Why owuld you expect Froome to leave Quintana behind?

Froome must be one of the worst bike handlers in the entire peleton. And Quitana actually rode the Dwars door Vlaanderen this year to help him prepare for that stage - didn't do badly, either.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on June 29th 2015 at 15:43:01

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10 Brits in the Tour de France this year (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 14:34:28
- you could do this next year - enter a wrathcycliststeam... (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 29, 16:30:20
  - Is rather a long way for some of us to come for 100m of racing.... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 16:34:27
    - do it loodsa times then! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jun 29, 21:53:33
- Superb for British cycling. Particularly pleased for Dowsett and Kennaugh after (Other Sports) - col canary, Jun 29, 16:04:45
  - Agreed re the jersey. Although in fact... (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 16:36:22
    - Kennaugh will be leading the Sky train on the lower mountain slopes (n/m) (Other Sports) - col canary, Jun 29, 16:52:42
      - Yup. And Rowe and Stannard on the flat bits. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 16:56:50
- Booked in with my cousin in Brittany for stages 8 & 9 never seen a team time trial (n/m) (Other Sports) - MaxsHandler, Jun 29, 15:23:50
  - I fancy Movistar to win the TTT. Dowsett, Malori, Castroviejo, Valverde. (n/m) (Other Sports) - col canary, Jun 29, 16:20:28
- Oh, was equalled in 1955. But that doesn't really count (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 14:40:04
  - (Am aware I'm probably talking to myself here...) (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 14:40:32
    - not entirely, just can't spend time reply i'm afraid - much like about yesterday's Nats (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 29, 16:10:14
      - yup, was absolutely fantastic race (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 16:13:04
    - I used to do that with tennis (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 29, 14:44:52
      - Who are the 4 tricky out of the loop this year... (Other Sports) - loz, Jun 29, 15:03:35
        
        Quintana (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 15:04:59
        
        He could be distanced on the cobbled 4th stage. (Other Sports) - BB_King, Jun 29, 15:25:50
        
        He could well be, yup (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 15:27:03
        
        Don't think it will be (Other Sports) - BB_King, Jun 29, 15:34:38
        
        Why owuld you expect Froome to leave Quintana behind? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 15:43:01
        
        (He rode E3 Harelbeke, too (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 15:45:19
        
        Should be good flicking between that and ashes... (Other Sports) - loz, Jun 29, 15:18:59
      - No (n/m) (Other Sports) - Brom, Jun 29, 14:53:38
      - Inspirational. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 14:47:05

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