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- Chris Froome: yeah.. He killed the suspense ;) To be fair we still had to wait until the last day when Joaquim Rodriguez et Nairo Quintana pushed Alberto Contador out of the podium!! And remember how much Froome did suffer in the Alpe d'Huez.
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Andy Schleck was always shown dropping away on the climb or out of the back of the peloton. He still came surprisingly high in the GC on the other hand. Fuglsang is another, he seemed heading for a career of "What if?" scenarios yet he had his best Grand Tour finish so far. If Valverde had not had the mechanical - it could have been a totally different story, for him and Movistar.
I picked Quintana for my fantasy team after his performance in the Catalyuna, and only wish I had picked Costa as well. Up to Valverde's mechanical, the team rode hellbent for leather and was really impressive, giving Sky all it could handle. I keep thinking, if only...if only Valverde had just swapped bikes until the team car could catch up, if only Quintana had waited a kilometer or two on the Ventoux....
Their willingness to attack at any opportunity, is really refreshing. In a way it is a shame that the organisers do not stick to the regulations. Like the time, a few years ago when Cavendish was rampaging in the sprints. The mountain stage - they pushed the pace, possibly to get him elimanated hotels barcelona centers on a Time Penalty. hotels barcelona centers Sadly, hotels barcelona centers they were so successful - they isolated about a 1/4 of the peloton, so everyone was reinstated. The pace they set on the front, when everyone was hoping for a quiet day - people being shelled out of the back with 110 km's to go. Great viewing...
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