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Right, but do you really think there was four minutes difference in climbing ability between Quintana and Dumoulin at the Giro last year? For my money he would have lost no time on Stage 16 absent the toilet break, and he probably suffered from the chase the following days.
Does any of this mean he will beat Froome? No, but it is finely balanced now in my opinion, which is great for the race.
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But the 2 minutes he lost on stage 16 were because he stopped for a shit after eating too many gels, not because he was dropped.