It's not just that though
Wiggins won the Tour - a route with unusually little high climbing - with a particular tactic (of his team driving it up every climb, and then taking time in the time trials). Even then, he struggled when the race got to the high mountains.
Unlike Wiggins, Froome is a climber. Even then, Quintana had him in trouble on Alpe D'Huez.
And both had ridden - and won - in exactly that way all season.
Nibali's superiority has just been complete. He's looked like he could ride away from everyone whenever he wanted. And yet his form has been nothing like this all year.
Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 26th 2014 at 19:32:34
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- Good to see two French doing well in the Tour. (n/m) (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 16:48:36
- yup - and it's three (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 16:53:09
- No question marks about Peraud? (Other Sports) - Ted Bowger, Jul 26, 18:03:15
- P?raud being comparatively old is due to having spent many years mountain biking, isn't it (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 19:21:05
- Nibali's team Astana have had previous and their director (?) is Vinokourov. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 19:19:09
- It's not just that though (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 19:32:34
- No question marks about Peraud (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ted Bowger, Jul 26, 18:00:21
- (btw - wouldn't be very surprised if Peraud ends up as the winner of this Tour) (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 16:55:49
- Bardet was good. Future winner. (I knew you'd have suspicions about Nibali). (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 17:02:57
- suspect the same. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 17:05:31
- It's obviously impossible to tell for outsiders but he did look so far ahead it was untrue (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 17:22:19
- Link fail. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 17:23:13
- It's obviously impossible to tell for outsiders but he did look so far ahead it was untrue (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 17:22:19
- suspect the same. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 17:05:31
- Bardet was good. Future winner. (I knew you'd have suspicions about Nibali). (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 26, 17:02:57
- No question marks about Peraud? (Other Sports) - Ted Bowger, Jul 26, 18:03:15
- yup - and it's three (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 26, 16:53:09
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