Originally Posted by ooga-booga

the green bullet has made a career out of snatching punchy, short, uphill climbs for victories. agree that he usually seems
to blow up on at least one hc climb per gt. guy is pretty consistent tho. if he's in the leading group of climbers with 500m
to go, my money is on him. don't feel he is the man for the 3 week gt's but if he only concentrated on the one-day classics
and/or 5-7 day tours, he'd consistently win, place or show. i'm not totally sold on quintana. think he needs more tactical seasoning,
practice and awareness on the stages that aren't in the high mountains...i.e. the first week of the tour where most of the climbing
specialists lose too much time to seriously contend.