Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Metabolol]

Yeah, I don't really understand why they signed Basso. Why not bring in some younger climbing talent? Maybe a south american climber.

 

[DBotero]

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Yeah, I don't really understand why they signed Basso. Why not bring in some younger climbing talent? Maybe a south american climber.

Elisa is the only plausible answer.

 

[Metabolol]

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Yeah, I don't really understand why they signed Basso. Why not bring in some younger climbing talent? Maybe a south american climber.

Elisa is the only plausible answer.

His sister? For her looks or her connections?

 

[Rollthedice]

Oleg Tinkov @olegtinkov · 22m 22 minutes ago
After sleeping at my villa Alberto got extra power, it seems like it is better than being in motorhome #Giro #contador @tinkoff_saxo

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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I am a big Bertie fan and I am not as convinced as some of you. IMO Bertie did not look that at ease. I think a top form Bertie would have made that attack stick. I do still think he his strong enough to win but for me he does not look anywhere near as sharp as he did for most of last season.
I hope I am wrong and like Hitch said it could have been a tactical move. He also could have the Tour in the back of his mind and not thinking about reaching top top form until July. I hope so.

He almost did. But Porte dragged Aru back. Afterwards he looked very much in control, and he could've won the sprint for 3rd, had Aru not had that right turn to squeeze him in with.

 

[Jspear]

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Oleg Tinkov @olegtinkov · 22m 22 minutes ago
After sleeping at my villa Alberto got extra power, it seems like it is better than being in motorhome #Giro #contador @tinkoff_saxo

Most times I can't stand what he says, but this is funny!

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Oleg Tinkov @olegtinkov · 22m 22 minutes ago
After sleeping at my villa Alberto got extra power, it seems like it is better than being in motorhome #Giro #contador @tinkoff_saxo

Most times I can't stand what he says, but this is funny!

Yeah, I agree

 

[peloton]

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Contador looks determined, but it's almost certain this Giro will take out of him more than he's been hoping it will.
Astana and Aru will push him further than he pushed himself in 2011.. And there's Richie, too.

The route in -11 was one of the most difficult ones, even on Giro's scale.

 

[contador977]

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Contador looks determined, but it's almost certain this Giro will take out of him more than he's been hoping it will.
Astana and Aru will push him further than he pushed himself in 2011.. And there's Richie, too.

Aru looked like he was going to get dropped toward the end of Alberto's acceleration. I dont think Porte can hang with Aru and Contador in the 3rd week. I dont think Aru can follow Alberto on the long steep climbs. I think u can make a case for Alberto bluffing in the snow when Quintana attacked and won at Tirreno. He closed the gap to about 10 feet and then let off the gas...whether or not he didnt want to tow others, he was gased or bluffing who knows. I thought his attack was strong today....on a long climb, Im not sure anyone can follow 2-3 of those attacks. Aru I think will finish second, Porte 3rd. One good day in the mountains for Alberto and its over for those 2. If they drop Contador ill be very surprised but ill tip my hat.

 

[LaFlorecita]

 

[WheelofGear]

https://twitter.com/robhatchtv

If you want to grill him after what he did.

 

[LaFlorecita]

 

[SeriousSam]

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https://twitter.com/robhatchtv

If you want to grill him after what he did.

What is it he did?


The Giro is good. It's so much more exciting when there is a sustained duel, or in this case, truel, as opposed to some Armstrong esque rider killing everyone and the race at the first MTF.

 

[ray j willings]

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https://twitter.com/robhatchtv

If you want to grill him after what he did.

What is it he did?


The Giro is good. It's so much more exciting when there is a sustained duel, or in this case, truel, as opposed to some Armstrong esque rider killing everyone and the race at the first MTF.

No, I love watching Bertie giving Froome a beating , not the beating he deserves but the beating he needed

 

[Vino's Mum]

Erm...

 

[Electress]

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https://twitter.com/robhatchtv

If you want to grill him after what he did.

It's just part of the ES package, and it wasn't just Alberto. He also managed to mention 'all the unfortunate rumours surrounding Aru' on the last 5 k.

The above picture should be censored on the grounds of bad taste.

 

[Vino's Mum]

^ @olegtinkov 48m

What a day! Cycle 89km, have a fresh bath in the Abetone river and see Alberto taking the pink jersey near my house

 

[Jspear]

Erm...

There should be a new rule on this forum or at least this thread: no posting pics of this man.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ex-sprinter Mario Cipollini made waves Wednesday when he suggested during the post-stage RAI TV broadcast that riders shouldn’t change their bikes mid-stage ahead of key mountaintop finales.

Why? Cipollini suggested that it’s “bad for the image of cycling, because people think there’s a motor in it.”

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) just laughed off that line, especially since he was the target of Cipollini’s barb. With about 35km to go, Contador eased off the roadway for a planned bike change ahead of the Giro’s first major mountaintop finish.

“There are a lot of reasons to change a bike. Like tubulars, which [may] not be able to be raced for 200km, but they can last for 30km or 40km,” said Contador, before joking. “My bikes don’t have one motor. They have five. And this talk of motors? That’s a joke, that’s something from science fiction.”


Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/contador-laughs-off-bike-motor-rumors-spread-by-cipollini_369990#JDjmMDtZGpTwlWVL.99

 

[SeriousSam]

That’s a joke, that’s something from science fiction.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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That’s a joke, that’s something from science fiction.

Berto even uses mechanical shifting while his team switched to electronic, I would not be surprised if he really thinks it is something from the future

 

[Jelantik]

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for those who thinks he was unhappy.. well he looks very happy to me

 

[Jelantik]

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Yeah, I don't really understand why they signed Basso. Why not bring in some younger climbing talent? Maybe a south american climber.

oleg spent too much money buying sagan. Now, he is complaining about Sagan. It's like having a buyer remorse. As far as basso, maybe it has something to do with Riis. But still, even if Oleg wants russian, why can't he got someone as good as katusha riders? wrong russian I guess. I wonder, why they don't buy tirolongo instead of Basso. He is old but he is a beast day in and out. Or someone like michael Landa. Astana team seems really strong with no one in a house hold name. I guess, they finally get the right recipe of finding the right talent w/o paying too much money.

 

[hfer07]

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well - I guess today's performance put to rest all the nonsense about his form


I just hope now with the Maglia Rosa He can switch shoe colors to something more pleasing!!

you mean pink shoes?

Pink for sure IF he wears full pink kit
if not -any Color but Black Nothing against the color (just in case anyone gets wrong ideas) simply those shoes look horrible with the rest of the Kit.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I am reading Alberto wants to give away the jersey to someone else tomorrow - I hope not