Vuelta starts in 10 days... - Page 2

livingminimal · #16 08-10-2017, 09:46 AM

Froome has made doing the tour/vuelta double a goal for awhile now, he just struggles with the second GT, like every modern rider.

blood · #17 08-10-2017, 02:11 PM

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Time flies.

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I'm gunna go with Aru even though I don't know how well he recovers. I think he got sick in July which is why he was going backwards on the climbs in TdF's final week. Especially when Sky put that uphill pain train on.. Hard to go against Froome. But Froome with Landa, Kwitko, AND being sick.. They were ripping legs off. So hopefully Aru can get some redemption at a race he's previously won.

cmg · #18 08-10-2017, 02:58 PM

SKY may be bringing a weak team but if Froome smells victory he throttles up. there's no 2nd chance. The final stages of last years Vuelta were great. Looking forward to it. I want Bardet to put up a challenge.

ultraman6970 · #19 08-10-2017, 03:18 PM

He cant climb stuff over 12 -15% thats this problem and the vuelta is full of them. Stages that steep were the ones that gave him troubles at the tour. Thats there reason I do not see when he will be able to win the vuelta probably ever.

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Might be a weak team, but Froome could certainly decline to ride the Vuelta. He has the power to do that, and simply go back to training. I've heard the arguments that he rides the Vuelta as training for next year's tour. That could be a big motivation, but the guy is still trying to win it. Even if he's there for the training, the prerequisite is that he's pushing himself to win in a way that racing allows that simple training does not.