Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[jens_attacks]

he's sad because he will win this race just one more time

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bit emotional there Alberto
LEGEND

Also he is now celebrating with his vecinos in Pinto, have a good rest Alberto...those 5 days

Great picture

 

[Jelantik]

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this. I didn't see that coming. Real man isn't afraid to cry . VAMOS ALBERTO!! Get a well deserved rest then back in training. Good luck!

 

[ray j willings]

I sobbed like a baby when the Terminator died in the first movie. I mean that Sarah Jane Connors crushed him under some heavy machinery . He was only doing his job. The thought of that little red eye fading away left me heartbroken for days.
Saddest film I have ever seen.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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I sobbed like a baby when the Terminator died in the first movie. I mean that Sarah Jane Connors crushed him under some heavy machinery . He was only doing his job. The thought of that little red eye fading away left me heartbroken for days.
Saddest film I have ever seen.

Have you ever seen Bambi???

 

[ILovecycling]

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Yeah, it's time to reveal your twitters people

you first

 

[BYOP88]

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Yeah, it's time to reveal your twitters people

@ILoveChrisFroomeheswaybetterthanContador

 

[ILovecycling]

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Yeah, it's time to reveal your twitters people

@ILoveChrisFroomeheswaybetterthanContador

@OKIwillTrytoFindYouActuallyNobecauseIthinkIknowYourRealTwitter

 

[Electress]

Anyone with even a Dr Watson level of detective work will be able to find out mine so I might as well tell you @I'mtheMotherofChrisFroomesSecretHalfAlienLoveChild1985 (All that hating ole Froomey is just a distraction tactic)

Ack, those images are touching. I don't know why people say AC doesn't express much, I think his face / eyes give a lot away. He just doesn't talk about private things much or indulge in overt sentimentality. But it's nice to see the self-contained reserve cracking - fatigue and relief will do that to the toughest nut.

I saw some pictures of him in Madrid, He looked absolutely hagged. I hate to think of him retiring, but I almost feel he needs to soon before he burns out. All these years at the top of the sport, and living with the pressure of leading a team / overcoming adversity, and being such a favourite in every race he enters. The relentless physical and mental strain of it must be immense.

 

[ray j willings]

Electress quote
"I saw some pictures of him in Madrid, He looked absolutely hagged. I hate to think of him retiring, but I almost feel he needs to soon before he burns out. All these years at the top of the sport, and living with the pressure of leading a team / overcoming adversity, and being such a favourite in every race he enters. The relentless physical and mental strain of it must be immense"

I know Bertie has had a awful time , what with winning all those races. travelling round the world making tons of money from a sport he loves .its so tough. I mean its almost criminal to put a human being through so much.
I bet Bertie dreams about working in factory for minimum pay

 

[ggusta]

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I sobbed like a baby when the Terminator died in the first movie. I mean that Sarah Jane Connors crushed him under some heavy machinery . He was only doing his job. The thought of that little red eye fading away left me heartbroken for days.
Saddest film I have ever seen.

don't get me started on the dirty dozen, (the 1st one)

 

[BlurryVII]

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Carols]

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Missed the last stage and the celebration, but yes Alberto did it again! Not sure there are any other sportsman I follow that has given as many thrilling moments as this great man has. Hope there are more to come, maybee soon...

Oh what a shame you missed the celebration, it was pretty awesome! I wish I could share my dvr copy of the stage with you.

Yes Alberto is a very special athlete and seems to be a nice guy also! I won't go on as people already think I'm daft for calling him the best I've seen since Hinault. But then again he is .

And you're totally right! The best since Hinault, for sure! Better than Indurain, better than Armstrong, and certainly better than Greg Lemond!

You're a smart man Mr. White

 

[BYOP88]

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[quote="BlurryVII"
Sherlock signing off [/quote]

BlurryVII you may want to edit your post and remove the twitter names, unless forum policy has changed.

 

[Electress]

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Electress quote
"I saw some pictures of him in Madrid, He looked absolutely hagged. I hate to think of him retiring, but I almost feel he needs to soon before he burns out. All these years at the top of the sport, and living with the pressure of leading a team / overcoming adversity, and being such a favourite in every race he enters. The relentless physical and mental strain of it must be immense"

I know Bertie has had a awful time , what with winning all those races. travelling round the world making tons of money from a sport he loves .its so tough. I mean its almost criminal to put a human being through so much.
I bet Bertie dreams about working in factory for minimum pay

Don't be daft

But just because you love doing something doesn't mean it doesn't get to be a strain on you, and after that - when you're comfortably off and achieved much of what you wanted to achieve - maybe you do crave a more simple life? Or just a different one? Endless training, being away from family, hotel rooms, tedious beyond belief sponsor meet and greets. When you're already comfortably off and secure for life, the money isn't going to be an issue. Having some time and freedom probably is.

Hell, I'm not saying he's got a crap life, evidently, there's a lot worse out there, but doesn't it strike you how much he talks about making sacrifices and retirement these days? Nibali is what, 2 years younger or something. Never heard him mention it. Nor Froome (not that I follow him avidly). Clearly, physically Contador is still in pretty good shape - Riis said he thought he could go on for several more years. But he's pretty adamant he won't - and my take on it, I guess, is that's because he no longer has quite the same hunger and drive and motivation he had.

And yes, I also happen to think he looks a lot more battle-worn /weary these days, although obviously having just finished a Giro, he's going to look pretty rough.

Edit - I will neither confirm nor deny who I am.

