Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Netserk]

Of course he is. Even if he is unlikely to win or go for it, he still still by far the biggest name and the one most people would put their money on.

 

[TheYouyou7]

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According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.

Where did you see this ?

 

[Ryaguas]

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According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.

Where did you see this ?

He is into that world so He knows from first hand.

Also you can check several betting sites tho

 

[HiroAntagonist]

Hopefully they both save energy for the tour, but egos do crop up.

 

[ILovecycling]

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Hopefully they both save energy for the tour, but egos do crop up.

I hope so


+1 to Netserk post

 

[Miburo]

Right now it's 1-1 between them.

 

[ray j willings]

I was watching the stages again "steephill"
I like the way Bertie is slinging his bike around. He Looks Strong.
I'm laying it out there,,,,Bertie's going to drop Quintana today by at least 30sec's if not more.


Go Bertie

 

[Ryaguas]

I was watching the stages again "steephill"
I like the way Bertie is slinging his bike around. He Looks Strong.
I'm laying it out there,,,,Bertie's going to drop Quintana today by at least 30sec's if not more.


Go Bertie

This could happen today if AC is feeling good and is trying to apply a psychological blow on Nairito, but for me I'd be happy with AC only following wheels and not pushing too much before Le Tour

 

[ILovecycling]

I was watching the stages again "steephill"
I like the way Bertie is slinging his bike around. He Looks Strong.
I'm laying it out there,,,,Bertie's going to drop Quintana today by at least 30sec's if not more.


Go Bertie

avatar bet?



btw climb is coming, VAMOS Berto!!!

 

[SeriousSam]

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According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.

And the market is right, as indeed it is more often than any other entity that predicts outcomes in sports.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Great win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BlurryVII]

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According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.

And the market is right, as indeed it is more often than any other entity that predicts outcomes in sports.

What an awesome prediction, Contador winning a mountain stage; waouh!

 

[indianfanboy]

It seems Contador is carrying some weight in his upper body...he doesnt look to be in the shape of 2014..is he going for an altitude camp before the Tour?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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It seems Contador is carrying some weight in his upper body...he doesnt look to be in the shape of 2014..is he going for an altitude camp before the Tour?

I've been talking about that upper body weight for ages, he is top heavy, and has been all his life but it's gotten worse since 2011 (the team's core stability training is to blame I guess)

 

[BlurryVII]

Exactly what I was hoping for, just in between, not too good, but not dropped either.

That was the perfect training ride today, accelerating in intervals, never going into the red, sitting down to invite Quintana to attack as well but he didn't move. He is not winning the Tour wheelsucking anyway. He will have to expose himself at one point.

And hopefully this race will give him good momentum to reach the level above in form, which means ferocious attack and infernal pace. I'm starting to believe .

 

[HelloDolly]

Great racing by Contador....especially his descending ...roll on the Tour

 

[LaFlorecita]

I agree Blurry he looked good. Could not quite drop Nairo but he seemed relaxed and confident. Great descending, I was on the edge of my seat. Nairo got close but then Alberto tightened the screws.

 

[ILovecycling]

The Great One like of showing


This Tour will be a myth

 

[arvc40]

Contador !!!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto is pregnant

 

[gunara]

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Alberto is pregnant

At the Tour he'll deliver

 

[ad9898]

Great ride and tactics from Contador.... he's simply the best GT rider in decades, climbing, descending, TT'ing, attacking and to top it all he seems like a nice guy who shows respect to the races and his rivals.

 

[BlurryVII]

Nice stat, everytime AC has won at least once in France during the season, he won the Tour that year. In 08', he didn't win anything in France, just like the period 11' - 14'. And everytime something happened to him.

Even last year, he didn't get a single win in Dauphiné, no stage, no GC. So it's looking good here, stage win + GC in Route du sud, his first win in France since Alpe d'huez 2010 (Dauphiné) .

 

[rm7]

I am really curious to see what kind of shape we'll see in the Tour. I have this feeiling that we'll not see a peak Contador in 2015, because it'll make him too fattigued for the 3rd week in the Tour, and he have to keep his form in 2 GT's.

In the Vuelta 2014 he found out that he could win a GT when not in top shape. But Froome wasn't in top shape either.

I really hope that Contador is ahead of Quintana and Froome when they hit the mountains at stage 10. Of course also Nibali, but i'm pretty sure that he'll be the best of the GC guys after ITT, Cobbles, HUY and TTT.

In this form, compared to what the other are showing, I'm not so sure that Contador can drop any of them in the mountains, if he's the one that have to gain time. Not sure that they can drop him either, but Contador is the one that have more too loose.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm so confused, in this photo Alberto looks like Maciej Bodnar lol