2013 Tour of Oman (11th-16th February), 2.HC

[trevim]

For those who are worried about Contador, he has lost in February before, namely to Stephen Cummings. So losing now to Rodriguez is no shame.
Anyway, I'm expecting Fuente De tomorrow.
[PS: I'm worried ]

 

[LaFlorecita]

For those who are worried about Contador, he has lost in February before, namely to Stephen Cummings. So losing now to Rodriguez is no shame.
Anyway, I'm expecting Fuente De tomorrow.
[PS: I'm worried ]

Oh my god thanks man this is really helpful

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto Contador: "Froome y Evans tuvieron más chispa que yo"

 

[LaFlorecita]

outsprinted by Evans

 

[serfla]

For those who are worried about Contador, he has lost in February before, namely to Stephen Cummings. So losing now to Rodriguez is no shame.
Anyway, I'm expecting Fuente De tomorrow.
[PS: I'm worried ]

De Fuente...
Nah... He's out of business.

 

[LaFlorecita]

De Fuente...
Nah... He's out of business.

No, Fuente Dé

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

As we know AS does less than nothing prior to the tour then absolutely storms it. AC finished 23 secs back on one climb five months before the tour and he is being written off as being past his prime.

Look back at every year of his career since 2007 and you see numerous similar results in stage races (obviously excluding GT's).

To look at it another way, if AC had finished first today and blitzed Froome then in all likelihood complacency would have set in I.e. we've got this in the bag and I can spend the next 5 months sipping coffee with Jesus, posting on Twitter at corporate events. Today's result will instead be a strong motivator for him.

 

[Miburo]

Yeah Contador will for sure do something tomorrow, it's not over yet.

It's never over with Contador.

Look how he tried to attack leipheimer in san luis last year while being behind a lot.

And fuente de is indeed an even better example and what about alpe d'huez stage 2 years ago?

 

[LaFlorecita]

As we know AS does less than nothing prior to the tour then absolutely storms it. AC finished 23 secs back on one climb five months before the tour and he is being written off as being past his prime.

But Alberto isn't Andy Schleck

To look at it another way, if AC had finished first today and blitzed Froome then in all likelihood complacency would have set in I.e. we've got this in the bag and I can spend the next 5 months sipping coffee with Jesus, posting on Twitter at corporate events. Today's result will instead be a strong motivator for him.

I don't think Alberto needs something like this to motivate him and if he had crushed Froome I think it would've motivated him even more.

 

[serfla]

No, Fuente Dé

(no clinic material here, please.)

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

But Alberto isn't Andy Schleck



I don't think Alberto needs something like this to motivate him and if he had crushed Froome I think it would've motivated him even more.

AC was probably at his best during 2009 tour?

Days before that he was losing to Cadel Evans in the Dauphine.

 

[Dedelou]

The day I will give up on Alberto will be because he went into retirement the night before. He took a beating today in honorable condition, beware that could be a reason to give some payback to a few tomorrow.

 

[LaFlorecita]

AC was probably at his best during 2009 tour?

Days before that he was losing to Cadel Evans in the Dauphine.

Alberto's never great in Dauphine. But he is normally good in the early season races.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Y_4d4jd8Y&feature=youtu.be

 

[LaFlorecita]

The day I will give up on Alberto will be because he went into retirement the night before. He took a beating today in honorable condition, beware that could be a reason to give some payback to a few tomorrow.

But even if he did that wouldn't change anything right?

 

[airstream]

We won't really know much until Ax 3 Domaines or even later.

After the Vuelta most of the forum thought that Froome is not an attacker and will defend by means of the train in the Tour. Today stage gave a certain food for thoughts in this regard.

 

[Dedelou]

But even if he did that wouldn't change anything right?

a good point, Laflo. Only Alberto can answer that truly. For Me, however, any payback he would give would thrill me no end.

 

[LaFlorecita]

a good point, Laflo. Only Alberto can answer that truly. For Me, however, any payback he would give would thrill me no end.

well you're gonna enjoy this season then, because I think we'll see a lot of desperate attacks

 

[Dedelou]

well you're gonna enjoy this season then, because I think we'll see a lot of desperate attacks

I got my plane ticket for Bastia already.. I will snooze watching the TTT In Nice.. just in case he pulls a Fuente De I will be Near Albi and then hope to see him in Yellow in Bagneres de Bigorre. Let see if his attacks end up desperate or deadly

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Froome looked like he was suffering at that youtube viedo. how the hell did he mange to come back and distance Nibbles and AC? that man is a real fighter

 

[LaFlorecita]

I got my plane ticket for Bastia already.. I will snooze watching the TTT In Nice.. just in case he pulls a Fuente De I will be Near Albi and then hope to see him in Yellow in Bagneres de Bigorre. Let see if his attacks end up desperate or deadly

Wait he could pull a Fuente De on stage 7 Yellow after stage 9? Yea. Not gonna happen.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

well you're gonna enjoy this season then, because I think we'll see a lot of desperate attacks

They only look desperate when they don't work. When they do thewy are genious attacks

 

[Telmisartan new]

And he wasn't really himself now was he?

Exactly,it was not AC at his best in last year's Vuelta but he still found enough.With good mountain doms/super doms like Saxo now have plus Riis tactical accumen,Froome winning the Tour is not a foregone conclusion.People are going overboard about today's stage,the top boys today probably had different levels of condition,at different points in their early season preparations for bigger races to come.

 

[Lanark]

Do we really have to endure this for the next 5 months?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Exactly,it was not AC at his best in last year's Vuelta but he still found enough.With good mountain doms/super doms like Saxo now have plus Riis tactical accumen,Froome winning the Tour is not a foregone conclusion.People are going overboard about today's stage,the top boys today probably had different levels of condition,at different points in their early season preparations for bigger races to come.

But all of them except Nibali are preparing for the Tour. So if Froome managed to put 20" into Alberto today I don't see how that's going to be the other way around in July.

 

[airstream]

It is 14% surely. But I haven't seen Contador desperately pushing pedals by all his weight since the 2005 Tour...