 

[BlurryVII]

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[quote="BlurryVII"
Sherlock signing off

BlurryVII you may want to edit your post and remove the twitter names, unless forum policy has changed.[/quote]

 

[BYOP88]

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[quote="BlurryVII"
Sherlock signing off

BlurryVII you may want to edit your post and remove the twitter names, unless forum policy has changed.

[/quote]

I know some people got in trouble for posting people's twitter stuff in the clinic. But that might have been because it was the clinic.

 

[Electress]

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[quote="BlurryVII"
Sherlock signing off

BlurryVII you may want to edit your post and remove the twitter names, unless forum policy has changed.

I know some people got in trouble for posting people's twitter stuff in the clinic. But that might have been because it was the clinic.

I use different handles for a reason, so on the whole I'd prefer to keep mine out of here, if you don't mind.

 

[Carols]

Finally an explanation for the hideous black shoes!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-uses-special-shoes-during-giro-ditalia-ride

 

[Jelantik]

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I sobbed like a baby when the Terminator died in the first movie. I mean that Sarah Jane Connors crushed him under some heavy machinery . He was only doing his job. The thought of that little red eye fading away left me heartbroken for days.
Saddest film I have ever seen.

lol.. i just have a image of you were sobbing on the sofa hugging a bowl of popcorn . (fyi,I'm not making fun of you. I just can't help the visual in my head ) It's not close enough like contador's podium crying, but.. still.. i gotta give it to you. real man doesn't afraid to cry, ... even for a movie.

 

[ILovecycling]

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[quote="BlurryVII"
Sherlock signing off

BlurryVII you may want to edit your post and remove the twitter names, unless forum policy has changed.

I know some people got in trouble for posting people's twitter stuff in the clinic. But that might have been because it was the clinic.[/quote]
Interesting, I didnt know that.

 

[ray j willings]

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I sobbed like a baby when the Terminator died in the first movie. I mean that Sarah Jane Connors crushed him under some heavy machinery . He was only doing his job. The thought of that little red eye fading away left me heartbroken for days.
Saddest film I have ever seen.

lol.. i just have a image of you were sobbing on the sofa hugging a bowl of popcorn . (fyi,I'm not making fun of you. I just can't help the visual in my head ) It's not close enough like contador's podium crying, but.. still.. i gotta give it to you. real man doesn't afraid to cry, ... even for a movie.

Thanks. I mean that Terminator Assassin was only doing his job. I appreciate that he did kill some innocent people with the name Sarah Jane Connors but that's what he's programmed to do.
There was no need for the last surviving Sarah Jane Connors to squash him like that ,he was only doing his job as a any programmed assassination robot of death would ....I'm getting teary

Why can't just leave the robots of death alone.

its so sad , look at his little face ,,ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[ray j willings]

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Electress quote
"I saw some pictures of him in Madrid, He looked absolutely hagged. I hate to think of him retiring, but I almost feel he needs to soon before he burns out. All these years at the top of the sport, and living with the pressure of leading a team / overcoming adversity, and being such a favourite in every race he enters. The relentless physical and mental strain of it must be immense"

I know Bertie has had a awful time , what with winning all those races. travelling round the world making tons of money from a sport he loves .its so tough. I mean its almost criminal to put a human being through so much.
I bet Bertie dreams about working in factory for minimum pay

Don't be daft

But just because you love doing something doesn't mean it doesn't get to be a strain on you, and after that - when you're comfortably off and achieved much of what you wanted to achieve - maybe you do crave a more simple life? Or just a different one? Endless training, being away from family, hotel rooms, tedious beyond belief sponsor meet and greets. When you're already comfortably off and secure for life, the money isn't going to be an issue. Having some time and freedom probably is.

Hell, I'm not saying he's got a crap life, evidently, there's a lot worse out there, but doesn't it strike you how much he talks about making sacrifices and retirement these days? Nibali is what, 2 years younger or something. Never heard him mention it. Nor Froome (not that I follow him avidly). Clearly, physically Contador is still in pretty good shape - Riis said he thought he could go on for several more years. But he's pretty adamant he won't - and my take on it, I guess, is that's because he no longer has quite the same hunger and drive and motivation he had.

And yes, I also happen to think he looks a lot more battle-worn /weary these days, although obviously having just finished a Giro, he's going to look pretty rough.

Edit - I will neither confirm nor deny who I am.

I don't know who you are , you could have special powers like Wolverine or git wizard David Blaine, so out of pure fear I agree with your post

 

[gunara]

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Missed the last stage and the celebration, but yes Alberto did it again! Not sure there are any other sportsman I follow that has given as many thrilling moments as this great man has. Hope there are more to come, maybee soon...

Oh what a shame you missed the celebration, it was pretty awesome! I wish I could share my dvr copy of the stage with you.

Yes Alberto is a very special athlete and seems to be a nice guy also! I won't go on as people already think I'm daft for calling him the best I've seen since Hinault. But then again he is .

Nah, the last few stages drained me, weird attack one day, dropped by everyone another day, for once just let him roll for an easy finish when I went out for some fresh air

Whatever works . Races end by noon here, still plenty of time for fresh air!

Lucky you, it's always close to midnight here, I ran out of time! That's why I almost never watch Cali or most American sports events, they only start when sun almost rise.

 

[ILovecycling]

Interesting news: If Kreuziger passes his June hearing, he is planned to ride Tour. He confirmed it to czech biggest media group in yesterday's article. (source: http://sport.idnes.cz/rozhovor-kreuziger-049-/cyklistika.aspx?c=A150601_000246_cyklistika_tm2)

So the supposed team should look like this:
-Berto
-Mickey
-Rafal
-Kiserlovski
-Benna
-Sags
-Roman
-Valgren
-?????

we seriously need nicknames for valgren and kiserlovski