Tag Archives: Nairo Quintana

2021 TDF Stage 15: Kings of the Mountains on the Queen Stage

“Ah! Ah! It was one of those stages where the most obsessed fans began watching eagerly early, for the profile contained so many jagged high peaks surely it would be a fierce battle for KOM Points at the top of every climb! And the obsessed fans were right: all four riders at the top of the KOM Classification were in the breakaway today hunting for Polka-Dot Points”

2021 TDF Stage 11: Double Vindication on the Double Ventoux Stage

“Should people have earmarked certain stages for Wout Van Aert to win, he could have been considered a strong favorite for about 15 of the 21, and this Double Ventoux stage was definitely one of the 6 he was unsuited for. But we are in the Second Golden Age of cycling because the generational stars, the top showmen of the sport like this Wout Van Aert still surprise us. “

2021 TDF Stage 10: Nostalgia and Fence Sitting

“After his second stage win this Tour, I had declared that we were all back on Record Watch. Even more so today, the Cannibal Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour stages is no longer at all safe. So let us have a conversation that was probably taking place a decade ago in 2011, finally now is the appropriate time to rehash it.”

2021 TDF Stage 9: A New Tour Hero Emerges at the 2021 Rain Jacket World Championships

“After two years of waiting, finally the Tour was going to make it to Tignes this day. O! But this long descent before the equally long Tignes climb could not be underestimated. If the riders did not take proper care of themselves on the way down, surely the freezing conditions would sap their strength and health for the long final ascent. Thus it was time for the second annual Unofficial Rain Jacket World Championships.”

2021 Catalunya: Good Vibes All Week in the Centenary Edition

“Another delightful aspect to this year’s very edition—in addition to its centenary—is the fact that the race was completely cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and thus it is O! so refreshing to see a beloved race return. But as always had to be the case, the riders and the racing itself was the source of the lion’s share of the week’s Good Vibes.”

A TALE OF TWO COLOMBIANS

TDF 2020, Stage 13 Chatel-Guyon – Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) 191.5 km. Steep Puy Mary sees intense breakaway duel for stage honors, and catches out some GC favorites behind.

THE CARNAGE CAM AND A CHAOTIC FINALE ON THE PEYRESOURDE

TDF 2020, Stage 8. Nan Peters wins from the break. GC battle on the Peyresourde sees Pogacar take back time while Pinot, Alaphilippe lose big.