DaveC
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There was some awesome footage of a rider going downhill doing about 80ks,
and I was also blown away by the crowds, I think it's completely insane that there's no barriers for a lot of it. So much potential for disaster.
Indeed there is, and there has been a lot of drama with the crowds over the years. Problem is you can't put barricades up and enforce them for hundreds of kms either, and even where there are barricades it doesn't stop a lot of the insanity. It's a part of cycling that I hope never goes away as that's part of the excitement of watching the mountain stages for me, and it's a bucket list thing too for me to watch the Tour go up a huge mountain in the Alps and be in a crowd like that (but not on Dutch Corner)
i don't think the contenders will attack each other although quintana should attack without a doubt - 20% gradient! - he without a doubt won't attack, and blame it on some external factor he has no control over, as is tradition, and end up losing the tour by the seconds he could be making up here.
I hope you're wrong but you're probably right. I don't think Quintana will ever win a Tour. It's such a shame that Sagan is out - he'd win his sixth green jersey, Froome will possibly win his fourth yellow...the results could have been historic.
Hot damn, what a finish. Quintana will have his yellow jersey soon enough.
I agree that Quintana isn't the most adventurous rider (I'm a fan BTW), but it's not exactly easy to attack the best climbers in the world who are in their best form. In the Giro there was one stage where Quintana did attack and when Dumoulin caught him at the end he lost some time. Yesterday it was clear that he didn't have the legs after he couldn't follow Froome and Porte. It would also be stupid to attack early because the Sky team will just keep you within reach until Froome closes the gap because he's still fresher.
Basically, it's not Playstation.