Recent content by northernsong

Contador didn't do himself any favors with the crashes and you can't rewrite history but without Froome in the picture Contador would have continued to be the more or less undisputed top GT rider with maybe some push from Nibali and Quintana. Post-ban Contador always seemed to be pressing in a...

Froome’s trying to pull off a very difficult thing, win a race he’s never won which is forcing him to alter his approach to the season then keep the level needed to then win the race he has historically targeted while at the same time fighting a positive drug test all at an age (32-33) where...

If Froome wins one more TDF I think the debate is over on results. As of today there are good arguments both ways. More interesting will be their legacies. Froome has managed his career incredibly well, done so with a hyper-professional team and will end up with results that probably exceed in...

Re: Re: Actually, when Contador has done similar in past races, there were people making the same remarks, mainly that he was afraid of what Froome would do to him in the mountains so stealing seconds wherever he could. It's not necessarily fair and there is a bit of playing favorites, but it...

Re: 2016 Tour de France, Stage 5: Limoges → Le Lioran (216km Agreed. Everyone so busy staring at Majka and Alberto that they missed the fact that Froome was under a little pressure there and this after his team more or less deadened the pace for a long stretch. Maybe nothing, but Quintana...

Re: Re: My original comment might have been a bit hyperbolic, but I think there is a thread of thought along the lines of what you say sometimes coupled with a sense of inevitability that Froome will surpass Contador over time. We will see how it plays out, but I think this tour remains of...

Re: Re: Well there is that argument, but then I'm not sure how well Alberto's legacy holds up once you start explaining it. And you could counter it by saying he was gifted the tour in 2007. But then again you could say he was robbed of the tour in 2008. However you look at it, if he can win...

I've been following this forum for a long time and never had a desire to post but the Froome v. Contador is interesting and for full disclosure I am a Contador fan and believe that if both riders ended their careers today Contador would go down as one as one of the all time greats and Froome...