There are some sportsmen who, you sense, have the misfortune of having been born into the 'wrong' era.
Andy Murray, for example, might have more than three Grand Slams to his name were it not for the cruel twist of fate that had him born a week apart from Novak Djokovic. Luis Ocaña, or indeed anyone who spent their career in the shadow of Eddy Merckx, would be en example from within the sphere of cycling. And it is becoming the same for Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in what we can now refer to with increasing assuredness the 'Froome era'.
Chris Froome all-but wrapped up his third Tour de France victory on the penultimate stage 20 to Morzine on Saturday and the podium will have a familiar feel to it as Quintana defended his third place.
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"I have to congratulate him. The truth is that he's a great rival – strong rival whom I've had to fight against quite a lot," the Colombian told a huddle of journalists from a team car as the rain pelted down in Alps.
"In the coming years it will definitely continue that way. Sometimes he'll win, sometimes I'll win – as we've seen this year in the various races we've done together."
The problem is, Froome has always won when the pair have gone head-to-head on the biggest stage, winning the three Tours Quintana has started.
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