join a Norwegian continental team (very simplified and shortened version of the story indeed ). He accepted, and he was all in for another struggle, as a newbie on the road, as his first road season was as a 24 years old, in 2015.
But he adapted, and has steadily improved, and his 2018 with the Joker team was rock solid with some brilliant performances that wasn't always rewarded with a great result, and it also came on the back of a good 2017 season, where he also proved that he had potential for the climbs, but also were solid at different terrains, as the Joker team has never done a whole lot of races suited for climbers.
So yeah, a cool story and a very late bloomer, which kind of makes sense if you consider 2015 was his first year at the road, as a 24 years old.
But obviously, having said all that, his Vuelta performance is just incredible. I'm pretty sure the Lotto Soudal staff, management and riders didn't expect such a performance, and especially not such a consistent performance day in and day out late in his GT debut
Edited by ember on 12-09-2019 19:20
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 12-09-2019 19:18
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Sykkel_Freak wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Really impressed, not a young prospect yet racing a respectable tour on the first years with a WT team, where was he all this time?
He's only been pursuing cycling for 5-6 years, so he had a pretty late entry into the sport. He did athletics and cross-country skiing before that, though, so he has many years of solid training behind him. We're seeing the effects of that now towards the end of the three weeks, another very impressive stage today
Huh, funny how some people involved in other sports (Roglic, Evenpoel, Hagen, Peraud even) show up and perform well imediatelly within the sport. I wonder how far behind is really cycling in terms of preparation... |
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