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Quintana hoping to isolate Froome in Alps
- Updated: July 19, 2016
Home » Tour de France » Quintana hoping to isolate Froome in Alps
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AFP) — Nairo Quintana says the only way to beat Chris Froome is to isolate him from his powerful Sky teammates.
Ahead of four consecutive days in the Alps, Quintana spoke about how he would be aiming to turn around a near-three minute deficit to the reigning champion in a bid to claim Tour glory for the first time.
“What we need to attack him is for his team to be spent,” said the 26-year-old Colombian. “As we’ve seen, his team is really strong, they’ve not suffered much damage from any attacks. Some of his teammates who are helping him could be leaders in other teams. The main idea is to try to get him on his own.”
So far, Froome has been surrounded on every stage by an armada of teammates who’ve been setting a high tempo and chasing down the few attacks …
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