The chicken, despite the suspect: - His performance amazes me not

Seven kilometers from the finish on the Mont Ventoux strokes he of the place and left all behind, and colombianeren Nairo Quintana got it Saturday to the depths

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
17 February 2020 Monday 04:00
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The chicken, despite the suspect: - His performance amazes me not

Seven kilometers from the finish on the Mont Ventoux strokes he of the place and left all behind, and colombianeren Nairo Quintana got it Saturday to the depths of the enthusiasm of the cycling fans the world over.

the Internet's skeptics - of which not a few are hiding in the anonymity comfortable cave, however, was not long about that question Quintanas performance on Sunday secured him the victory in the etapeløbet Tour de la Provence.

The 30-year-old climber claimed to have run the stretch from the bottom of the Ventoux and up to the goal at the Chalet Reynard in record time, and he must have run faster than Marco Pantani and Lance Armstrong in their heyday.

Quintanas time is unofficial and is of the blogger @ammattipyöräily meted out on the basis of tv pictures. He reaches forward to Quintana drove the line - which is approximately 9,6 kilometers and rises in average by 9,2 percent in the past 28 minutes and 12 seconds.

Pantani rode the line eight seconds faster, in 1994 - a measure that also is based on unofficial data. It holds, however, not people from which to draw conclusions.

The former Festina trainer and current provocateur, Antoine Vayer, call emphatically Quintanas performance untrustworthy, and so-called internettrolde as the infamous @digger_forum does not hesitate to referred Quintana to have achieved above the humanly possible.

Ekstra cykelsportskommentator, the former climber Michael Rasmussen, however, nothing suspicious in Quintanas performance.

- I see nothing in it here, which is worth lifting the eyebrows over. Quintana is surely the last decade's best mountain rider, and he has just come to Europe from his home in Colombia, where he lives in the 2600 m altitude, and in practice is on the constant højdetræningslejr, says Rasmussen.

- of Course performs good. The lower part of the Mont-Ventoux is a completely ideal rise to run many constant watts, with one run in the shelter on a regular and steep increase. His performance amazes me.

Rasmussen stresses that the unauthorized distance measurement, the technological development of bikes and equipment, the uncertainties of the weight of the rider, as well as the differences in wind resistance and other external circumstances make it extremely difficult to compare performance, which is delivered over a period of 25 years.

- If Quintana took a minute and a half from Egan Bernal (Tour winner, red.) over a stretch of ten kilometers on a stage in the Tour de France, so I would surprise me, says Rasmussen.

- What we saw Saturday was an exceptional climber, who struck for an ideal stretch. It is not surprising to me that he showed himself as sovereign.

Of the greatest importance for the comparisons with Pantani and Armstrong is that they ran with a line on top of Mont Ventoux for the eye, emphasizing the Rasmussen. There are 6.5 km from the Chalet Reynard, where the line was drawn, to the top of the mountain, where there is generally line at the vejrmålingsstationen with the iconic tower.

by The exercise of rigid economy with the forces, while Quintana has been able to run full force to the Chalet Reynard, says Michael Rasmussen.

the Last stage of the Tour de la Provence had the goal in Aix-en-Provence and was won by Owain Doull (Team Ineos). Nairo Quintana won as expected, the overall victory after his ride on Mont Ventoux on Saturday.

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Updated: 17.02.2020 04:00