Alberto Armstrong

[mightymac12]

Not to beat a dead horse, but here I go. LA having essentially unlimited funds and a vindictive type-A personality is coming after Contador @ the TDF in 2010. After Armstong is finished draining Astana of talent does the young pistoleer have any chance?

 

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[Publicus]

Absolutely love it!

 

[Max Cadence]

All he has to do is stay with him on the climbs and beat him in the time trials. Same for the other guy.

 

[scribe]

All he has to do is stay with him on the climbs and beat him in the time trials. Same for the other guy.

And stay out of trouble. Both of them.

 

[Bustedknuckle]

Not to beat a dead horse, but here I go. LA having essentially unlimited funds and a vindictive type-A personality is coming after Contador @ the TDF in 2010. After Armstong is finished draining Astana of talent does the young pistoleer have any chance?

I think any racer who has won all three grand tours and considering his age, pretty sure he has a 'chance'. The talent at Astana isn't the only talent around in the peloton, and Contador has the horsepower to bring in big names and talent to help him.

I'll pick Contador right now, vs the 38 year old.

 

[horseman]

Armstrong showed in this TdF that he is well below the form of Contador, next year, regardless of which team he rides with Contador will have the better of Armstrong.

 

[HL2037]

Not to beat a dead horse, but here I go. LA having essentially unlimited funds and a vindictive type-A personality is coming after Contador @ the TDF in 2010. After Armstong is finished draining Astana of talent does the young pistoleer have any chance?

Problem is, that because of that personality, nobody really talented wants to be on Armstrong's team, regardless of his unlimited funds.

Contador won the tour this year. Imagine what he will be able to do when he is actually supported by a team!

 

[BikeCentric]

Gee I don't know, I guess I'll just go with the rider who has shown himself to be demonstrably stronger than the other on the road when they are actually racing?

 

[cromagnon]

This discussion is redundant EBH will win every bike race held for the next 10 years if you believe the hype

 

[peloton]

Not to beat a dead horse, but here I go. LA having essentially unlimited funds and a vindictive type-A personality is coming after Contador @ the TDF in 2010. After Armstong is finished draining Astana of talent does the young pistoleer have any chance?

For sure.

A few days ago, Johan Bruyneel explained on these same pages that the Astana team didn’t do anything contrary to your interests, so we’ll put the question to you. Is it true?
Well, the team followed conservative tactics overall, when to me at certain times it would have worked in my interest for the race to go faster. As for harming me, it didn’t harm me, but it’s clear to me that I would have done better if the race had gone faster at certain times.

We’re not saying that it harmed you, but they didn’t ride like they were supporting you, right?
Yes, that’s right. The team didn’t harm me and in the end the results were very good, but yes, at certain times I would’ve liked it if the team had ridden differently.

Does it cost you to do two big stage races?
Last year I finished very tired, physically and psychologically, even though I acknowledge that Armstrong’s return to the team also had a lot of influence.

Speaking about Armstrong, has he already forgotten all the quarrels, has he turned the page? Or does the rivalry live on?
For my part, I’ve turned the page. It served to teach me a lot of things, like how to stay calm in limited situations. Overall, I believe that it was good for me, for growing as a rider and as a person. But now the only thing I’m thinking about is the future.
http://www.albertocontador.es/noticias.detalle.php?id=82

Radio Shack won't give him trouble next year, especially if he goes to Garmin/ CdE, Saxo-Bank will.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Uh, is Radio Shack really that good? Seems like a bunch of old guys, and their fans who still think it's 2001.

 

[Escarabajo]

Uh, is Radio Shack really that good? Seems like a bunch of old guys, and their fans who still think it's 2001.

LOL.


Hi Alpe, you don't want to participate in the Clinic anymore?

 

[mightymac12]

Still no word from Horner and Kloden... Any chance they don't join the shack?

 

[Anonymous]

lance will break his collarbone, contador will fail a drug test in paris nice, and wiggins will win the tour by 4 minutes 7 seconds from a returning vinokourov.. mark cavendish will win every flat stage but lose the green jersey to thomas de gent who will amass 2,100 kilometres in breakaways, win the most combatative prize along with the lantern rouge.. Hincapie leaves BMC two days before the tour, rejoins columbia and wins the new Black, oldest rider jersey..

my therapist is also a phsycic..

so the question is irrelevant really

 

[iliveonnitro]

Still no word from Horner and Kloden... Any chance they don't join the shack?

Slim.............

 

[mightymac12]

Why haven't we heard anything about their license yet?

 

[BroDeal]

Why haven't we heard anything about their license yet?

It takes time to gather five hundred thousand euros in small bills, pack the loot in waterproof plastic, and bury it under the North end of the foot bridge with the X marked in chalk on the underside near Pat McQuaid's house.