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While Miguel Ángel López was winning stage 17 of the Tour de France, two other Colombians lived very hard times. Egan Bernal, the defending champion, retired from the race, While Nairo Quintana, twice second and once third, he lost more than 25 minutes in the fraction and was out of the Top-10.
Nairo recognized his bad moment, in the statements he gave as soon as he crossed the finish line. And now he receives harsh criticism from a historical world cycling.
(Read also: What support! The Colombian who encouraged López at the end of the stage)
The Spanish Pedro ‘Perico’ Delgado won the Tour de France in 1988 and also won two titles in the Tour of Spain (1985 and 1989). Speaking to the program El Transistor, on Onda Cero, ‘Perico’ launched a lapidary phrase: “Nairo arrives like never before and fails like always.”
Delgado, however, acknowledged the problems that Quintana has experienced on this Tour: “It has been very decimated by the falls”, declared.
‘Perico’ defended the performance of Mikel Landa, who lost a minute and 20 seconds with ‘Superman’ and 1:05 with the leader, Primoz Roglic, even though his team, Bahrain-McLaren, did all the demolition work on the climb. However, Landa did not take advantage of that.
(In other news: Classifications of the Tour de France 2020, after stage 17)
“Landa at least has tried, I was not disappointed by his performance,” said Delgado. “After today’s effort (Wednesday), I don’t know which team will have the strength to try tomorrow (Thursday); Landa and his team have burned ships, “he added.
(Also read: Analysis: What are Urán and López’s options to win the Tour?)
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